# People who seem to be related to each other, but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247 "2007-01-09T02:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/21 "2007-01-09T18:07:08Z")
I’ll third Helen Hunt and Leelee Sobieski. Also [Robin Curtis](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0193495/) who played Saavik in Star Trek movies III & IV was the spitting image of [Barbara Bosson](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0098180/). (Sorry, no pitures with either IMDB link.) **Mama Zappa** and I referred to the “new” Saavik as “Fay Furillo’s daughter”. “Oh-oh, Fay Furillo’s daughter has a phaser!!” Old Hollywood joke - There are five stages of stardom: 1. Who is John Wayne? 2. Get me John Wayne! 3. Get me a John Wayne **type**. 4. Get me a **young** John Wayne type. 5. Who is John Wayne? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/22 "2007-01-09T18:26:13Z")
Until I looked it up on-line, I thought red-headed [Gillian Anderson](http://www.gillian-anderson.co.uk/167.jpg), from “The X-Files” was the younger sister of red-head [Jo Anderson](http://www.joanderson.com/jo2.jpg), who replaced Linda Hamilton in “Beauty and the Beast”. Only when I read an interview that said “of no relation” did I realize my mistake. (Gillian Anderson’s hair is also naturally blond.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/23 "2007-01-09T19:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=Typo Knig] I’ll third Helen Hunt and Leelee Sobieski. [/QUOTE] :smack: I didn’t see that I was seconding. Sorry, **Equipoise**. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/24 "2007-01-09T19:33:17Z")
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone] (Gillian Anderson’s hair is also naturally blond.) [/QUOTE] Cynthia Nixon’s, too. I don’t think she’s any relation to Tricky Dick, and in fact currently doesn’t have a taste for it. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/25 "2007-01-09T20:52:10Z")
My very cute and sweet boyfriend thought Mario Lemieux and Claude Lemieux were related. They’re not. And until just now, I thought Helen and Christian Slater were sibings, so I feel pretty silly! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/26 "2007-01-09T21:42:18Z")
Oh, and until very recently, I thought Harry Chapin and Mary Chapin Carpenter were related (thought they were in-laws or something.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/27 "2007-01-09T22:06:28Z")
When Camryn Mannheim first came on the scene, I thought she must be related to Conchata Ferrell, they looked and sounded do much alike. It was nice to finally see them play sisters on _Two and a Half Men_. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/28 "2007-01-09T22:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone] Oh, and until very recently, I thought Harry Chapin and Mary Chapin Carpenter were related (thought they were in-laws or something.) [/QUOTE] The love child of Harry Chapin and Karen Carpenter? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/29 "2007-01-10T03:14:24Z")
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone] Oh, and until very recently, I thought Harry Chapin and Mary Chapin Carpenter were related (thought they were in-laws or something.) [/QUOTE] Yeah-sounds like the Chapin (Harry) & Carpenter (Karen) families formed some sort of unholy alliance of 70’s MOR. ---
**Author:** ![Nuveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nuveena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuveena)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/30 "2007-01-10T03:38:35Z")
I just learned recently (here on the board, I think) that not only aren’t Stellan Skarsgard and Peter Sarsgaard not father and son, they don’t even have the same last name. Count me as another one who’s shocked to learn that Maureen and Jean Stapleton weren’t sisters. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/31 "2007-01-10T13:33:31Z")
[QUOTE=Nuveena] I just learned recently (here on the board, I think) that not only aren’t Stellan Skarsgard and Peter Sarsgaard not father and son, they don’t even have the same last name. Count me as another one who’s shocked to learn that Maureen and Jean Stapleton weren’t sisters. [/QUOTE] That threw me too because Peter has been billed before as Peter S **k** arsgaard. Maybe it was a typo. Ok, really, Frank and Al Yankovic aren’t related? I always thought they were. Doh. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/32 "2007-01-10T13:46:17Z")
[QUOTE=Nuveena] I just learned recently (here on the board, I think) that not only aren’t Stellan Skarsgard and Peter Sarsgaard not father and son, they don’t even have the same last name. Count me as another one who’s shocked to learn that Maureen and Jean Stapleton weren’t sisters. [/QUOTE] That threw me too because Peter has been billed before as Peter S **k** arsgaard. Maybe it was a typo. Ok, really, Frank and Al Yankovic aren’t related? I always thought they were. Doh. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/33 "2007-01-10T13:54:26Z")
Hugh Grant and Richard E. Grant ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/34 "2007-01-10T13:59:06Z")
WTF is up with the hamsters today? I used to think that Doug McKeon was related to Nancy and Phil McKeon. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/35 "2007-01-10T14:01:20Z")
I have always thought Celine Dion and Roz on Frasier looked similar ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/36 "2007-01-10T14:36:00Z")
[QUOTE=BluePitbull] I have always thought Celine Dion and Roz on Frasier looked similar [/QUOTE] Good lord, I misread that for a second and thought you were suggesting a family resembalnce between Celine Dion and Roz from _Night Court_ (Marsha Warfield, who on her worst day would never be mistaken for a skinny white woman). ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/37 "2007-01-10T16:32:52Z")
I thought that country music artists Blake Shelton and Ricky Van Shelton were brothers and was surprised to find that they are not. When Blake first appeared on the music scene, I never made any connection to Ricky Van, but when I saw a pic of him on a CD ad, I was struck by the resemblance. But online investigation revealed that they aren’t related. I thought that the woman who starred in **RocketMan** and the woman who played Chessy in **The Parent Trap** were one and the same. Wrong again. It was Jessica Lundy and Lisa Ann Walter, respectively. But they do look a lot alike to me! And I can only resoundingly agree on the resemblance between Helen Hunt and Leelee Sobieski. It’s really strong! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/38 "2007-01-10T17:53:14Z")
I had to check IMDB just now and confirm that Sarah Silverman and Jonathan Silverman do not appear to be related, despite all naming and physical similarities. (I guess all Jews look alike?) ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/39 "2007-01-10T19:44:41Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] I had to check IMDB just now and confirm that Sarah Silverman and Jonathan Silverman do not appear to be related, despite all naming and physical similarities. (I guess all Jews look alike?) [/QUOTE] I somehow missed their resemblance to Sammy Davis, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247/40 "2007-01-10T19:48:48Z")
I initially thought conservative TV commentator Tucker Carlson was the son of liberal TV commentator Margaret Carlson. That they were appearing on the same broadcast of _Crossfire_ only seemed to confirm this impression. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-seem-to-be-related-to-each-other-but-arent/387247.md?page=3)