SNOOKER star Ryan Day got the “mick taken out of him” for “marrying his auntie” in 2008.
Day, 45, is a stalwart on the circuit and has been in action at the World Snooker Championship.
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The Welshman was beaten in round one at the Crucible by 2023 champion Luca Brecel.
Day has been on the snooker circuit since the late 1990s.
In 2008 he married his partner Lynsey… the sister of his dad’s second-wife Paula.
At the time, Day’s wife told Wales on Sunday: “Some people like to keep family at arm’s length, but we’re all very close – obviously.
“Poor Ryan got a bit of stick from the lads at first, but he can cope with it.
“I know some will see it as a source of amusement that he’s married his auntie, as it were. But I can see the funny side.
“When he went on his stag weekend to Malaga the guys all wore T-shirts printed with a saucy slogan about us.
“What can you do but laugh? We’re all used to it now and we have a fantastic family life together.”
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Day’s dad Kevin added: “Lynsey is a very beautiful girl. It’s not like he’s married his wicked old step auntie.
“We now have the same father- in-law, but we all get on fine and it’s not an issue.”
Day comes from a talented sporting family.
His brother Rhys came through Manchester City’s academy.
A defender by trade, the 42-year-old played professionally for Mansfield, Blackpool, Aldershot and Oxford.
Ryan, meanwhile, has been as high as No6 in the world and has earned more than £2million in prize money from professional snooker.
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins