Family acts have been a Hollywood mainstay since the industry began.
You’ve heard of a little comedy troupe called the Marx Brothers, right?
Well,it wasn’t just a clever name, as Wayne Campbell would say.
Even behind-the-scenes, families have infiltrated Tinseltown together does Warner Brothers ring a bell?
Still, sharing a last name with a fellow entertainer can be both a blessing and a curse.
Fans constantly accuse celebrities likeKendall Jenner of owing their careers to nepotism.
And we all know there are plenty ofstars who are only famous because of their siblings.
But what about thecelebrities you didn’t even know were related?
There are singers, actors, comedians, and even drag queens with secret famous family members.
Some celebs choose keep their connections quiet, for various reasons that we’ll delve into below.
No matter what the reason, here are a bunch of celebs you didn’t know were related.
But when RuPaul Charles and Cory Booker found out they were related, that’s exactly what happened.
Drag icon RuPaul grew up in San Diego.
New Jersey Senator Booker is a lifelong east coaster.
RuPaul appears on an episode of the show.
The team compared RuPaul’s DNA to that of past guests and found a match in Booker.
“He looks like my kin,” RuPaul says of Booker in a clip from the show.
But every time I’ve ever seen him, he reminds me of my cousin Eulah."
The pair embraced their newfound kinship when Booker made a cameo on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
Sounds like he’s a Ru fan.
But the movie star actually got her start on her younger cousin Jenny McCarthy’s MTV sketch show.
Melissa snagged a role as a production assistant on the show,according to Vulture.
The two cousins, who come from a big family, were in their late 20s at the time.
Jenny, of course, became is infamous for hercontroversial statements about vaccination.
Melissa seems to have a more traditional stance on the subject.
And she’s not the only offspring of his who went into directing.
His granddaughter, Gia Coppola, helmed “Palo Alto” in 2014.
His dad, August, is Francis’s brother, was “a comparative literature professor.”
Schwartzman also counts Francis Ford Coppola as his uncle.
His mom, Talia Shire, famously starred as Adrian in “Rocky.”
She was also in “The Godfather,” and is Francis' sister.
Still, he claims that he never thought he’d be famous.
I don’t think I ever felt bold enough to think that way.
I didn’t think that I was going to get to be a part of movies, truly."
“He was just a good example that being an actor was a viable option.
But perhaps you didn’t know Snoop Dogg is related to the celebrity siblings, too.
If she had changed her name, though, we’d now know her as Gloria Bale.
Steinem married David Bale, the father of Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale, in 2000.
He was still married to Steinem at the time.
But do Christian Bale and Steinem share views on feminism?
As Christian told the same outlet, “If we’re talking equality, absolutely.”
I don’t see him that often, but we’re in touch from time to time.”
Mansfield died in a brutal car accident when she was 34 and Mariska was three.
Mariska’s father lived to the age of 80, dying in 2006.
“Why should I read those?”
she asked the outlet, adding, “I lived with an encyclopedia my dad.”
“She’s with me still,” Mariska said through tears.
Maybe that’s why so few people realize Rudolph’s mother was a celebrity, too.
Maya’s dad is Richard Rudolph, a music producer.
I’m the person by association and it’s fascinating."
Minnie died when Maya was just six.
The two stars' grandfathers were cousins, “Today” clarifies.
His response was as cool as it was sweet.
“Ask Al Roker.
Al Roker knows what it’s like to be a rock star because he is one.”
And yet, amazingly, no one asked the musician about the connection in the ensuing Q&A.
“I gotta ask a question on behalf of someone else,” Smith said.
Rogan acknowledged, “Yeah, we’re related.
I don’t know him, but we’re cousins.”
Unfortunately, that answer remains a mystery.
“And you might have wondered what happened to her.
Well, she’s pretty much living a normal life now.
And it’s her brother, Jesse Eisenberg, who’s become super-famous.
Instead, it’s “The Social web connection” actor Jesse Eisenberg.
Jesse talked about his little-known family connection on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (viaYahoo).
They’ve been together since their first date in 1996.
Prior to that light scandal,Josh gushed to GMAabout how over-the-moon Barbra was to become a grandmother.
“She’s calling all the time, emailing all the time.
She has name suggestions.
We got her a bracelet that says ‘grandma’ on it; she started crying.”
Well, by marriage, that is, and some complicated ones, at that.
Blackstock would go on to sign Clarkson to his company, Starstruck Management Group, years later.
That’s how Clarkson met Blackstock’s son, Brandon Blackstock, who is also a manager with Starstruck.
She first laid eyes on him while rehearsing for the American Country Music Awards in 2006, according toPeople.
“This guy walks by, making everybody laugh,” she told the magazine.
“I said, ‘I’m gonna end up with him.
I know it.'”
Brandon and Kelly married in 2013, making Reba Kelly’s step-mother-in-law.
In 2015, though,Reva and Narvel divorced.
Then, Kelly and Brandon initiated divorce proceedings in 2020.
But reportedly, neither divorce could break the bond between Reba and Kelly.
