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She’s just a niece, standing in front of an aunt, telling her how much she loves her.
Emma Roberts couldn’t let her aunt Julia Roberts’ 59th year go unrecognized, penning a festive tribute to her dad Eric Roberts’ sister.
“Happy birthday Aunt Julia,” Emma captioned an Oct. 28 Instagram post, alongside a crown emoji. “I love you beyond!!”
Accompanying the heartfelt note was a photo cute enough to make you scream, one in which Emma smiled wide as Julia held her close. The niece-aunt duo looked a matching set in complementary white outfits and golden blonde hair.
But the Scream alum’s post did more than just serves as birthday well wishes—it also garnered a thousand words from people remembering (and also learning) the pair were even related.
“I will never get over the fact they are related,” one user commented, while another added, “i was today years old when i found @emmaroberts & @juliaroberts we’re [sic] related.”
Many also referenced a recent line from Emma’s character Madison on the American Horror Story in which the witch, in an utterly meta moment, said, “Just like a Julia Roberts movie. I love her.”
But while the pair have kept their familial bond chill enough that it took some fans until Emma’s birthday tribute to understand that her and Julia’s matching last names aren’t just a coincidence, Julia, too, has made sure her love for her niece is known.
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In fact, back in 2022 the Pretty Woman star penned her own birthday well wishes for her niece.
Alongside a slo-mo video of her and Emma blowing on noisemakers, Julia wrote, “Happy Birthday Magical One! Oh how I love you.”
Yet, it would be a big mistake (huge) to classify Emma as nothing more than a nepo baby. In fact, despite her star-studded immediate family, the Unfabulous star has always had a nuanced approach to fame—in part from seeing just how big her aunt’s star got.
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“I saw very up close what that really looks like with my aunt Julia,” Emma told Vanity Fair in 2024. “It’s fun and it’s great, but there is a part of it that’s really scary. And so I’ve always wanted to kind of carve my own path…Fame has never been the goal, because fame at a certain level is kind of scary.”
As for the naysayers who hurl nepo baby accusations?
“People like to say, you know, you have a leg up because you have family in the industry,” Emma reflected. “But then the other side to that is, you know, you have to prove yourself more. Also, if people don’t have good experiences, maybe, with other people in your family, then you’ll never get a chance.”
Emma and Julia, however, aren’t the only Hollywood stars you may have forgotten share blood. Read on for more.
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Taylor Swift & Louis XIV
Salute to her; she's your American queen.
Taylor Swift is more than queen of sand castles he destroys, as she is actually 8th cousins, 11 times removed, with the former King of France, who ruled from 1643 to 1715, according to DNA researcher MyHeritage.
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Ben Affleck & Matt Damon
In addition to being BFFs, the Oscar winners are actually 10th cousins once removed, according to MyHeritage.
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Taylor Dearden & Bryan Cranston
For Bryan Cranston's daughter Taylor Dearden, who went with mom Robin Dearden's maiden name to avoid the auto-link to her famous father, the actor's life really is The Pitt.
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Debbie Allen & Phylicia Rashad
The Famed actress-dancer-choreographer is the younger sister of the Cosby Show alum, who during the show's first season was credited as Phylicia Ayers-Allen before she married sportscaster Ahmad Rashad in 1985.
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Nancy Cartwright & Sabrina Carpenter
The Simpsons actor, who has voiced Bart since the show premiered in 1989, is the aunt of the "Espresso" singer.
“She's not a blood relative,” Nancy clarified on a January 2026 episode of Toon’d In with Jim Cummings. “Her grandmother was married to my dad, so her dad was my stepbrother.”
And that family connection led to Nancy playing a pivotal role in Sabrina's success.
“They would come out every year and stay with me," she continued. "They lived with me for four months at a time during pilot season and helped her get management [and an] agent.”
The Emmy winner added, "She certainly doesn't need my help. I gave her a little boost and she ran with it, and I'm very proud of her.”
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Matthew Perry & Courteney Cox
More than just Friends! The costars are 11th cousins twice removed, MyHeritage revealed in a 2021 report.
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Lena Dunham & Larry David
On a 2024 episode of Finding Your Roots, host Henry Louis Gates Jr., revealed that Lena Dunham had a distant ancestor in common with Larry David on her mother's side.
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Stassi Schroeder & Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Genealogist Dr. Adina Newman, known on Instagram as My Family Genie, revealed Blanchard and the Vanderpump Rules alum are allegedly related on their paternal grandmother's side dating back all the way to the 1600s.
