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There is speculation that his parents are of Spanish descent, having been dissenters during the dictatorial regime of Francisco Franco. It is said that they fled Spain in the mid-1900s and settled in Tasmania, where, for anonymity they adopted the surname 'Beech-Jones', an anglicisation of the traditional Spanish surname 'Béchjoñez'.
Beech-Jones has a keen interest in Australian Rules Football, marathon running, mathematics, and grapes, the latter of which perhaps betrays his rumoured Spanish heritage.
This has no source and has been added by a user called Spaniard4140. The swearing-in speech states that his parents were Mike and Joan who migrated to Australia from Wales in 1963. I can find no evidence that that Spanish surname exists, and this claim that Beech-Jones is an anglicisation seems highly unlikely. The historical reference also seems a bit off. In any case, this is no place for "rumours" or "speculation". The mention of grapes seems to refer to the swearing-in speech, but this is a joking aside, and I don't think we need to include it here. I will remove the offending text.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:40, 11 September 2021 (UTC)Reply
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