Characters from two different TV shows that could be related

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Inspired by my own post in this thread, could Home Improvement’s Wilson and House’s Wilson be related? They both are brillant, silent types who “suffer fools gladly.” Maybe they are uncle and nephew?

I always wanted Martin Crane to drop in on his cousin Denny in Boston and thank him again for helping Niles and Fraiser adjust to going to college on the East Coast. The TV writers missed a golden opportunity there.

And if I were writting House, his biological father would have been Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce. They are both brillant, insane, pain in the ass doctors.

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Ursula on Mad About You and Phoebe on Friends. The similarities are uncanny!

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HA-ha! I always thought Nelson’s father should be Barney.

Seinfeld’s Frank Costanza & King of Queens’s Arthur Spooner are obviously the same person. In ten years I plan to do a TV show about the early years of this bigamist’s life, juggling the two families. It will star (who else?) Ben Stiller.

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Eric Foreman from “That 70’s Show” and Eric Foreman from “House” related?

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It was established that Stephen Hyde’s biological father was William Barnett, played by black actor Tim Reid. So maybe Hyde is related to House’s Foreman.

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Not a TV show, but I always imagined Daniel Plainview of “There Will Be Blood,” being the illegitimate son of Al Swearengen from “Deadwood.”

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I used to think that Ray from Stingray was the father, or at least a very close relative, of Jarod of The Pretender, because they had the same basic “instant learn” ability.

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Felix Unger of “The Odd Couple” and Niles and Frasier Crane (especially Niles) must be related somehow.

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**George Costanza **from “Seinfeld” and **Larry David **in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” are long lost brothers of course.

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I figure that Riker must have been descended from Kirk in some fashion.

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I am absolutely convinced that Red Foreman from That 70s Show is the grown-up Ritchie Cunningham.

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The Lone Ranger’s name was John Reid, the Green Hornet’s Britt Reid. Coincidence? I think not.

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Earlier, I mentioned Riker. It occurs to me that Commander Riker and David Xanatos of Gargoyles are eerily similar, if you know what I mean.

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On the nose-from Wiki:

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Thanks for sending me to the Wiki article about the Lone Ranger. It was a rush of nostalgia. I actually had those Frontier Town cereal boxes. Was that really 1947? It can’t be, that would make me…, oh, crap.

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I assumed that’s what they were going for when they cast Marion Ross as his mother. But it would make more sense if he were the elder brother, Chuck. Sure, we assumed he was killed in Korea, after which his traumatized parents suppressed all memories of him, but he actually took on a fake identity, not even bothering to leave Wisconsin.

Doesn’t explain why he remembers being a veteran of World War II, when Chuck (let alone Richie) would have been far too young.

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I figure that Alexis, who is Richard Castle’s daughter on Castle; Emily, who is Cal Lightman’s daughter on Lie To Me; Zoe, who is Sheriff Carter’s daughter on Eureka; and Julie, who is Natalie Teeger’s daughter on Monk, are all Facebook friends.

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I always thought Spin City missed a great opportunity by not having New York City being involved in some federal level issue and having Deputy Mayor Charlie Crawford go to Washington and meet with the President - who would be Jed Bartlet.

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I always wondered if Dr. Kelso from Scrubs was related to Kelso from That 70’s Show. An uncle or something maybe?

And of course, Dr. Soong from Star Trek, creator and likeness of Data, is clearly a descendant of recurring defendant Bob Wheeler from Night Court.

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We already saw Howard and Marion Cunningham “disappear” three children; Chuck, Richie, and Joanie (What? Did you really believe that story about Richie joining the Army and moving to Greenland? Or that Joanie ran off to California with Chachi? That’s just what Howard and Marion told the neighbours.). So maybe they also had another older son, Reginald aka Red, who mysteriously vanished earlier.

Hey, it’s Wisconsin - Ed Gein and Jeff Dahmer territory. Things happen and people learn not to ask too many questions.