Stars You Didn’t Know Were Related: Jonah Hill, More (2024)

While many famous faces have made a name for themselves on their own, some have surprising familial connections to one another.

Beanie Feldstein, who rose to fame after starring in 2019’sBooksmart,is the younger sister ofJonah Hill and has frequently gushed over their sibling bond. She couldn’t help but rave about her older brother, who even got a tattoo of her name amid her Great White Way debut inHello, Dolly.

“Oh, my God, I mean, he’s my best friend in the world, so I’m always excited for him,” FeldsteintoldUs Weeklyand other reporters in January 2020.

The acting siblings are hardly the only celebrities with surprising connections. Legendary Todaymeteorologist Al Roker shares common ancestors with Lenny Kravitz, which they discussed during a September 2011 appearance on the morning show.

Scroll down to see how some of the biggest Hollywood stars —from Madonna to Hillary Clinton — are related:

In addition to starring in Beef together, Park and Min are real-life cousins. In August 2024, Min gushed about how excited he was to join Park in the Netflix family. (Min is part of the cast for The Umbrella Academy while Park plays Mindy Chen in Emily in Paris.)

“I love her to death, and I'm so glad we get to share this experience together,” Min gushed to People at the time. “It feels like this is a dream. It feels like we're living in a simulation, the fact that we're related and that we get to be on two great shows on Netflix. What are the crazy chances that that has happened?”

The “Level Up” singer was stunned by the news that she and the baseball legend had a family connection.

“What in the world?” she said in a clip of an episode of Finding Your Roots shared via her Instagram in January 2023. “You are kidding me. Derek Jeter!”

Historian and host of Finding Your Roots, Henry Louis Gates Jr., explained that Ciara and Jeter “share a long identical stretch of DNA on their 14th chromosome,” which the singer noted was “crazy.”

Ciara’s husband, Russell Wilson, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his reaction, writing, “Always knew it!”

The View cohost was left speechless when she found out her relation to the NFL star.

During an episode of the talk show in January 2023, Gates Jr. made an appearance on-air to tell Goldberg the news. (She had previously been on an earlier season of Gates Jr.’s series.)

“On the first series, I did [a number of Black celebrities including] Whoopi and we didn’t have the sophisticated tests that we now use for DNA at that time,” he explained. “You all know about DNA cousins? You have a DNA cousin, dear … Tony Gonzalez is your DNA cousin.”

Goldberg exclaimed “That’s my cousin?!” before extending Gonzalez an invitation to appear on The View.

Morgan said that his episode of PBS' Finding Your Roots revealed that Nas is a relative. "I turn the last page, and guess who's sitting there? Nas. Me and Nas is third cousins on my mom's side," the comedian explained on the "Connect the Dots" podcast in December 2023.

"But me and Esco was always tight before that," he said of Nas. "I did a show years ago on Comedy Central called One Mic, that was for Nas' mom that just passed away. So me and Esco always been tight."

The Barry star said Burnett told him they were distant cousins after taking part in an episode of Finding Your Roots. "She emailed me," Hader told Entertainment Tonight in April 2023. "Yeah, she emailed me and said, 'Hey, we're related.' And I went, 'What?' I told my kids! I'm like, 'We're all related to Ms. Hannigan,' and they were like, 'Ah!!' So it was really fun."

The Bridesmaids star and the Once Upon a Time alum became sisters-in-law in January 2023 after McIver married Byrne’s brother, artist George Byrne.

“We have a great dialogue and, while we are in different businesses, you obviously navigate a lot of similar things in the acting and photography industries,” the Insidious star previously told Jones magazine in May 2018 of her brother George. “I learn a lot from George’s perfectionist attitude when it comes to his work, because as a Leo I can be lazy, and I always value his opinion on a film project or a screenplay because creatively he’s got great taste. He’s got a great sense of humor, so he’s excellent to have a vent with if you’ve had a bad day, and we also just have that true closeness with a sibling that you can’t get with anyone else.”

The High School Musical alum didn't know she was related to her longtime friend until diving into her family tree on Ancestry's 2 Leafs and a Lie in November 2022. The Elvis star is her 10th cousin, once removed.

"I couldn’t believe it, and I started to get emotional,” the Frenshe founder exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. “We’ve had an immediate connection since we met, and we’ve been close friends for years. We even joked about being fraternal twins."

The Pretty Woman star’s brother, Eric Roberts, is the father of the Scream Queens alum. Throughout the years, Emma has been vocal about her happy childhood memories of visiting her aunt on different film sets.

“I’d write the wardrobe tags and organize the makeup brushes and watch how they did their continuity books,” the Belletrist founder recalled to Tatler magazine in January 2022. “I would ask questions without a filter. This industry really is ‘learn as you go.’” The following month, the Oscar winner shared a sweet Instagram video of the pair to celebrate Emma’s 31st birthday.

“HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS. 🦃,” the Hunger Games actor captioned a November 2021 Instagram snap with the Office alum. In August 2012, Tucci wed literary agent Felicity Blunt, who’s the sister of his Devil Wears Prada costar Emily Blunt. The Mary Poppins Returns actress, for her part, wed Krasinski two years earlier in July 2010.

“I’m trying to remember the day you were born,” the Accepted actor recalled to his younger sister during an April 2019 conversation for Interview magazine. “Mom was obviously in the hospital giving birth to you, and I think Dad and I were getting pasta across the street. I drive by that place sometimes, and I’m always thinking, ‘That’s where Dad and I were eating lunch, and then we met Beanie.’ Isn’t that funny? I don’t know if I ever told you that.”

The Evil actor and the How to Get Away With Murder star are second cousins and were born in the same town, he revealed on The Talk in September 2019. However, they didn't meet until April 2019. “Honestly, we had never met but our families have family reunions, and they talk about us and stuff. They are very proud of us! We’re just very busy," he said at the time. "In L.A., you could be right next to someone, in the same neighborhood, you’re never home. You’re filming somewhere, they’re busy, life happens. And we just never got caught up.... I figured we would just work it out, and we connected, and we just made it happen. Took us about a week. We were like, 'Let’s get some coffee and talk,' and I met her mom. Good times.”

The My Cousin Vinny star and the Hannibal actress didn’t even know they were related, only discovering that they were genetic cousins after Tomei appeared on the PBS series Finding Your Roots. According to the Oscar winner’s results, she shares an “identical stretch of DNA along her X-chromosome” with Moore. “I KNEW WE WERE ALIKE! @marisatomei is my COUSIN!!” the Big Lebowski star wrote on Instagram in January 2019. “OMG I’m so excited, thank you @henrylouisgates for letting us know we have identical segments of DNA.”

The Curb Your Enthusiasm star revealed the family connection after he appeared on PBS' Find Your Roots. "I was very happy about that," he said at a Television Critics Association press tour panel in July 2017. "I thought there must have been some connection." The actor said that Sanders is a "third cousin or something."

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.

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."

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."

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.’”

Royally perfect! Ancestry.com discovered in May 2014 that the duch*ess 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."

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.”

The rapper is first cousins with the famous siblings. The Moesha alum even was featured on Snoop Dogg’s 2009 song “Special.”

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.

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.

The late-night host and actor have more in common that just their hair color. The stars are actually third cousins.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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