# Anybody just watch NCIS? Was that guy Abby's real brother? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373 "2011-10-12T01:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/1 "2011-10-12T01:04:52Z")
They looked so much alike. He had to be related to Pauley Perette. Unrelated to the look-alike. Hubby says that all the exciting plots are now going to NCIS Los Angeles and all the procedural plot lines are being sent to the original NCIS in order to boost NCIS:LA’s ratings. I gotta admit, the Romanian mob shoot out was fun. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/2 "2011-10-12T01:26:21Z")
I wondered the same thing, so I looked him up on IMDB. He’s not her brother; in fact, they’ve dated. Apparently she recommended him for the part because they look so much alike. What puzzled me was that she was supposed to be younger than he. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/3 "2011-10-12T01:54:21Z")
Pictures? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/4 "2011-10-12T02:05:17Z")
> [@vix](#): > > I wondered the same thing, so I looked him up on IMDB. He’s not her brother; in fact, they’ve dated. Apparently she recommended him for the part because they look so much alike. > > What puzzled me was that she was supposed to be younger than he. I could never date someone who looked so much like me. There’s too much of a chance that somebody’s parents are lying to them. I don’t know where I could find pictures. The show just ended and I don’t even know the guy actor’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/5 "2011-10-12T02:39:22Z")
His name is [Daniel Rivas](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729040/). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/6 "2011-10-12T02:50:07Z")
He had on green contacts which made the resemblance uncanny. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/7 "2011-10-12T14:14:41Z")
I call bullshit on Abby getting DNA from the hair in that locket. You can get DNA from the root, but that lock of hair was neatly cut well above the root. ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/8 "2011-10-12T15:56:06Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > I call bullshit on Abby getting DNA from the hair in that locket. You can get DNA from the root, but that lock of hair was neatly cut well above the root. Well I just googled it and [this website](http://www.forensicdnacenter.com/forensic-faqs.html#4) says you can do mitochondrial DNA testing which is what she was doing in the episode. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/9 "2011-10-12T19:29:36Z")
Have to say this is the first episode this season that wasn’t called in. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/10 "2011-10-13T04:34:21Z")
> [@firstname](#): > > Well I just googled it and [this website](http://www.forensicdnacenter.com/forensic-faqs.html#4) says you can do mitochondrial DNA testing which is what she was doing in the episode. Okay. All I know about forensics, I learned from cop shows. Like this one. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/11 "2011-10-13T12:40:38Z")
> [@firstname](#): > > Well I just googled it and [this website](http://www.forensicdnacenter.com/forensic-faqs.html#4) says you can do mitochondrial DNA testing which is what she was doing in the episode. I thought she said they did the mitochondrial testing for the kidney transplant. That’s how they knew the other guy was her brother. Did she do the same on the hair? ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/12 "2011-10-13T14:44:56Z")
> [@vix](#): > > What puzzled me was that she was supposed to be younger than he. I thought that too, but after the explaination at the end of the episode there was no reason why she would have to be younger. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/13 "2011-10-13T18:42:09Z")
Have we met her other brother? ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-just-watch-ncis-was-that-guy-abbys-real-brother/599373/14 "2011-10-13T20:07:18Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Have we met her other brother? Nope, prior to this, all we knew about Abby’s family is that her mother is Deaf and named Gloria and that she had a pet tortoise that she would ride like a tractor when they all went to Grammy Scuito’s house.