If you keep up with reality TV, you've probably heard about Julianne and Derek Hough, but did you
know they have three sisters? And the two famous dancers aren't the only talent in the family.
Dancing With The Stars has made many household names, but maybe none so much as Julianne Hough
and her brother, Derek. The two blonde dancers made a big splash on the series,
becoming champions with their respective celebrity dance partners, and both went
to star in live TV musicals. Julianne starred as Sandy in Grease Live, which also starred
Vanessa Hudgens. Derek, on the other hand, starred as Corny Collins in Hairspray Live!.
The two are obviously very close, and that bond goes further than just two
siblings who made it in Hollywood. Derek wrote on Instagram in 2017,
"I am so thankful to have the opportunity to share something that I love, with someone
that I love. You're an incredible sister and even more so an amazing human being."
Julianne seems to feel the same way. She told E! News in 2018,
"Oh my gosh we literally can't get rid of each other. The other day I was telling him that I
don't feel right. He was like, 'Go dance. Go write a song. Go do something.' He knows me so well."
And despite seeming like twins, they are about three years apart — and
the two have three sisters that not everyone might know about.
The other Hough siblings are Sharee, Marabeth, and Katherine. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported
that after the Hough parents got divorced, their mother, Marriann, married financial consultant
Aaron Nelson in 1998. Bruce Hough, their father, got remarried in 2000 to Debra Hough.
While all of the Hough siblings have social media profiles,
they aren't photographed together very often. So fans love it when they do
post together. Julianne shared a post in 2021 that had fans writing things like,
"Everyone in the Hough family is beautiful."
Julianne Hough started competitive dancing at 10 years old, and obviously she enjoyed
it enough to continue. But dancing also is in her blood. According to Heavy,
both sets of the Hough grandparents were dancers. Dancing is obviously a
part of their family history, but Julianne's three sisters don't dance professionally.
"My whole dance journey has been incredible."
Sharee Hough Selman is the oldest Hough child. She got married in 2018 to Mark
Selman. As her Instagram bio notes, Sharee has six kids and is a business
owner. Her company is called Hough Werks, where people can take fitness classes.
Next up is Marabeth Poole, the second oldest. She identifies herself as a wife, mother,
and realtor on her Instagram. Plus she's a musician who also dabbles in holistic health
as a certified coach. Her Instagram showcases aerial shots of the houses she's selling.
Lastly, there's Katherine Hough. She has three daughters and is an esthetician. She
owns a company called Skin by Katherine and her Instagram boasts that she's been an esthetician
for "20+ years." Her husband, YouTube content creator Tony Schnur, died in February 2023
due to glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, with which he was diagnosed two years prior.
Even though Julianne Hough's sisters didn't go the dancing route,
that doesn't mean that the Houghs are the only famous ones in their family.
They're actually cousins with the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Ross Lynch.
"Are you saying all this because you don't want to be with me? Because I said I love you?"
Of course, this means they're also cousins with the other Lynch siblings who were in the
now-defunct band R5. The Lynches are second cousins to the Houghs because their maternal
grandmothers were sisters. The Lynches and Houghs don't seem to spend much time together,
but Julianne did show support for her cousins in a tweet from 2013.
Then in 2014, there were rumors that Ross could join the Dancing With The
Stars cast. This came after Ross and Riker Lynch attended a live show,
appearing on Dancing With the Stars All Access. Hough told Hollywood Life,
"Ross! He would be amazing. He would do really
well. Any of the Lynches would do amazing. All of my cousins!"
However, Ross allegedly turned down the offer several times; Riker Lynch ended up being
the celebrity Lynch that went on the ballroom dancing show instead. And Julianne was right;
Riker Lynch and his partner Allison Holker made it to second place.