Bono has revealed that his cousin was actually his half-brother.

The U2 singer's father, Bob Hewson, told his son the family news back in 2000, a year before he died of cancer, though many others didn't learn the truth until later on.

Hewson revealed to his son that Scott Rankin, the man Bono thought was his cousin, is actually his half-brother who had been conceived from an affair with Hewson and Bono's aunt.