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TIL Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married an 18-year-old girl named Mandy Smith. After they divorced, Wyman’s son (30) married Mandy’s mother (46). This made Wyman the father-in-law of his ex-mother-in-law and step-grandfather of his ex-wife.

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