# Another one of those "A friend told me that. . . ."

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 1999, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-of-those-a-friend-told-me-that/3823 "1999-10-10T16:13:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 1999, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-of-those-a-friend-told-me-that/3823/1 "1999-10-10T16:13:00Z")

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The Smothers Brothers are actually the Brothers Cousins.

They are actually cousins, and their real last name is “Brothers.”

He said he saw it on a documentary (this was about 10 years ago).

I’ve been unable to verify it one way or the other.

Anyone?

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**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 1999, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-of-those-a-friend-told-me-that/3823/2 "1999-10-10T16:34:00Z")

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The IMDb says they’re brothers. I don’t know if that’s worth anything, but they’re usually pretty accurate.

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**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-of-those-a-friend-told-me-that/3823/3 "1999-10-11T09:20:00Z")

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'Scuse my ignorance, but who is the “IMDb”?

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-of-those-a-friend-told-me-that/3823/4 "1999-10-11T09:32:00Z")

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[The Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com).

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