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The one where we're surprised!
Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox played Friends, lovers, husband and wife and now we find out in real life that they are actually distant cousins according to ancestry experts. The Friends stars are 11th cousins according to research at the online genealogy website MyHeritage found.
They discovered that Perry and Cox share distant relatives William Osbern Haskell III and Ellen Haskell who were married and lived in England around 500 years ago. Ellen and her two sons emigrated from England to America in 1635. One son, Roger, is a direct ancestor of Courteney and the second son, William is a direct ancestor of Matthew.
What a small world! So for a basic understanding, the connection is made through Cox's mother and Perry's father.