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"X Factor contestant Janet Devlin has revealed that she is &amp;quot;unaware&amp;quot; of any family tie between herself and former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Cobain&amp;#039;s widow Courtney Love has made the claim that Devlin is related to the deceased singer, saying that she &amp;quot;is a cousin of Kurt&amp;#039;s ancestors from County Tyrone&amp;quot;.   Following her revelation, NME contacted the Devlin family via a publicist for the singing competition to see if the link was valid. The Devlin family said they were &amp;quot;completely unaware&amp;quot; of the connection, while Janet added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not aware of any family connection but it&amp;#039;s pretty cool if that is the case.&amp;quot; Love attempted to get in contact with X Factor boss Simon Cowell last month, saying that she had the &amp;quot;perfect idea&amp;quot; for Devlin to cover a Nirvana track. It was recently confirmed that Devlin topped the X Factor live show result for four consecutive weeks at the beginning of this year&amp;#039;s competition. Watch Janet Devlin perform &amp;#039;Fix You&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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