Actor doubles down on him and twin brother being ‘children of incest’ with hilarious joke

Dylan Sprouse has made a rather shocking discovery about his family history (Picture: Shutterstock Former Disney Channel star Dylan Sprouse has continued to joke about the bombshell claim that he and brother Cole are ‘children of incest.’ The 34-year-old actor, best known for starring alongside his identical twin in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, made the comment after investigating their ancestry. What began as an innocent attempt to trace their family tree apparently ended with Dylan discovering that his parents’ families had been connected for generations, unbeknownst to either of them. In the wake of the news, Dylan shared a meme to his Instagram Story which featured a crying man (known in online circles as an Angry Wojack) angrily ranting about why first cousins shouldn’t marry. “Noooo! You cannot marry your first cousin, it will lead to homozygosity, which can increase the chances of your offspring being affected by deleterious or recessive traits,” the man in the image shouts, while Dylan and Cole look on, bemused. ‘Haha long jaw go brrrrr,’ respond the brothers. Dylan shared the news on the Wildmen podcast (Picture: Dylan Sprouse/Wildmen) Speaking on the Wildmen podcast, Dylan explained that he had used the genealogy service Ancestry to learn more about his relatives, particularly those on his father’s side. ‘I’ve found a lot of family members, weirdly, who I never met, because my dad’s side of the family is pretty fractured,’ he said. ‘I started to talk to them, compare and contrast.’ It was during this investigation that he uncovered an unusual connection dating back to the California Gold Rush in the 1800s. According to Dylan, both sides of his family had travelled west during the period, with one group of ancestors striking gold and using their newfound wealth to relocate relatives from North Carolina. The two families subsequently became connected through marriage in the late 19th century, before their descendants went their separate ways. However, generations later, those branches of the family tree apparently came together once again when Dylan and Cole’s parents met and married. The twins have discovered their family tree might be a little more tangled than expected (Picture: Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty Images) And the discovery prompted Dylan to make a rather alarming phone call to his brother. ‘I called Cole, I showed him a picture, I was like, “Dude, I just found out some crazy s***,”’ he recalled. Dylan explained that he had initially become suspicious after discovering identical twins among his father’s relatives, having previously believed the family’s history of twins came exclusively from his mother’s side. ‘We had seven sets of twins in four generations,’ he said, before offering his own explanation for the extraordinary coincidence: ‘Because it’s the same family!’ The actor insisted that neither of his parents had any idea about their ancestral connection. ‘It’s my dad and my mom. They had no idea. So, then I’m looking at this, and I go, “What the hell?”’ Dylan and Cole became household names thanks to The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (Picture: Bob D’Amico/Disney Channel via Getty Images) He also shared a particularly bizarre family anecdote involving an aunt who, he claimed, had absorbed her twin in the womb, with a cyst later found to contain teeth and hair. Eventually, Dylan arrived at his rather dramatic conclusion. ‘Long story short, Cole and I are children of incest,’ he declared. However, while the actor’s account suggests his parents may share distant ancestors, that does not necessarily mean they are closely related, and Dylan did not establish the exact degree of their biological relationship. Nor is a history of twins in a family evidence of incest, despite the connection Dylan jokingly drew between the two. The revelation comes during an exciting new chapter in Dylan’s own family life, after he and his wife, Hungarian model Barbara Palvin, welcomed their first child together. Dylan recently welcomed his first child with wife Barbara Palvin (Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios ) The couple, who tied the knot in 2023, recently became parents to a daughter named Sylvie. And while Dylan may have uncovered some unexpected surprises in his family’s past, he appears thoroughly delighted by its newest addition. Speaking to E! News about fatherhood, he revealed that his daughter was already beginning to recognise familiar faces. ‘She’s smiling and laughing at my jokes, which is all a dad can really dream of,’ he said. Deals of the Day See London's Christmas lights from an open-top double-decker bus this winter My skin always suffers when the heating goes on but this serum changed that The skincare formula that finally took the guesswork out of my routine Families can save up to 20% on summer 2027 holidays in Club Med's four-day sale Cold mornings are coming and this is the dressing gown I want to live in A version of this article was originally published on October 21. 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