Kylie Minogue may be the descendant of Dinah Riddiford whose execution way back in 1816 became popularly known as ‘The Granny Hanging’.

Fresh documents released online, giving details of some 710,000 British people who migrated to Australia after World War II, claim a link between the singer and Riddiford, who was sentenced to death for stealing bacon.

Also, the documents show that Minogue’s great-great-grandfather Morgan Riddiford was jailed for assaulting a 14-year-old farm girl.

Morgan’’s son George had married a Welsh woman. Their daughter Millie married into another Welsh family, the Joneses whose marriage produced Carol Ann Jones. Carol came to Australia, married Ron Minogue and gave birth to Kylie and Dannii.

The ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ hitmaker still has blood relatives living in South Wales, which includes her great uncle Dennis Riddiford, who lives near Port Talbot, Wales.

He is the brother of Kylie’’s grandmother Millie and claims to be in contact with Carol and her family.

“Carol’’s a great girl and she’’s never forgotten she’’s from here, or allowed her daughters” fame to change her,” the Daily Telegraph quoted Riddiford as saying.

He added: “We often call each other and when she’’s in the UK, she comes to my home and stays.”