Celebs You Didn't Know Were Related

Screencaps taken from Groundhog Day (Bill Murray left, Brian Doyle-Murray right)

Everyone seems to know of someone that they grew up with that ended up being famous. Even less often, you might actually be related to someone famous or at least ended up with their fair share of fifteen minutes of fame. But on occasion, families have multiple celebrities within their ancestral lineage. Today, it doesn't seem too uncommon when a power A-list couple has a kid that ends up being famous on their own, but there are also occasions when a family may have a couple of famous people within the same bloodline that people have no idea are related. Everyone knows of famous relatives such as the Baldwin brothers, the Arquettes, and the Copola family, but here is a small sampling of celebrities you might not know are related....

1. Jason Sudeikis and George Wendt: Most famous for being Norm on Cheers, George Wendt earned some time on Saturday Night Live as one of the Bears Superfans who debated how awesome former Bears coach Mike Ditka was. Later on Jason Sudeikis, Wendt's nephew, would try out for the show, earning a spot as a writer before eventually becoming a full-time cast member who would eventually be the show's prominent male cast member. Sudeikis moved onto movies, starring in comedic hits such as Horrible Bosses while his uncle makes guest appearances on shows such as Portlandia.

2. Jenny McCarthy and Melissa McCarthy: While the name may be a give away, the two of them peaked at different times and for different reasons. Jenny McCarthy originally famous for being a Playboy model in the early nineties, moved on to MTV and shows such as Singled Out. She branched out into playing small comedic roles, but was eventually outshined by her cousin. Melissa didn't quite catch on until she earned a role on Gilmore Girls. From there she moved on to her own show Mike and Mike before climbing up the fame ladder into feature movies while her cousin Jenny is now more known for her advocacy against vaccinations.

3. Mary-Kate, Ashley, and Elizabeth Olsen: Just about everyone alive since the eighties is aware of the power twins that got their start as Michelle Tanner on Full House, but not everyone is aware that they have a younger sister that has climbed the ladder of fame too. Learning her craft through NYU and through the Moscow Art Theatre School, it took a little more time for the younger Olsen to earn fame. She solidified herself in the Marvel movie universe, starring as the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron and will play an integral part as Scarlet Witch in Captain America: Civil War.

4. Mariska Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield: Known as the "working man's Marilyn Monroe", the Hollywood sex symbol of the fifties and early sixties died at the young age of 34. Her public life was highly publicized and if she were alive today, probably would have had her own reality show. The blonde bombshell is said to have been the inspiration of the Ginger Grant character in Gilligan's Island, but what a lot of people didn't know about the early Playboy model was that she had a daughter with her then second husband, actor and former Mr. Universe, Mickey Hargitay. Mariska grew up, working her way through sexy roles in Baywatch, Seinfeld, and as a hooker in Leaving Las Vegas before landing the role of a lifetime as Olivia Benson on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

5. Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray: Looking at them today, they don't resemble each other, but the two actors are brothers. Brian, the older brother started his career as a member of Second City in the early seventies before inviting his younger brother, Bill, to join him. Bill eventually moved on and joined John Belushi in the National Lampoon Radio Hour. This led to Bill landing a spot on the burgeoning comedy hit, Saturday Night Live. Through his success, Brian landed a role as a featured player for SNL for several seasons. Brian moved on to roles in movies such as JFK and as a famous voice actor for SpongeBob SquarePants. He became known for his roles as a cranky old man while Bill rose to A-list fame with hit movie roles such as Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and Lost in Translation.

6. Roxie Roker, Al Roker, Zoe Kravits, Jason Mamoa, and Lenny Kravitz: Famous for small roles in Punky Brewster, Roots, and A Different World. Roxie Roker was most famous for playing Helen Willis on The Jeffersons. She was one half of the first interracial couple on primetime television. Her son would go on to become one of the most famous rock stars of his generation, Lenny Kravitz. Hits of his include Are You Gonna Go My Way, Fly Away, and his cover of American Woman. Tangling the family celebrity web up more, he married Lisa Bonet of The Cosby Show and had a daughter, Zoe, before they divorced. Zoe would go on to be an actress herself, starring in movies such as X-Men: First Class, Mad Max: Fury Road and in a notable television role as Pearl on the hit show Californication. To complicate the family tree even more, Roxie's cousin is Al Roker of NBC's Today show, who is a news personality/weatherman who has wrote several famous books. In 2009, Al Roker conducted a cast interview with those who starred in The Cosby Show minus one star...Lisa Bonet whom by then had divorced Al Roker's cousin, Lenny Kravitz. One more minor celebrity attachment to the Roker/Kravitz family is through Bonet. After her marriage to Kravitz, she remarried actor Jason Mamoa of Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Game of Thrones, and Stargate Atlantis. This makes Mamoa the stepfather of Zoe Kravitz.

7. Archie Manning, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Kellin Manning, and Taryn Manning: Just about every sports fan is aware of the famous football family that has breed several quarterbacks, but not many people are aware that their cousin is Taryn Manning of 8 Mile and Orange is the New Black fame. The actress also pairs up with her brother Kellin to form the pop duo Boomkat known for their first single, The Wreckoning.

8. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Ray J, and Brandy Norwood: Bursting into the music scene in the nineties, Snoop is first cousins with R&B star Brandy and her brother Ray J who may be most famous for his celebrity sex tape with Kim Kardashian. The cousins never made a big deal about their family ties when starting out in the music industry as Snoop gained fame originally for gansta rap and Brandy gained fame through her pop music. Also hitting success in rap music, Nate Dogg first burst into mainstream rap with Warren G on the song Regulate and later would pair up with Snoop, Eminem, Ludacris, Dr. Dre, and many others.

9. Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, Taylor Griffith, Don Johnson, and Dakota Johnson: Tippoe Hedren, famous for her leading role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds married former child actor Peter Griffith. The two of them had Melanie Griffith before they divorced. Peter later married another actress Nanita Greene and had Taylor Griffith, one of the stars of All Tied Up and now a chef/host for the D.I.Y. Network. Melanie would go on to her own fame, winning an Academy Award for Working Girl and Golden Globes for Body Double and Something Wild. At 19, Melanie married her mother's costar, Don Johnson who would go on to star in the eighties hit show, Miami Vice and the nineties hit show Nash Bridges. Melanie and Don split up, but before the did, they had Dakota Johnson. She played small parts in hit movies such as The Social Network before starring in her biggest role as Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey. On a side note, Melanie would later go on to marry Antonio Banderas, making him Dakota's stepfather.