Who are the Chapman family, why are they famous and what happened to their abusive father?
The Chapmans have been named Britain's most influential family, with a combined social media following of 21 million people
THE Chapmans have been named Britain's most influential family, with a combined social media following of 21 million people.
But who are Sam, Nic, Jim and John Chapman, how did they become famous and what happened to their abusive father? This is what you need to know.
Who are the Chapman family?
Two sisters and two twin brothers: Sam, Nic, Jim and John are a famous influencer family who all have successful vlogs and social media pages.
The foursome, plus Nic's vlogger husband Ian Haste, have been named the UK's most influential family.
They dominate the world of beauty, fitness, food and fashion as a family and have a combined following of over 21 million.
How old are they?
The eldest of the four siblings is Sam, 41, has two children, Olivia and Lilly and a boyfriend named Ryan.
Nic, 38, is married to Ian and has two children with him, Harry and Edie.
Jim and John are twin brothers aged 31.
Jim is married to fellow YouTube star Tanya Burr.
How did the Chapmans become famous?
Originally a professional make-up artist, Sam kicked off her YouTube career 12 years ago when her friend asked her for a smokey-eye tutorial.
Other women began requesting similar videos and a couple of months later Nic, also a make-up artist, joined her sister in the videos and Pixiwoo was launched.
They were scouted by agency Gleam, who also have the Suggs as clients, and their careers took off from there.
Jim later started a prank YouTube channel which he has now turned into a more grown up fashion-based channel and John is the co-host of a fitness page alongside his friend Leon Bustin.
How many followers do the Chapmans have?
The Pixiwoo YouTube channel has 2.1million subscribers.
Sam has 227K Twitter followers and 829K Instagram followers.
Nic has 204K Twitter followers and 551K Instagram followers.
Ian Haste's YouTube channel has 80,000 subscribers and Haste's Kitchen has 56K Instagram followers.
Jim has 2.3million YouTube subscribers, 2.1million Instagram followers and 2.36million Twitter followers.
John's brand The Lean Machines has 430K YouTube subscribers, 111K Instagram followers and 41.9K Twitter followers.
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Who is their abusive father and what happened to him?
John Chapman married Judy and fathered her four children.
He was abusive and violent towards the family, beating Judy and Sam, calling Nic fat and making his two sons fight each other.
He lived with multiple sclerosis, which Nic was diagnosed with around three years ago, and died of the disease in 2017 aged 65.
None of the children kept in contact with their father after they escaped him as a family and none of them attended his funeral.
Judy's second husband Brian also died in 2017 of pancreatic cancer.