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    You're Probably Related To Ryan Gosling

    Author A.J. Jacobs is attempting to throw the world's biggest family reunion, because creepy or not, we're all likely linked genetically.

    Several months ago, writer A.J. Jacobs decided to start expanding his knowledge of his own family tree.

    So far, Jacobs' tree has a whopping 77 million people on it.

    Jacobs is attempting to throw the biggest family reunion ever on June 6, 2015, in New York to reunite everyone...

    Using researchers at Geni.com and WikiTree, Jacobs has linked himself to a wide variety of celebrities (and hunted them down in real life). For example...

    Nick Offerman is his aunt's fifth-great-aunt's husband's father's wife's fifth-great-nephew's wife's fourth cousin's husband's wife's husband's third cousin twice removed's husband.

    Christina Hendricks is his ninth cousin 15 times removed husband's niece.

    "I went to dinner at a restaurant in New York with a friend of mine, a 72-year-old man. At the next table? Christina Hendricks eating alone. I said to my dinner companion, 'I'm going to embarrass myself and ask her for a photograph.' He said, 'Let me make the introduction.' Before I could say anything, he sidled over to her and said, 'Listen, this man here is the real deal. And he has a question for you.' With that, she looked at me and said, 'Hi, I'm Christina.' I stammered a bit about how I'm putting on this family reunion for the entire world, and it's also a benefit for Alzheimer's, and that I'm trying to show we're all related. So she agreed to have her photo taken. (Though she did want photo approval. She looked at the photos in case she wanted to delete any.)

    Back at our table, I said to my friend, 'You know that's Christina Hendricks, right?'

    He said, 'Who?'

    Turns out, he didn't know she was famous. He just thought she was a pretty lady that I wanted to meet and take a picture with. (Though he knows my wife very well!)

    On the way out, I said good-bye and thanked her. My friend said to her, 'Good to meet you. I hear you're the real deal too.'"

    George H.W. Bush is his first cousin once removed's husband's third-great-grandfather's wife's niece's husband's sister's husband's third-great-nephew.

    Olivia Wilde is his first cousin once removed's ex-husband's 16th cousin once removed.

    Jason Sudeikis is his aunt's sixth-great-aunt's husband's second cousin seven times removed's husband's nephew.

    Chrissy Teigen is his aunt's ex-husband's seventh-great-aunt's husband's great grandson's wife's eighth-great-nephew's wife.

    Abraham Lincoln is his aunt's first cousin eight times removed's wife's second-great-nephew.

    Ricky Gervais is his wife's first cousin once removed's husband's first cousin once removed's husband's uncle's wife's second cousin's wife's niece's ex-husband's ex-wife's sixth cousin once removed.

    Daniel Radcliffe is his first cousin once removed’s husband’s third-great-aunt’s husband’s fourth cousin twice removed’s wife’s second cousin's brother-in-law’s sister-in-law’s son-in-law’s brother’s great-grandson 38 steps away.

    "Daniel Radcliffe said on a British radio show that he had read one of my books. So I wrote him a thank-you note through his publicist and begged him for an interview, which he granted. He’s a mix of Irish, Jewish, and South African. He said, 'We’re all a mix. And I enjoy that I have this muttishness.' He wanted to know if he’s related to a British runner named Paula Radcliffe. 'I love running. And I’m quite fast for a short person. I was always crap at any kind of ball sports and teams, but anything that requires running, jumping, and climbing, I excel at.'"

    He's currently investigating Chris O'Dowd's cousinhood.

    Want to see how you're connected to A.J.? Join his global family tree by going to his website, GlobalFamilyReunion.com.

    And for more info, you can watch A.J.'s TED talk on his project below: