SecondcousinofHeatherBlair. ItwasathisgrandfatherRussell(andRussell'sbrotherAbel's)draftintoWW2thattheydiscoveredthefamilysurnamehadbeenchangedfromBlareltoBlairwhenAbelandRussellwereyoungchildren.HisgrandfatherRussellwasthoughttobeskippinghisdraftcallwhentheyfiguredoutthediscrepancy.ThesurnamewaschangedfromtheoriginalFrenchinordertosoundmoreEnglish.