Are the rock and roman reins cousins?

Answer 1

No, not biologically, but it's a great story. They both come from families where other members were professional wrestlers, and they both have some Samoan ancestry. And some sources claim there is another connection -- although not by blood-- between the two families. Roman, whose real name is Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoa'i, is the son of Sika, one of the "Wild Samoans." The patriarch of the Anoa'i family was Reverend Anoa'i Amituana'i.

According to Wikipedia, the reverend "...adopted Peter Maivia as his God-son, a connection that continued with Afa and Sika, who regard Peter as their uncle. Peter married Ofelia "Lia" Fuataga, who already had a daughter named Feagaimaleata (Ata), whom he adopted and raised as his own. Ata married wrestler Rocky Johnson, and the couple became the parents of Dwayne Johnson, who wrestled under the names Rocky Maivia and The Rock, before establishing himself as an actor." So, if you can follow all of that, there isn't much evidence that the Rock (Dwayne Johnson) is biologically related to Roman, even though there are some connections via the Anoa'i dynasty.