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Dylan Sprouse Says Family Research Revealed His Parents’ Shared Ancestry
Dylan Sprouse says family research revealed links between his parents’ family branches.
He described the discovery on his Wildmen podcast, where he discussed using a genealogy service and contacting relatives he had not met.
He said relatives from both sides moved to California during the Gold Rush era and married across family branches.
Dylan said those branches later diverged, then came together again through his parents, who he said did not know about the historical connections.
He joked that he and his twin brother Cole were “children of incest.”
He also said there were seven sets of twins across four generations, which he linked jokingly to the overlapping family lines.
The account describes a family-history discovery and Dylan’s joke; it does not establish that his parents are closely related.
Dylan Sprouse said family research revealed that his parents’ family branches had connections across generations.
He said relatives from both sides of his family went to California during the Gold Rush era and that the branches married in the late 1800s.
He said the branches later diverged and came together again through his parents, who he said did not know about the historical connections.
Sprouse joked that he and his twin brother Cole were “children of incest.”
He also said there were seven sets of twins across four generations of his family.
- Who
- Dylan Sprouse discussed the discovery about his family. His twin brother is Cole Sprouse.
- What
- Dylan said family research revealed connections between his parents’ family branches. He joked that he and Cole were “children of incest.
- When
- Dylan discussed the discovery on a recent episode of the Wildmen podcast.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Dylan was researching his ancestry and comparing information with relatives he had found.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Relatives on both sides of Dylan’s family traveled to California.
Dylan said branches of his family married in California before later diverging.
Dylan said the branches came together again through his parents, who were unaware of the historical connections.
Dylan discussed his family research and the connections he said he found.
- Family research
- Dylan used a genealogy service; Entertainment Weekly identifies it as Ancestry.
- California
- Relatives on both sides of his family went there during the Gold Rush era.
- Late 1800s
- Dylan said family branches married in California.
- Parents
- Dylan said the branches came together again through his mother and father.
- Twins
- Seven sets across four generations, according to Dylan.
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What people are saying
Long story short, Cole and I are children of incest.
We have seven sets of twins in four generations, which is crazy. That’s a lot of twins.
Because it’s the same family!
I called Cole, I showed him a picture, I was like, ‘Dude, I just found out some f---ing crazy s---.’