Schroeder, a self-professed true crime fan, commented on Newman's post, "Omg I'm unwell."
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Antonio Banderas & Dakota Johnson
The Mask of Zorro star was married to the Fifty Shades of Grey actress' mother Melanie Griffith for 20 years before they ultimately split in 2015, but that doesn't mean the stepfather and daughter's bond has been severed.
Johnson got emotional when she presented an award to Banderas at the 2019 Hollywood Film Awards.
"I come from a family of many a marriage and I got very lucky," Johnson, whose dad is actor Don Johnson, said. "I got a bonus dad who I realized that, over time, is actually one of the most influential people in my whole life," she said. "When I was six years old, my mother married a man who brought an unbelievably bright light and a whole new world of creativity and culture—and one remarkably magical little sister into our family."
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Sydney Sweeney & Marilyn Monroe
The Euphoria actress shares DNA with another Hollywood bombshell, as MyHeritage revealed she and Marilyn Monroe are ninth cousins once removed. Sydney Sweeney’s father Steven Sweeney and Monroe’s biological father Charles Stanley Gifford share a common ancestor named Ezra Perry, who lived in Massachusetts in the 1600s.
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Alix Earle & Dylan Dreyer
Get ready to have your mind blown: The TikToker and the Today anchor are second cousins.
"Growing up, your dad is like one of seven. You have lots of brothers and sisters," Dreyer told Earle of her dad Thomas "TJ" Earle, who is the morning show host's first cousin, during a May 2026 broadcast. "You have a million cousins. The Christmas card, when it arrives every year, there's like 100 people in it."
Robyn Lively & Blake Lively
The Teen Witch star and the Gossip Girl alum are half-sisters who share the same mom, talent manager Elaine Lively.
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Elle King & Rob Schneider
The "Ex's & Oh's" singer is the SNL vet's daughter, born from his relationship with former model London King.
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Ludacris & Monica
The Fast & Furious star is cousins with the R&B singer thanks to her stepfather, Reverend Edward Best, who happens to be the rapper's uncle.
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Conan O'Brien & Denis Leary
The late-night host and the Rescue Me alum are third cousins.
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Steven Spielberg & Jessica Capshaw
The onetime Grey's Anatomy doc has called the legendary director stepdad ever since he married her mom Kate Capshaw in 1991.
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Yara Shahidi & Nas
The Grown-ish star calls the rapper her second cousin. She was even the flower girl in his 2005 wedding with now ex-wife Kelis.
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Lea Thompson & Zoey Deutch
The actress is the daughter of the Back to the Future icon.
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Kiefer Sutherland & Sarah Sutherland
Not only did the Veep vet make a name for herself playing a famous daughter on the HBO comedy, but she's also a famous daughter in real life. The erstwhile Jack Bauer star is her father.
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Phil Collins & Lily Collins
Some Emily in Paris viewers were très shocked to discover Lily is the daughter of the English Grammy winner.
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Amy Schumer & Chuck Schumer
The comedian and the New York Senator are actually related, as he's the first cousin of her father.
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Kate Middleton, Dakota Fanning & Elle Fanning
According to a 2014 People interview, a family historian from Ancestry.com claimed that the Fannings and the Princess of Wales are all descendants of King Edward III, who ruled England from 1327 to 1377, making them very distant relatives—21st cousins, to be exact.
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Jonah Hill & Beanie Feldstein
The actors are actually brother and sister.
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Niecy Nash, Danielle Brooks & Sterling K. Brown
Talent runs in this family, as the Reno 911! alum, Orange Is the New Black actress and This Is Us star are all cousins.
"We are blood related!" Nash wrote on Instagram January 2024, sharing a photo of the trio at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Third Annual Fundraising Gala. "REAL cousins!"
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Jason Sudeikis & George Wendt
Everybody knows their names, but did you know the SNL alum also called the late Cheers icon Uncle?
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Stephen Dillane & Frank Dillane
Yep, Game of Thrones' Stannis Baratheon is the real-life dad of Fear the Walking Dead's Nick Clark.
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Lily Allen & Sam Smith
The brunette beauty and the "Stay With Me" singer are third cousins. During a radio interview, Smith admitted that the pair have never met because their family is "huge."
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Liev Schreiber & Pablo Schreiber
The Salt actor and the memorable Law & Order: SVU guest star are half-brothers.
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Melissa McCarthy & Jenny McCarthy
The Bridesmaids comedian and the former View co-host are cousins.
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Julia Roberts & Emma Roberts
The We're the Millers actress has the perfect mentor in the Pretty Woman star, who happens to be her auntie.
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