Every successful politician has a bit of the theatre about them.
But Tony Abbott has entertainment in his blood.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, have presented the prime minister with a comprehensive family history spanning hundreds of years.
The history reveals Mr Abbott's great-grandparents, Earnest Richard Abbott and Ada Grace Yabsley, were entertainers.
Earnest was an actor and theatre manager and Ada was an author and actress.
They performed with a theatre company throughout the British Isles.
Mr Abbott himself was born in London on November 4, 1957 to an Australian mother, Faye Abbott and an English father, Richard Henry (Dick) Abbott.
Mr Abbott's parents are both only children.
His grandparents emigrated from England and the Netherlands to Australia between 1912 and 1939.
His paternal grandparents came as adults and his maternal grandparents came as children.
Family histories have previously been produced for John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
