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Stassi Schroeder Is 'Unwell' After Genealogist Claims She's 'Distantly Related' to Gypsy Rose Blanchard 'in a Bazillion Different Ways'

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Jan. 3 2024, Published 2:38 p.m. ET

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Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder found out she may be "distantly related" to Gypsy Rose Blanchard.

Dr. Adina Newman, a genealogist widely known as My Family Genie, presented the theory to fans on Sunday, December 31, via Instagram.

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Stassi Schroeder was born in New Orleans, LA.

"Who spent the whole day researching Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s family tree? 🙋‍♀️," she said. "More specifically, I focused on her maternal side. And let me tell you, Cajuns and Acadians basically everywhere!"

"If you know anything about Cajuns and Acadians, they are endogamous, a small founder population and keeping it within the family for generations," she added before noting there were "some family names" from Acadia on Schroeder’s paternal grandmother’s side.

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard was born in Golden Meadow, LA.

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"Still digging because Gypsy Rose and Stassi are related distantly in a bazillion different ways (Arseneauxs, Herbert's, and Dugases to name a few), but the closest I've found so far is through Antoine Bourg (c.1609-c.1687) and Antoinette Landry (c.1618-c.1693), progenitors of the Bourg line in Acadia," she continued.

"Stassi and Gypsy Rose are at minimum 11th cousins," Newman clarified. "Stassi is 10th cousins once removed with Dee Dee."

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Gypsy Rose spent 8 years behind bars for plotting the murder of her abusive mother.

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"Omg I’m unwell 😂😂😂💀💀💀," the reality star, 35, wrote in the comments section.

The doctor joked back, "I love this for you ❤️."

Other followers chimed in to praise the genealogist for the unexpected deep dive. One user penned, "I’m shook! Thank you for doing the peoples work 🙌🏻," and another quipped, "I thought the photo of her with her cousin looked like you Stassi."

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Stassi Schroeder is best known for her work on 'Vanderpump Rules'.

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As OK! previously reported, Blanchard was released early from prison on Thursday, December 28, after serving eight years behind bars for plotting the murder of her abusive mother with her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn.

Dee Dee allegedly suffered from a rare behavioral disorder known as Munchausen by proxy. Throughout Gypsy Rose's childhood, Dee Dee forced her to take medications and undergo medical procedures that she did not need.

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"I was desperate to get out of that situation," Gypsy Rose admitted in a recent interview. "If I had another chance to redo everything, I don't know if I would go back to when I was a child and tell my aunts and uncles that I'm not sick and mommy makes me sick, or if I would travel back to just the point of that conversation with Nick and tell him, 'You know what, I'm going to go tell the police everything.' I kind of struggle with that."

"Nobody will ever hear me say I'm glad she's dead or I'm proud of what I did," she assured the outlet. "I regret it every single day."

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