We dug up photos of the parents behind some of the biggest names in Hollywood, music, and fashion and the results are wild. From small-town teachers to drug dealers, from Vegas showgirls to coal miners, these are the ordinary (and sometimes chaotic) people who somehow produced the world’s most extraordinary faces. Swipe through and prepare to question everything you thought you knew about genetics.
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Mildred Baena
He was the Terminator, Mr. Olympia, and the Governor of California. She was the Schwarzenegger family’s housekeeper for over twenty years working in the same house as Arnold’s wife, Maria Shriver. Their affair was Hollywood’s worst-kept secret that somehow stayed hidden for fourteen years. When the truth surfaced in 2011, Shriver filed for divorce almost immediately, and the scandal nearly destroyed Arnold’s post-political career. Mildred reportedly received a house and financial support to keep things quiet. Swipe to see the son they kept secret.