How is Blondie Chaplin related to Charlie Chaplin?

Answer 1

His middle name was Spencer, and it is not impossible that they were related through some remote link.

Alternatively, the name could have come from a servant of the Spencer family. Oliver Cromwell's grandfather changed his name to Cromwell as a gesture of loyalty to his patron Thomas Cromwell. American slaves also used to do this, whether voluntarily or not, I don't know.

However, Chaplin is supposed to have been mostly Romany-Jewish, and the name Spencer may have been chosen as an Anglicised version of a foreign name.

Answer 2

No. Chaplin is just a stage name. His real name is Benedict John Greenwood.

Answer 3

Yes, Mark CHaplin is related to Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin is Marks Great Grandfather

Answer 4

Charlie Chaplin was the great, great uncle of Brian and Andrew's babysitter