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Vince Carter discovered that Tracy McGrady is his cousin after his grandmother's call.

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NBA legends -- Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady -- were not only two of the NBA's biggest stars in the early 2000s, but also blood-related dunk machines.

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In an appearance on Carter's podcast, The VC Show, the pair told the funny story of how they discovered they were cousins.

"It still baffles me and makes me laugh how we found out we were cousins," Carter said before beginning the story.

Everything started after the two met in Chapel Hill for a run of pickup games in the summer of 1997 ahead of July's NBA draft. Both players already knew each other before the meet-up.

One day, McGrady said he would be going to a family reunion by skipping practice. Carter had one too, but he was skipping as he had to play pickup in school. Unexpectedly, Carter's grandmother called him with McGrady nearby and had a surprising explanation about what made them second cousins.

"I'm like, 'The hell is she calling me for?'" Carter said. "'Grandma, you good? What's going on?' And on the other line, I hear, 'What's up, cuz, what's up!' And I'm like, 'Bruh, who is this?' He said, 'This Mac cuz, we family, cuz.' I'm like, 'What are you talking about, bro? This doesn't make sense.'"

"You don't even understand how excited I was when I heard this, man," McGrady said from his perspective. "Because, I'm telling you this is, post-being on Team Florida, watching you, I told you it was the inspiration, then I'm playing pickup ball with y'all, I go home and I run into your grandmother, I was like, 'Hold up, bro, we cousins?'"

"I was like, 'Oh my gosh, man, I cannot believe this'," McGrady added.

Carter and McGrady played together for two NBA seasons with the Toronto Raptors.

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