# Marlon Brando is Courtney Love's grandfather!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047 "2003-08-14T00:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/1 "2003-08-14T00:52:34Z")
> [@](#): > > MARLON BRANDO IS COURTNEY LOVE’S GRANDFATHER > Veteran actor Marlon Brando has been revealed as the unexpected grandfather of wild rocker Courtney Love in a new book. > The singer’s mother, psychologist Linda Carroll, claims she has taken DNA tests to confirm she is the “Godfather” star’s daughter. > > Love, former wife of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, says, “I am incredibly shocked by this news. I have heard Mr. Brando has more than 30 children so I can’t imagine how many cousins I have.” > > The link is Linda’s mother, novelist Paula Fox. She met Brando in the 1940’s through famed drama teacher Stella Adler, and the two enjoyed a brief liaison. However, it is not known whether 79-year-old recluse Brando knows that Linda – who was given up for adoption – was the result of this. > > Brando has 11 acknowledged children, although is thought to have many more. Carroll’s book in which she makes the revelation, is as yet unreleased. [Cite](http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/dailydish/). Insert your own Brando-Love jokes here. I’ll start: “And I hope that their first child…is a masculine child…” “You should learn how to say ‘no’!” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/2 "2003-08-14T01:42:45Z")
::runs naked through the town square, waving arms above head:: Hey, I’m not kidding here people!! This isn’t a “joke thread” - DNA has confirmed it!! No one has any comment?? This is really, really WEIRD!! Why won’t anyone talk to me?? BLARRRRGGGG!!! ---
**Author:** ![LSD-25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@LSD-25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSD-25)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/3 "2003-08-14T02:08:07Z")
You’re only the third person this evening to start a thread on this subject, we’re all still reeling from the shock of this amazing bombshell news. (:D) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204465](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204465) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204344](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204344) ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/4 "2003-08-14T02:08:52Z")
Wow. That is WEIRD. Small world and all that. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/5 "2003-08-14T02:45:03Z")
_Very_ weird… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/6 "2003-08-14T15:57:48Z")
This needs to be discussed. 😃 First off, could this really be possible? Or could Courtney’s mom be trying to get some money? What the hell is going on? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/7 "2003-08-14T18:18:57Z")
Thank you **World Eater**. My tiny brain cannot handle the shock (SHOCK!) of such a turns of events. Makes you wonder how many other celebrities can call the Godfather the Grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![LSD-25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@LSD-25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSD-25)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marlon-brando-is-courtney-loves-grandfather/195047/8 "2003-08-14T18:43:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*Makes you wonder how many other celebrities can call the Godfather the Grandfather. \*\* Jabba the Hutt?