# Is Dan Carlin related to George Carlin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340 "2015-10-03T04:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fat2FitMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Fat2FitMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat2FitMama)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340/1 "2015-10-03T04:44:15Z")
I recently discovered Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast and the other night, as I was listening to it in bed, I couldn’t help but think “Damn. He sounds a lot like George Carlin. I wonder if they’re related?” So are they? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340/2 "2015-10-03T04:49:40Z")
Albert Brooks, the voice of Nemo’s Dad (in Finding Nemo) is Super Dave’s brother…does that help? (sorry, always looking for a place to toss that totally random place of trivia in). ETA, FWIW, both IMDB and Wiki both mention only one brother, Patrick. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340/3 "2015-10-03T04:52:42Z")
Doesn’t seem to be. Wikipedia says that Dan Carlin is the son of Academy Award nominated actress Lynn Carlin and film producer Ed Carlin. Neither of those seem to be related to George, at least not that I could find on Wikipedia and IMDB. ETA: Wikipedia link: [Dan Carlin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Carlin) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340/4 "2015-10-03T04:58:24Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Doesn’t seem to be. Wikipedia says that Dan Carlin is the son of Academy Award nominated actress Lynn Carlin and film producer Ed Carlin. Neither of those seem to be related to George, at least not that I could find on Wikipedia and IMDB. > > ETA: Wikipedia link: [Dan Carlin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Carlin) I just found that as well, unless Dan didn’t want it mentioned (and George (well, his family/agent)) didn’t want it mentioned, it would have said it there. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340/5 "2015-10-03T05:04:42Z")
Since this is about show biz, let’s move it to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**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 3, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340/6 "2015-10-03T12:40:49Z")
George Carlin had pretty much no relatives in Hollywood. His daughter Kelly does some radio stuff and has a one-woman show about her father. ---
**Author:** ![Fat2FitMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Fat2FitMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat2FitMama)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340/7 "2015-10-03T14:16:53Z")
Thanks for the info. I was just super curious (and couldn’t find anything either, which is why I was hoping you guys would be able to) because to me it seems like he has a lot of the same inflections, style of talking and even a voice that sounds very, very similar to George Carlin’s. So if they’re not related…they sure do sound alike!