These Celebrities Are Actually Related

Published on September 15, 2019 By Chloe Draws

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck

It turns out that the close bond between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck isn’t just due to their mutual interests and care for one another. The Oscar-winning co-writers of Good Willing Hunting, actually have a family tree that goes way back.

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The two Boston natives can trace their heritage back to a English bricklayer named William Knowlton who emigrated from England to the colonies in the 1600s. That talent must run in the veins of their whole family.