Aussie comedian reveals moment ex he met on Tinder told him they are related

An Aussie comedian has shared the moment his ex text him saying ‘we need to talk’ only to reveal something truly horrifying.

An Aussie comedian has revealed the shocking moment he realised an ex he met on Tinder turned out to be his long-lost relative.

Hunter Smith said he learned the wild truth after the man messaged him on the app a while after their romance had ended telling him that they desperately “needed to talk”.

At first he wondered if the man was “riddled with disease” and never thought to believe the actual shocking truth.

“It turns out our grandfathers were related but estranged and there’s no way we could have known,” he wrote in a column for MamaMia.

An Aussie man has revealed that his ex Tinder date discovered that they were related. Picture: Instagram

“We’re cousins … distant cousins, I promise, but cousins nonetheless.”

“There’s no category for that on Tinder,” he remarked. “I understand this is a relatively insane thing to publish for public consumption and I did consider doing so anonymously but unfortunately, I have a comedy festival show to promote so I have no choice but to go loud and proud.”

Smith said that his ex made the discovery after exploring on Ancestry.com.

The TV writer said the man text him and said "we need to talk". Picture: Supplied.

“Australians everywhere are learning that they’re not just Australian. They’re special. They’re four per cent French or Dutch or Samoan or Irish and they’ll make this tiny exoticism the new cornerstone of their personality,” joked Smith, who writes for Ten’s The Project.

“They’ll latch onto any connection with Australian history. If they can use the site to prove they descended from someone aboard the First Fleet then they will become an Ancestry A-lister,” he wrote.

“Sadly, most will have to settle for something less grand. Your aunty knew Harold Holt? Your grandfather worked the Snowy Hydro? Your cousin built the big banana? Big Whoop.”

He continued: “We’re now so engrossed by family trees that we have entire television shows dedicated to the average histories of earnest celebrities.”

“Want to watch a Wiggle discover their grandmother was the first woman to sell gelatine in Geraldton? Wake up Jeff, you’ve bored yourself to sleep.”

Hunter Smith is a comedian based in Melbourne. His show Bushranger is debuting at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Tickets are on sale now.

Originally published as Aussie comedian reveals moment ex he met on Tinder told him they are related