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‘Friends’ stars Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox are distant cousins in real life, ancestry experts say
LOS ANGELES - Matthew Perry and Courteny Cox who played friends turned husband and wife in the hit series "Friends" are actually related in real life, according to researchers at the online ancestry website, MyHeritage. The two may have been lovers on camera, but they actually are distant cousins whose relatives were married in England nearly 500 years ago.According to a family tree, Cox and Perry are 11th cousins. "The connection is made via Courteney Cox's mother (Courteney Copeland) and Matthew’s Perry's father (John Bennett Perry)," a MyHeritage spokesperson said in an email to FOX TV Stations. In addition to this surprising connection, the two are also distant relatives of pop icon and singer Lady Gaga.