10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About The Office
3. Andy's Family Tree And Toby's Connections
In the third episode of Season Nine, Andy is tricked into believing he and then First Lady Michelle Obama were related. That's obviously crazy talk. What's not crazy talk, is that the man that plays him, one Ed Helms, actually is linked to wife of the former president by way of 18th (yes 18th) cousins once removed.
He also has two other political connections; Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and Republican party candidate and Helms are technically 9th cousins (again once removed) and he is the 14th cousin, this time thrice removed of the late John McCain. He's even related to fellow comedy star Amy Poehler who plays Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation, admittedly in an even more bizarre manner, but they still share a bloodline.
Paul Lieberstein, AKA Toby Flenderson, also has links in and around most people on the show. His brother Warren who made a sneaky cameo as Toby's fictional brother Rory during a video chat call, also happens to be one of the show's producers and was married to Angela Kinsey (Angela) for a time. Finally, his sister Suzanne is the wife of the show's creator, Greg Daniels.