Stars You Didn’t Know Were Related
illary Clinton and Madonna, and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are just some Hollywood stars who are related — find out their connections and more!
Madonna and Hillary Clinton
Madonna and Hillary Clinton
The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she and the Queen of Pop are 10th cousins. “That’s true,” the politician told Ellen DeGeneres. Clinton and Madonna share the same great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents.
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Melissa McCarthy and Jenny McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy and Jenny McCarthy
Funny cousins! Jenny helped the Gilmore Girls alum get her first TV job by giving her a few cameos on The Jenny McCarthy Show. In July 2015, the Two and a Half Men alum shared a cute throwback photo of the relatives from when they were kids in Illinois. "Me, my sis and my cousin Melissa," she captioned the Instagram pic. "102 degrees at the zoo, not happy campers. #tbt."
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Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz
Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz
Who knew? The famous weatherman and rocker talked about how their grandfathers were cousins during a Today show interview in September 2011. "My mother was Roxie Roker, my grandfather Albert Roker from the Bahamas,” the Hunger Games actor said. Roker chimed in: "All I know is I'm going with it. [My] kids think it's cool."
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Jason Sudeikis and George Wendt
Jason Sudeikis and George Wendt
Cheers to this! The Saturday Night Live alum is actually Wendt’s nephew. “He was just a good example that being an actor was a viable option. Here’s a guy from the Midwest, in my family, who took the road less traveled and it worked out for him,” Sudeikis said during a 2011 Playboy interview. “The advice he gave me, and I say this jokingly, is 'Get on one of the best sitcoms of all time and then ride it out.’”
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Kate Middleton and Elle, Dakota Fanning
Kate Middleton and Elle, Dakota Fanning
Royally perfect! Ancestry.com discovered in May 2014 that the Duchess of Cambridge is a distant cousin of the famous sisters. The trio are descendants of King Edward III. "It's so weird … it’s crazy,” Elle told E! News. "I've always wanted to do the Ancestry.com thing because I think it would be really cool. But someone did it for me, which I think is great."
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Rob Schneider and Elle King
Rob Schneider and Elle King
Wait, what?! The Grown Ups actor is actually King’s dad. The “Ex's & Oh’s” singer revealed why she changed her last name during an interview with ABC News. "I wanted to be myself. I am my own person,” she said in November 2015. "It’s not that I wanted to be a famous person. I wanted to be a performer. But I worked really hard and I did everything myself.”
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Snoop Dogg and Brandy, Ray J
Snoop Dogg and Brandy, Ray J
The rapper is first cousins with the famous siblings. The Moesha alum even was featured on Snoop Dogg’s 2009 song “Special.”
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Amy Schumer and Chuck Schumer
Amy Schumer and Chuck Schumer
The comedian and New York senator are distant cousins. In 2015, the two teamed up to push for stricter gun-control laws following a shooting at a screening of the actress’ movie, Trainwreck, in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Prince Charles and Ralph Fiennes
Prince Charles and Ralph Fiennes
Is Voldemort a royal? Prince Charles and the Harry Potter star are eighth cousins as they are both linked to James II of Scotland, who reigned in the 1400s.
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Denis Leary and Conan O'Brien
Denis Leary and Conan O'Brien
The late-night host and actor have more in common that just their hair color. The stars are actually third cousins.
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
BFFs — and cousins! According to the New England Genealogical Society, the Massachusetts-bred actors and childhood pals are 10th cousins, once removed. They both are descended from a bricklayer named William Knowlton Jr., who traveled from England to the U.S. in the early 1600s.
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Quincy Jones and Rashida Jones
Quincy Jones and Rashida Jones
The Parks and Recreation alum is the music producer’s daughter. She opened up about her famous dad during an interview with Larry King in April 2013. “He’s pretty endless in the love that he has to give,” she said. “He has that wonderful ability of making everybody feel like the most special person he’s ever met.”
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Christian Bale and Gloria Steinem
Christian Bale and Gloria Steinem
The feminist and political activist became Bale’s stepmom when she married his dad, David Bale, in 2000. The couple were married for three years before he died of a brain lymphoma at age 62 in 2003.
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Kate Spade and David Spade
Kate Spade and David Spade
Discount, please! The actor-comedian and fashion designer are in-laws. The businesswoman married his brother Andy Spade in 1994, and the couple began selling handbags together one year earlier.
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Scott Foley and Patrick Wilson
Scott Foley and Patrick Wilson
Hot duo! The actors are actually brothers-in-law. The Scandal star is married to model Marika Dominczyk while Wilson is married to her sister, actress Dagmara Dominczyk.
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Blake Lively and Robin Lively
Blake Lively and Robin Lively
Best ever! The Gossip Girl alum and Teen Witch actress are half sisters. They share the same mom, Elaine Lively. The siblings are so close that Robyn even re-created her Teen Witch dance at Blake’s wedding to Ryan Reynolds in 2012. "I got a blue dress, a blue tutu and the music comes on. I had the necklace remade. I took it off and threw it to her,” Robyn told "Pop My Culture" podcast in September 2013.
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Halle Berry and Sarah Palin
Halle Berry and Sarah Palin
The actress revealed in October 2012 that she’s related to the former Alaska governor, but didn’t elaborate how. "You want to know who I'm related to? Sarah Palin!" Berry told Extra. “[In] some twisted way. Somebody sent me this information that she was my distant [relative]."
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