--- title: Bernie Sanders and Larry David Find Out They're Related description: Bernie Sanders and Larry David familial connection was revealed in the fourth season premiere of PBS' Finding Your Roots canonical: https://time.com/4970053/bernie-sanders-larry-david-finding-your-roots-pbs/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-05T00:52:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:46.958Z og:title: Here's the Moment Bernie Sanders and Larry David Found Out They're Cousins og:description: The newfound family members seem happy to be related og:url: https://time.com/4970053/bernie-sanders-larry-david-finding-your-roots-pbs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe5a7f5d261eb96/6988d7607cdbac6220d595f4/gettyimages-508930790.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live - Season 41 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Moment Bernie Sanders and Larry David Found Out They're Cousins twitter:description: The newfound family members seem happy to be related twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe5a7f5d261eb96/6988d7607cdbac6220d595f4/gettyimages-508930790.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Priceless Moment Bernie Sanders and Larry David Found Out They're Cousins > Sponsored content. 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Larry David and Senator Bernie Sanders during the Feb. 6, 2016 episode of 'Saturday Night Live.' Dana Edelson—NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Oct 5, 2017 12:52 AM UTC In case you missed it: [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4945184/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-book/) and [Larry David](http://time.com/4931060/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm/) are cousins. Seriously. The familial connection was revealed Tuesday night in the fourth season premiere of PBS’ _Finding Your Roots_. By the looks of it, both are delighted to share a genetic bond. In the episode, host Henry Louis Gates Jr. gives each men a book that has photos of a distant cousin. “I hope it’s a good athlete,” David says. The _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ star then opens the book and sees a photo of Sanders, prompting a shout of “What the hell!” The show then cuts to the reaction of the [Vermont Senator](http://time.com/4943341/why-bernie-sanders-health-care-bill-is-a-risk/), who rocks back in his chair and says, “You’re kidding!” He adds, “Oh my God! That is unbelievable. It’s true?” between a fit of laughter. After getting over the initial shock, David says, “That is amazing. All right, cousin Bernie,” with a wide grin. The connection is even more astounding given that [David has played Sanders in multiple episodes of _Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4211061/bernie-sanders-larry-david-saturday-night-live/) throughout the 2016 election cycle. Sanders acknowledged his newfound cousin’s knack for impersonating him. “People say to me, you know they talk about Larry David, and I say he does a better Bernie Sanders than I do,” the senator says during the episode. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4970053/bernie-sanders-larry-david-finding-your-roots-pbs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4970053/bernie-sanders-larry-david-finding-your-roots-pbs/"},"headline":"Here's the Priceless Moment Bernie Sanders and Larry David Found Out They're Cousins","datePublished":"2017-10-05T00:52:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:46.958Z","description":"The newfound family members seem happy to be related","url":"https://time.com/4970053/bernie-sanders-larry-david-finding-your-roots-pbs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe5a7f5d261eb96/6988d7607cdbac6220d595f4/gettyimages-508930790.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe5a7f5d261eb96/6988d7607cdbac6220d595f4/gettyimages-508930790.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 41","caption":"Saturday Night Live - Season 41","creditText":"Dana Edelson—NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4970053/bernie-sanders-larry-david-finding-your-roots-pbs/","name":"Here's the Priceless Moment Bernie Sanders and Larry David Found Out They're Cousins"}}]}] ```