Love�s grandmother, Paula Fox, had a brief romance with Brando in the 1940s, after she was introduced to the actor by acting coach Stella Adler.

Love�s mother, psychologist Linda Carroll, reportedly claims that she has taken DNA tests to prove that Brando is her father. Although she hasn�t specified where she came up with Brando�s DNA. 

Kerrang! Quoted Courtney as saying, �I am incredibly shocked by this news. I have heard Mr Brando has more than 30 children so I can't imagine how many cousins I have." 

For his part, the 79 year old actor acknowledges fathering nine children. 

Seattle PI reports, �Stranger things have happened -- to Love. She discovered last year that she is the great-grand-niece of actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr.� That discovery was made when her grandmothers memoirs �Borrowed Finery,� was published in 2001. 

Seems the Love family likes to keep tight-lipped about star relations, that is until they write a book. This Brando revelation comes to light reportedly from Courtney�s mother Linda Carrol, who has an unpublished book of her own. 

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