{"id":137211,"date":"2025-09-14T18:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/137211\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:11:08","slug":"we-joked-my-mum-was-related-to-celeb-as-they-looked-so-alike-then-discovered-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/137211\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We joked my mum was related to celeb as they looked so alike \u2013 then discovered truth’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman has shared the story of how her mum discovered she was related to a Hollywood A-lister after finding her birth parents\"CrowdOne woman found out she and her mum are related to a top celeb (stock image)(Image: BrianAJackson via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Many people fantasise about being related to their favourite celebrity, hoping for a glimpse into their real lives beyond the glitz and glamour. And one woman recently discovered that she’s distantly related to a major Hollywood star, as her mother is the star’s cousin.<\/p>\n

The woman shared her story on X, revealing that there was always a “running joke” in her family that Anne Hathaway<\/a> was her mum’s long-lost sister due to their striking resemblance. The joke took a surprising turn when her mother, who was adopted, finally found her biological parents and traced her family tree. Posting on the site under the username Halo, she wrote: “My mama was adopted as an infant and we had a running joke her whole life that Anne was her long-long sister because of the physical resemblance being uncanny.<\/p>\n

“Last year my mom found her birth parents, only to discover SHE’S OUR COUSIN.”<\/p>\n

In another post, she added: “Anyway, just want it to be known that Anne is quite literally the actual coolest possible person in the entire world to be related to and I can die happy now.”<\/p>\n

The post quickly went viral<\/a>, racking up more than 35million views.<\/p>\n

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Some users had questions though, with one asking: “Did you ever meet her or it’s just one of those trivia bits that’s cool to know but have no contact with on that side?”.<\/p>\n

To which Halo responded: “My mom hasn’t even had the chance to meet her birth parents so, no.”<\/p>\n

Whilst others were simply amazed, with one person declaring: “Thats a good flex, not gonna lie,” whilst another commented: “Aww, that’s sweet… happy for your mama.”<\/p>\n

Despite the overwhelmingly positive responses, some individuals questioned Halo’s claims of “lying”. She responded to these doubts by posting an older photograph of her mother, who bore a remarkable resemblance to The Devil Wears Prada actress Anne.<\/p>\n

She wrote alongside it: “Here is my beautiful mama for all who don’t believe me.”<\/p>\n

\"AnneAnne Hathaway is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

This image once again became viral, with one user commenting: “It’s uncanny how much she looks like her,” to which Halo responded: “I know right! We had to pinch ourselves after because my family has always joked about it!”.<\/p>\n

Someone else remarked: “Your mom is\/was gorgeous, woah.”<\/p>\n

Whilst a third person observed: “The resemblance is crazy.”<\/p>\n

Anne, 42, hailing from Brooklyn, New York, has Irish, English, German and French heritage. Her father Gerald worked as a labour solicitor, whilst her mother, Kate (ne\u0301e McCauley), was previously an actress.<\/p>\n

Anne’s maternal grandfather was WIP (AM) Philadelphia radio presenter Joe McCauley. According to The Daily Telegraph, she received her name in honour of Shakespeare’s spouse.<\/p>\n

The Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning performer has an elder brother, Michael, and a younger sibling, Thomas. When Hathaway reached six years of age, the family relocated to Millburn, New Jersey, where she spent her childhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has shared the story of how her mum discovered she was related to a Hollywood A-lister…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9018,6491,96,56,54,55,2259],"class_list":["post-137211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-anne-hathaway","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-viral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}