15 surprising celebrity parents vs. lookalikes
TIL Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein are actually siblings.
There are a lot of family trees in Hollywood, but there are also a ton of celebrities who look alike without sharing any family ties. These types of connections can actually be quite surprising.
Here are 15 celebrity pairs that I was surprised to find are related and 15 pairs that I was surprised to find are not actually related:
1.
Emma Roberts is Julia Roberts’ niece.
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2.
Diane Keaton and Michael Keaton both use stage names – no relationship.
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3.
Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein are siblings.
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4.
Victoria Justice and Nina Dobrev, who appear to be sisters, are no link.
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5.
Brandy and Snoop Dogg are cousins.
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6.
Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel do not share any blood.
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7.
Melissa McCarthy and Jenny McCarthy are cousins.
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8.
Yet Mila Kunis and her mini-me, Odeya Rush, are not related at a distance.
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9.
Glenn Close and Brooke Shields are first cousins.
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Susan Sarandon and Sigourney Weaver may seem related, but they are not.
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11.
Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola are actually cousins.
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12.
And somehow Lucy Hale and Selena Gomez aren’t.
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13.
Wyatt Russell and Kate Hudson are half-siblings.
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14.
Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek are friends, but not family.
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15.
Lily Collins is the daughter of Phil Collins.
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16.
Tatyana Ali and Gabrielle Union have been terrific as co-stars in Brothers, but they are not related in any way, form or form.
17.
Denzel Washington is the father of John David Washington.
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18.
Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie may look the same, but they’re not related.
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19.
Jamie Lee Curtis is Janet Leigh’s daughter.
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20.
Jennifer Garner and Christa B. Allen are not related, but they look alike enough to play the same character in 13 In progress 30.
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21.
Karen Gillan and Caitlin Blackwood are cousins, and they first met when they both played Amy Pond on Doctor Who.
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22.
Helen Mirren and Alexandra Grant do not share any family ties.
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23.
Bryce Dallas Howard is Ron Howard’s daughter.
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24.
Paul Reubens and Alan Cumming are neither cousins nor clones.
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25.
Diana Ross is the mother of Tracee Ellis Ross.
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26.
Zach Galifianakis and Nick Offerman are not related; they look a lot alike with their beards.
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27.
Melanie Griffith is Dakota Johnson’s mom.
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28.
Kristen Stewart and Jena Malone might seem like cousins, but they’re not.
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However, Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are first cousins.
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And finally, I really find it hard to believe that Keira Knightley and Winona Ryder are not related in any way, form or form.
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