Jay Blades reveals he discovered 27 siblings after finding fame trends now

Jay Blades has revealed that his fame from TV show The Repair Shop has resulted in him discovering he has two more siblings taking the total to over 27 and counting - with others he's yet to identify abroad.

Blades's dad Trevor left his mother Barbara, taking all the family's money, and Jay went on to refer to him just as 'the man who contributed towards my birth' because he won't call him his father.

Now Jay has given his first detailed account of his relationship with his father, saying he saw him aged five, then not for 15 years, when Jay found out first he had four siblings and soon after 25 - only 11 of whom he's ever met.

In total, Jay, 53, has spoken to the man only four times in his life, and he swore never to again after hanging up when his father rang seeking a favour and claimed the credit for turning Jay into a success.

But Jay ended up calling once more in recent years - the last time - after his appearances on TV led four new people to come out the woodwork claiming to be his siblings.

Jay said: 'The man who contributed towards my birth got my mum pregnant when she was about 16, 17, promised her that he's going to get a flat and they're going to live happily ever after, took the money and left her high and dry. We ended up in a women's refuge.

'From there we went to live with her uncle and then we got a council house. So the man who contributed towards my birth came back into my life when I was about five I think.

'I remember him and my mum arguing because he wanted to take me somewhere, and then he came back into my life when I was 20, 21.

'I knew I had more brothers and sisters, and when I went to London with him and met the people he was living with, there were four there.

'I said to him, "I know there's more, I remember meeting a sister that was older than me, when you had me at five." And he said, "No, no." I said, "Are you sure?" "No, no, no, there's no more."

'So I left that place, and the half-sister rang me and then she said to me, "Yeah, there is more, there's loads more."

'I said, "Well how many more is there?" She's like, "There's 25." I was like, "Wow."

'That's just in this country. There's some in Jamaica and some in America as well. I think he used to be a rabbit. I did challenge him after, and I've met 11 of them.'