The brothers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson were the sons of 50's and 60's teen heartthrob Ricky Nelson and grandsons of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Their older sister Tracy Nelson was an actress who appeared in the 90's TV series Father Dowling Mysteries.

Norah Jones is the daugher of Ravi Shankar.

Jakob Dylan of the band The Wallflowers is the son of Bob Dylan.

Isn't Brandy related to Snoop Dog? Or was it Ashanti?

Terrib3Towel said:

Isn't Brandy related to Snoop Dog? Or was it Ashanti?

They were mentioned on the first page

whatsgoingon said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

whatsgoingon said:

Apparently stevie wonder and the Jacksons are distance cousins.

So Jermaine mashed his brothers chick and his cousins?

Hence why I don't believe the story...

Strange thing about Liv Tyler's relations:

Her mother was a model (Bebe Buell)

Her birth father was/is lead singer of Aerosmith (Steven Tyler)

And her stepfather was a genre-bending wizard (Todd Rundgren)

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Talk about being mind blown...

If I recall correctly, Donna Summer mentioned in her autobiography being a distant relative of Bobby Brown.

yanowha said:

If I recall correctly, Donna Summer mentioned in her autobiography being a distant relative of Bobby Brown.

I read somewhere about that too... seeing as they're both from Boston and all...

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

whatsgoingon said: So Jermaine mashed his brothers chick and his cousins?

Hence why I don't believe the story...

What does the Jermaine & Randy situation have to do with being related to Stevie Wonder?

MickyDolenz said:

Timmy84 said:

Hence why I don't believe the story...

What does the Jermaine & Randy situation have to do with being related to Stevie Wonder?

No one said anything about Randy lol Jermaine allegedly got with Renee Hardaway (Stevie's sister) for a spell. That's why it's being brought up. Not one thing about Jermaine and Randy. Just Jermaine.

Timmy84 said:

MickyDolenz said:

What does the Jermaine & Randy situation have to do with being related to Stevie Wonder?

No one said anything about Randy lol Jermaine allegedly got with Renee Hardaway (Stevie's sister) for a spell. That's why it's being brought up. Not one thing about Jermaine and Randy. Just Jermaine.

Oh, I thought LBC was talking about Randy when he said this, "Jermaine mashed his brothers chick".

I've never heard about Jermaine & Renee.

Also, if that did happen, it's possible that they didn't know they were related at the time, if they are related. I've read about siblings being put up for adoption, and later got together with their biological sibling without knowledge of it, because the adopted sibling was not told they were adopted. The younger sibling that remained with his/her birth parents was not told about the older sibling given up. In some cases they got married, and only found out they were related when their children had health problems and the parents had tests to find out what was wrong.

MickyDolenz said:

Timmy84 said:

No one said anything about Randy lol Jermaine allegedly got with Renee Hardaway (Stevie's sister) for a spell. That's why it's being brought up. Not one thing about Jermaine and Randy. Just Jermaine.

Oh, I thought LBC was talking about Randy when he said this, "Jermaine mashed his brothers chick".

I've never heard about Jermaine & Renee.

I read it in some books. But even without that, maybe Stevie said they were "distant cousins" because of the close bond they got with each other. I know the brothers were around Stevie and his family for quite a bit.

Also, didn't Jermaine get with Syreta too?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Also, didn't Jermaine get with Syreta too?

Allegedly lol Jerm's been around the block haha

728huey said:

Norah Jones is the daugher of Ravi Shankar.

No way!!!

aardvark15 said:

728huey said:

Norah Jones is the daugher of Ravi Shankar.

No way!!!

I was surprised, too!

Football (soccer) player Ashley Cole and singer Mariah Carey are distantly related.

I think Richard Blackwood (UK presenter/comedian) and model Naomi Campbell, too.

I could have been Lisa Marie Presley.

Timmy84 said:

Strange thing about Liv Tyler's relations:

Her mother was a model (Bebe Buell)

Her birth father was/is lead singer of Aerosmith (Steven Tyler)

And her stepfather was a genre-bending wizard (Todd Rundgren)

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Talk about being mind blown...

Everybody calls Todd Rundgren a wizard because he used to wear a shirt that said "A True Wizard" on it.

That's 100% true. On the other side, it said "A True Star" and had a picture of a star.

That, and it turns out he released an album called "A Wizard, A True Star". Now I know why he wore that t-shirt, LOL.

I saw him wearing it in the Bebe Buell Playboy pictorial lo those many years ago.

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MickyDolenz said:

Crystal Gayle & Loretta Lynn are sisters.

B.B. King & Bukka White are cousins.

Hank Williams is the father of Hank Jr. and grandfather of Hank III.

Micky Dolenz's father is the actor George Dolenz Sr. and mother is actress Janelle Johnson. Micky's first name is actually George, so he's "Jr". "Micky" comes from his middle name "Michael". Yes, he's "George Michael".

BB King & Larry Marcus formerly of Rude Boys are related too

What about Rufus Wainwright - son of Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle (one half of Kate & Anna McGarrigle)? His sister is the wonderful Martha Wainwright.

He has a daughter, Viva, by Lorca Cohen, who is the daughter of Leonard - that's a dynesty in the making.

Rufus has lately been touring and amongst the musicians playing with him are Adam Cohen (brother of Lorca) and Teddy Thompson - son of Paul and Linda Thompson.

HoneyB said:

What about Rufus Wainwright - son of Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle (one half of Kate & Anna McGarrigle)? His sister is the wonderful Martha Wainwright.

He has a daughter, Viva, by Lorca Cohen, who is the daughter of Leonard - that's a dynesty in the making.

Rufus has lately been touring and amongst the musicians playing with him are Adam Cohen (brother of Lorca) and Teddy Thompson - son of Paul and Linda Thompson.

You must be Canadian to know this.

Hiya

No, not a Canadian - English through and through - but a long time fan of Rufus, and by extension his family, which is even larger than I mentioned in my last post. His aunt, Sloan Wainwright has a terrific voice.

Got to see the whole tribe in a Christmas concert at the Royal Albert Hall in November 2009, and Kate was there but she died in the following January - so sad.

Frank Sinatra is the father of Nancy & Frank Jr.