Dylan Sprouse Uncovers a Surprising Family Connection Through Genealogy

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Dylan Sprouse discovered that he and his twin brother, Cole Sprouse, are “children of incest” from using the genealogy program Ancestry.

“I’ve found a lot of family members, weirdly, who I never met, because my dad’s side of the family is pretty fractured. I started to talk to them, compare and contrast,” Dylan explained on Tuesday’s episode of the “Wildmen Podcast.”

Dylan, 34, said he learned that both sides of his family were in California during the Gold Rush in the 1800s, and by the end of the century, the families joined together by marriage.

“And then, they diverged, and then they married again [through] my mom and my dad, like, last generation,” Dylan revealed, joking about the odd shape of his family tree.

Dylan said that he called Cole, also 34, to tell him about the “f–king crazy” news, but the “Riverdale” alum didn’t want to hear about the revelation and hung up on his brother.

Furthermore, Dylan explained that he “started to get suspicious” about his family tree after finding out that his and Cole’s father’s uncles were identical twins.

“I’d only ever thought that identical twins or twins in general came from my mom’s side of the family,” Dylan explained. “We had seven sets of twins in four generations. Which is crazy.”

“And the reason we have a lot of twins is because it’s the same family!” he exclaimed.

While the “Suite Life of Zack and Cody” star confirmed he’s just a few generations removed from incest, he joked that he doesn’t “have webbed toes.”

However, Dylan detailed another wild sign that his mom and dad’s families are related.

“One of my aunts was a twin, but she was one of the twins who ate her twin in the womb, and when they cut open a cyst in her shoulder, it had teeth and hair,” he said.

Dylan concluded, “Long story short, Cole and I are children of incest.”

The Sprouse twins rose to fame as child actors, with their most notable roles being Zack (Dylan) and Cody (Cole) in their hit Disney Channel comedy series.

Last month, Dylan expanded his own family when he and his wife, Barbara Palvin, welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Sylvie.

Before Palvin, 33, walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Sunday, Dylan revealed their daughter has already hit some milestones, including being able to recognize faces.

“She’s smiling and laughing at my jokes,” Dylan told E! News. “Which is all a dad can really dream of.”

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