Eva Longoria has revealed the playful way Meryl Streep reacted to the news that the Hollywood stars are actually cousins.

The Desperate Housewives alum, 50, had recently discovered that she is related to the legendary actress during an appearance on Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ genealogy series, Faces of America.

Recalling the moment during her appearance on Wednesday’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the actress explained: ‘He cross-references everybody’s DNA to see if we share a relative in the last 100 years.

‘And he’s like, “Do you want to know who you’re related to? Meryl Streep.” I was like, “Oh my god!’”

While the Sylvie’s Love star was ‘so excited’ by the news, she said she had been reluctant to go and share the information when she crossed paths with Meryl at an awards show later on.

But when she did work up the nerve to chat with her relative about it, Meryl’s reaction was pretty comical.

Eva Longoria has revealed the playful way Meryl Streep reacted to the news that she and the Hollywood legend are actually cousins

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The Desperate Housewives alum said discovered that she is related to the legendary actress during an appearance on Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ genealogy series, Faces of America

Eva continued: ‘I was at the Golden Globes or I don’t know – something backstage in the green room – and my friend was like, “There’s Meryl, go say you’re her cousin.”‘

‘I’m like, “I’m not gonna go up to Meryl Streep and say we’re cousins. It’s not gonna make any sense. I don’t know if she saw that part of the show.”‘

Thankfully, Eva didn’t have to approach the Oscar-winner because it turns out, Meryl had already been informed about their relation.

Eva continued: ‘Then I hear, “Cousin! Cousin!” That’s how cool Meryl Streep is.

‘I was like, “Clearly you got the talent in the family.” And she’s like, “Clearly you got the beauty.”‘

‘How sweet is she?,’ the star gushed before she then joked: ‘So… Meryl’s Latina.’

The actress, who celebrated her 50th birthday with a star-studded surprise party, has been able to work with her cousin as both starred in the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building.

However, the actress recently revealed that she is planning to slow things down workwise after reaching her milestone age this week.

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When Meryl approached her about it at a later event, Eva joked that ‘clearly you got the talent in the family,’ to which Meryl replied: ‘Clearly you got the beauty’

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The actress made a stylish appearance on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in a lace Cong Tri dress and coordinated tights which she teamed with Aquazzura heels

While recently visiting Good Morning America, the star shared that she used to say ‘yes,’ to a variety of projects, but ‘now this second era is about saying, “no.”‘

Eva has several projects listed as completed or in post-production on her IMDB page.

The Only Murders in the Building star contended she now plans to turn down work, especially if it takes her away from her family or if she is ‘too sleepy.’

But she gave the greenlight to Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip because ‘there’s not a lot of movies that you can sit and watch with your kids, you can sit and watch with your mom,’ she said.

‘I love being in these movies because Santi can watch it with me,’ she explained, referring to her six-year-old son whom she shares with husband José Bastón.

‘It’s so funny,’ she said of the comedy, adding, ‘It happens to have a Latino family, which makes me happy.’

The Land of Women star and producer also joked about being a ‘progressive trad wife’ when asked about her plans to buy a ranch.

‘I’ve been making my own butter, my own bread and my own mayonnaise and my own coffee creamer… I need chickens and goats and cows so I can… make my stuff,’ she explained.

Eva added that she ‘grew up on a ranch’ in her native Texas, explaining, ‘I think you always end up going back to where you started.’