For each of the following picture sets, designate whether each person is the main person’s:

• Real-life sibling (sibling)
• TV show sibling (“sibling”)
• Real-life child (offspring)
• TV show child (“offspring”)
• No relation whatsoever (nothing)

This was going to originally focus on TV siblings that look nothing alike.  It still does, but in a more distilled, effervescent way…

1) Ron Howard / Opie Taylor / Richie Cunningham

a._______________________

b._______________________

c._______________________

d._______________________

2) Katey Sagal / Peg Bundy / Cate Hennessey / Gemma Morrow / Turanga Leela / Helen Norwood

a._______________________

b._______________________

c._______________________

d._______________________

e._______________________

f._______________________

g._______________________

3) Michael J. Fox / Alex P. Keaton/ Marty McFly / Mike Flaherty / Stuart Little

a._______________________

b._______________________

c._______________________

d._______________________

e._______________________

f._______________________

4) Shirley Jones / Shirley Partridge

a._______________________

b._______________________

c._______________________

d._______________________

e._______________________

5) Jason Bateman / Matthew Burton / David Hogan / Michael Bluth

a._______________________

b._______________________

c._______________________

d._______________________

e._______________________

I was going to do more, but perhaps I shall do this again.  And oh yeah… answers are after the jump.

1) Ron Howard

a) “sibling” – Chuck Cunningham on Happy Days (played by Gavan O’Herlihy)
b) offspring – Bryce Howard
c) sibling – Clint Howard
d) “sibling” – Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days (played by Erin Moran)

2) Katey Sagal

a) “offspring” – Bridget Hennessey on 8 Simple Rules (played by Kaley Cuoco)
b) “offspring” – Kerry Hennessey on 8 Simple Rules (played by Amy Davidson)
c) “offspring” – Rory Hennessey on 8 Simple Rules (played by Martin Spanjers)
d) nothing – David Spade (played her nephew, CJ Barnes, on 8 Simple Rules)
e) “offspring” – Kelly Bundy on Married… With Children (Christina Applegate)
f) “offspring” – Jackson “Jax” Teller on Sons of Anarchy (Charlie Hunnam)
g) “offspring” – Bud Bundy on Married… With Children (David Faustino)

3) Michael J. Fox

a) “sibling” – Andy Keaton on Family Ties (played by Brian Bonsall)
b) “sibling” – Linda McFly in Back to the Future (Wendie Jo Sperber)
c) “sibling” – Mallory Keaton on Family Ties (Justine Bateman)
d) “offspring” – Marlene McFly in BTTF 2 (Michael J. Fox)
e) “sibling” – Jennifer Keaton on Family Ties (Tina Yothers)
f) nothing (or everything for some) – Megan Fox

4) Shirley Jones

a) offspring – Keith Partridge on The Partridge Family (and in real life, David Cassidey)
b) “offspring” – Danny Partridge on The Partridge Family (Danny Bonaduce)
c) “offspring” – Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family (Susan Dey)
d) nothing – Audrina Patridge… ’nuff said
e) offspring – Shaun Cassidey, once again in real life

5) Jason Bateman

a) “sibling” – Julie Burton on It’s Your Move (played by Tricia Cast)
b) “siblings” – Mark and Willie Hogan on The Hogan Family (Jeremy Licht and Danny Ponce)
c) sibling – Justine Bateman
d) “offspring” – George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development (Michael Cera)
e) “sibling” – Lindsay Bluth Funkë on Arrested Development (Portia de Rossi)