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Surprising celebrity cousins

July 24, 2016
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These celebrity cousins have made Hollywood a family affair.

Click through to see the surprising stars that share more than just superstar talents.

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Melissa McCarthy and Jenny McCarthy grew up together in Illinois. It has been reported that it was Jenny who helped Melissa break into show business by getting her a job as a PA on the set of the actress's series The Jenny McCarthy Show.

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Actor Miguel Ferrer (NCIS Los Angeles and Iron Man 3) is the son of Rosemary Clooney who happens to be George Clooney's aunt.

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Tom Cruise and William Mapother aren't just cousins but also colleagues. The actors have worked together on five movies, including Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, Born on the Fourth of July and Mission: Impossible II.

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Ray Donovan's Katherine Moennig calls GOOP founder and Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow family. Katherine's father is the half-brother of Gwyneth's mother and fellow actress Blythe Danner.

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Canadian cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell grew up in Toronto. Both found fame in superhero series, Arrow and The Flash, respectively, and up next they will film their own crowd-funded supernatural film Code 8 in their hometown.

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Sissy Spacek credits her cousin Rip Torn for helping her get into acting back in the 1970s.

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The Coppola family are one of Hollywood's most iconic dynasties, no naturally some top A-listers are going to share its lineage. Jason Schwartzman, Sofia Coppola and Nicolas Cage are the family's three famous cousins.

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Peter Fonda's daughter Bridget is cousins with Jane Fonda's only son Troy Garity (Ballers).

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Did you know that Snoop Dogg and singer Brandy are first cousins? They mixed family life with their professions when they collaborated on the rapper's track "Special."

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Models Hailey Baldwin and Ireland Baldwin are part of the next generation of Baldwins in Hollywood. Their fathers, Steven and Alec, are brothers.

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Royal cousins Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.

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