Eve Longoria recently learned that it is linked to related links to the legendary Meryl Streep. The revelation was made through the famous broadcast of Dr. Henry Louis Gates, “Faces of America” ​​during which Longoria learned that the two Hollywood stars are distant cousins.

‘Crosses DNA to see if we have a relative in the past 100 years’, The actress explained during her appearance on March 19th on the show “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”.

The news raised enthusiasm in Longoria, but he hesitated to reveal her kinship to Strip when they were at a awards, shortly afterwards.

“I was, let’s say, in the Golden Globes or I don’t know – somewhere in the backstage – and my friend said,” There is Maril, go to tell her that you are relatives “Longoria remembered.

“I told him, ‘I’m not going to go. It will make no sense. I don’t know if he saw that point of the show ‘. And then I heard ‘cousin! Cousin! ‘ So wonderful is Merrill Streep. It’s like … ‘cousin!’the famous actress continued.

In the end, the two protagonists laughed with their common ancestry. “I said, ‘obviously you got talent to the family’,”, Longoria said with Strip to answer her: “And you obviously beauty.”

In addition to revealing their family ties, they found themselves working on the same television series, E! News. Longoria, added to the cast of the fourth season of Hulu’s successful series, ‘Only Murders in the Building’in which Streep starred in “Loretta Durkin”.