Let’s face it: Ben Affleck is just a Jennifer magnet. He can’t help it at this point; he attracts them like a Bostonian to a Dunkin’ Donuts. The latest Jen in his life is one he’s never met — his alleged cousin-in-law Jennifer Lynn Affleck, who now stars in the Hulu reality show Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. But the Utah Afflecks might not actually related to the Boston ones.
Fun fact
September 6, 2024: Jennifer told People that she has never met her “distant†family member; her husband, Zac, is the first cousin once removed to Ben and Casey Affleck (his father is their first cousin). “Zac’s dad has [met them], when [Ben] was very little,†she explains. “I’m hoping to meet him one day, too!†She isn’t shy about her not-so-close affiliation to the family, especially her soon-to-be ex cousin-in-law-in-law Jennifer Lopez. She was calling herself the “new Jenny from the block†in an Instagram video. Jennifer Lynn told People about the coincidence and how she was named after JLO, “Especially because my name happens to be not only Jen but Jennifer Lynn Affleck, which is the exact same as J.Lo. She went from Jennifer Lynn Lopez to Jennifer Lynn Affleck, which is so crazy.†If she wants to full embrace her name, maybe she can start writing her own greatest love story never told.
A fire starts at the Heart Factory
September 17, 2024: Jennifer and Zac’s claims that they are related to Ben and Casey Affleck might be distant from the truth. Based on what they shared, Zac’s grandfather Gordon Affleck and Ben and Casey’s father, Timothy Byers Affleck, are supposed to be brothers, but according to Family Search, neither family crosses each other’s family tree. It might just be the Greatest Love Story That Started With a Little Fib.