Dylan Sprouse Says He and Twin Cole Are Incest’s Children
WHO:
Yahoo - Barbara Palvin is Dylan Sprouse’s wife; Cole Sprouse said people tag him in Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show posts intended for his twin.
E! News - Dylan Sprouse spoke with “Wildmen” cohost Brendan Columbus about his family lineage.
TMZ - Dylan Sprouse said he and his twin brother, Cole Sprouse, are “children of incest.”
NY Post - Dylan Sprouse discussed how his brother reacted to what he called “f--king crazy” news about their family.
US Magazine - Dylan Sprouse, identified as 34, referred to himself and his twin brother, Cole Sprouse, as “children of incest.”
WHAT:
Yahoo - Palvin walked in the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and Dylan cheered her on from the front row and blew her a kiss.
Yahoo - Palvin said she was feeling great and called the show’s support for women empowering; she described the first weeks of motherhood as a “roller coaster.”
Yahoo - Cole said he plans to be an “annoying brother” and give Dylan and Palvin’s child gifts such as swords and drum kits.
E! News - Dylan said his parents’ family branches “diverged” and “then, they married again with my mom and my dad—like, last generation.”
NY Post - Dylan said he called Cole to tell him the news about their family tree.
E! News - Dylan Sprouse said his parents, Matthew Sprouse and Melanie Wright, came from family branches that had “diverged” before the branches joined again through his parents.
E! News - Dylan said he became suspicious after learning that his father’s uncles were identical twins; he had thought twins in the family came from his mother’s side.
E! News - Dylan said his mother’s side had seven sets of twins across four generations.
US Magazine - Cole Sprouse responded to Dylan’s claim by posting a screenshot of media coverage to his Instagram Story.
TMZ - Dylan Sprouse made the claim during an episode of the “Wildmen” podcast.
NY Post - The article reports that Dylan described the family news as “f--king crazy” and discussed Cole’s reaction.
US Magazine - Dylan said he used Ancestry, a genealogy program, to map out his and Cole’s family tree.
WHEN:
Yahoo - Palvin said she would be six weeks postpartum the day after the show.
TMZ - The claim was made on a Tuesday episode of the “Wildmen” podcast.
US Magazine - The episode was identified as the Tuesday, October 20, episode of “Wildmen.”
WHY:
E! News - Dylan said the number of twin sets in his family prompted him to question his family lineage.
HOW:
Yahoo - Palvin walked the runway in a sheer pink negligee with script writing.
E! News - Dylan said scientists have not necessarily confirmed whether identical twinning is hereditary, though theories suggest a gene may be passed down on the maternal side.
US Magazine - Cole wrote, “No media training on earth can prep you to read this clickbait headline at 10am.”
US Magazine - Dylan recalled using the Ancestry genealogy program to map the twins’ family tree and said, “When I first took it, my actual breakdown of history…”
(UPDATED October 21, 2026 23:13 UTC)
Dylan Sprouse says a family-tree investigation led him to describe himself and twin brother Cole as “children of incest.” On the “Wildmen” podcast, Dylan explained that his parents’ family branches had diverged before joining again through his mother and father. He said he became suspicious after learning his father had identical twin uncles, since he had believed the family’s twins came from his mother’s side, where there were seven sets across four generations. Dylan said he used Ancestry to map the family and called Cole to share what he found. Cole responded on Instagram that no media training could prepare him to read the headline. In a separate family moment, Cole joked he would give Dylan and wife Barbara Palvin’s child gifts like swords and drum kits. Palvin walked in the Victoria’s Secret show, with Dylan cheering from the front row.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 18:10 UTC)
Dylan Sprouse says genealogy research led him to discover that his parents’ family lines had separated and then joined again through his parents, making him and his twin brother, Cole, “children of incest.” Speaking on the “Wildmen” podcast, Dylan said he used Ancestry to map the family tree and became suspicious after learning his father had identical twin uncles. He had thought the family’s history of twins came from his mother’s side, where he said there were seven sets across four generations. Dylan said the discovery prompted him to call Cole with the news, which he described as “f--king crazy.” Cole responded on Instagram by sharing a screenshot of media coverage and joking that no media training could prepare him to read the headline. Dylan also noted that scientists have not confirmed whether identical twinning is hereditary, though some theories suggest a maternal-side gene may be involved.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 17:17 UTC)
Dylan Sprouse says he and his twin brother, Cole, are “children of incest,” after tracing their family tree. Speaking on the “Wildmen” podcast, Dylan said he used the Ancestry genealogy program to map out their relatives after becoming curious about the unusually high number of twins in the family. He said his mother, Melanie Wright’s, side had seven sets of twins across four generations, and he had assumed the family’s twins came from her side. But Dylan grew suspicious when he learned that his father, Matthew Sprouse, had identical twin uncles. He said his parents’ family branches had diverged before joining again through his parents. Dylan described the discovery as “f--king crazy” and discussed Cole’s reaction. Cole responded on Instagram by sharing a screenshot of media coverage and writing that no media training could prepare him to read the clickbait headline at 10 a.m.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 10:02 UTC)
Cole Sprouse responded to Dylan’s claim by sharing a screenshot of media coverage on his Instagram Story. He wrote, “No media training on earth can prep you to read this clickbait headline at 10am.” The post included no further comment.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 00:32 UTC)
Dylan Sprouse said on the “Wildmen” podcast that he and his twin brother, Cole, are “children of incest.” He said he used the Ancestry genealogy program to map their family tree and described the discovery as “f--king crazy” news. Dylan also discussed how Cole reacted to the family history he uncovered.