Beyonce Knowles

It's time for JONJ trivia!... Pop star Beyonce is related to which Jewish musician?

Correct! Apparently, someone from Mahler's family moved to America, where they became related to Beyonce's creole/black ancestors. We're pretty sure that there is no blood relation, and this was a long, long time ago, but still...

Makes you wonder, doesn't it? If Gustav Mahler and Beyonce are long-distant cousins, what does that say about any given pair of people? Maybe your hated boss is a long-lost uncle? Maybe the girl you've been dying to ask out hides the secret of a thankfully-undiscovered relation? Maybe Beyonce is not just related to Mahler, but also to Bernstein, Goodman, Mendelssohn, Roth, and Simmons? Maybe ALL of us are related, somehow?

Or, you know, not.