# Celebs with relatives in a different line of work but also well known
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319 "2021-12-01T21:19:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/1 "2021-12-01T21:19:24Z")
Here is one that is pretty well known : Amy Schumer and cousin Sen. Chuck Schumer
Doug Fieger of the Knack and his brother Jeff Fieger a lawyer who ran for governor of Michigan and defended Dr. Kervorkian. Doug died in 2010
Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance and cousin Joe Rogan but they have not met
any others?
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### Author:  [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/2 "2021-12-01T21:26:07Z")
Actress Sally Field’s brother Rick is a physicist. I don’t think he’s particularly well-known though.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/3 "2021-12-01T21:28:19Z")
**Paul Giamatti** the actor is the son of the late Baseball Commissioner **Angelo Bartlett Giamatti**
**Rooney & Kate Mara** are the daughters of Tim Mara & Kathleen McNulty. Tim Mara is the son of Longtime Giants owner **Wellington Mara** and Kathleen’s grandfather was Steelers founder **Art Rooney Sr.**
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### Author:  [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/4 "2021-12-01T21:28:20Z")
Journalist Chris Cuomo’s brother was Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York. We now know that the line between journalist and politician was a little blurry.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/5 "2021-12-01T21:29:32Z")
And of course their father was **Mario Cuomo**. Governor of NY and AAA Baseball player.
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Old one, **Katherine Hepburn** ’s Mother was pretty famous in her day.
**Katharine Martha Houghton** was a leader of the suffrage movement and co-founder Planned Parenthood.
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**Winston Churchill** ’s mother was Jennie Jerome, daughter of famed financier Leonard Jerome. A leading figure in Brooklyn, NY.
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/6 "2021-12-01T21:41:34Z")
Here’s a 3-fer:
Rahm/Ari/Ezekial Emmanuel
Politician/Agent/Doctor
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/7 "2021-12-01T21:43:47Z")
Radio host **Ira Glass** is a cousin of composer **Philip Glass**.
**George Clooney** is **Rosemary Clooney** ’s nephew.
**Anderson Cooper** is **Gloria Vanderbilt** ’s son (and they’re both descended from railroad magnate **Cornelius Vanderbilt** ).
**Werner Klemperer** (a.k.a. Colonel Klink on _Hogan’s Heroes_) was the son of conductor **Otto Klemperer**.
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### Author:  [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/8 "2021-12-01T21:49:08Z")
Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson was head men’s basketball coach at the University of Oregon for many years.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/9 "2021-12-01T21:49:42Z")
How about the Bayless brothers Rick and Skip. Rick and his Mexican cooking can be my friend, but I don’t think Skip can.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/10 "2021-12-01T21:51:46Z")
Sacha Baron Cohen of Borat and Ali G fame has a cousin, Simon Baron-Cohen, who is well known in the field of autism research.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/11 "2021-12-01T21:58:43Z")
_Doonesbury_ cartoonist Garry Trudeau is the great-grandson of physician [Edward Livingston Trudeau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Livingston_Trudeau), who was a public health pioneer, particularly in the treatment of tuberculosis; Garry’s grandfather and father were both also physicians, who carried on Edward’s medical research work at what is now the [Trudeau Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudeau_Institute) in upstate New York.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/12 "2021-12-01T22:00:23Z")
Comedian David Spade’s sister-in-law was fashion designer Kate Spade.
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/13 "2021-12-01T22:05:02Z")
Academy award winning film director Barbara Kopple had an uncle Murray Burnett who wrote an obscure play called “Everybody Comes to Rick’s.” The [the film adaptation](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/reference) is a bit less obscure.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/14 "2021-12-01T22:09:30Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> Rahm/Ari/Ezekial Emmanuel
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> Politician/Agent/Doctor
This is a really good one. Being in the Chicago area, I’d long known about Rahm and Ari, but when brother Zeke was named to President Biden’s COVID team, and started showing up on news shows, I discovered that he was the third brother.
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/15 "2021-12-01T22:11:34Z")
Paul McCartney’s daughter Stella made a pretty good name for herself in fashion design.
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### Author:  [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/16 "2021-12-01T22:11:57Z")
Cartoonist **Garry Trudeau** (_Doonesbury_) is married to TV news anchor **Jane Pauley**.
Speaking of TV news, **Al Roker** is the cousin of musician **Lenny Kravitz**.
More TV news; **Anderson Cooper** is **Gloria Vanderbilt** ’s son.
Grammy-nominated musician **Elle King** is shit actor **Rob Schneider** ’s daughter.
**Conan O’Brien** and **Denis Leary** are cousins (although I don’t think they’re first cousins. Second cousins?)
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### Author:  [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/17 "2021-12-01T22:13:31Z")
Leslie Nielsen’s brother Erik was a Canadian member of parliament, cabinet minister and deputy prime minister.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/18 "2021-12-01T22:19:28Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> Comedian David Spade’s sister-in-law was fashion designer Kate Spade.
And her niece is actress Rachel Brosnahan.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/19 "2021-12-01T22:25:19Z")
Jeff Bezos and George Strait are first cousins.
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### Author:  [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/20 "2021-12-01T22:27:40Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> **Werner Klemperer** (a.k.a. Colonel Klink on _Hogan’s Heroes_ ) was the son of conductor **Otto Klemperer**
And a first cousin once removed (I think, I always get confused with these) of writer and linguist **Victor Klemperer**.
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