Sue Bird tried to persuade everyone throughout her early years that the legendary basketball player Larry Bird was her uncle.

Sue Bird tried to persuade everyone throughout her early years that the legendary basketball player Larry Bird was her uncle.

Despite not being related, the two best players in American basketball history have the same last name.

However, legend Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics could as well be Sue Bird’s uncle in the eyes of the WNBA. Anyhow, that’s what she told everybody.

Bird would “get asked all the time” as a child growing up in Syosset, New York, if the NBA point guard was related to her. She had a propensity of lying about her family tree since she enjoyed being mistaken for the Indiana native’s daughter or niece.

With a grin, Bird told Insider, “It’s like a famous story in my childhood school and neighborhood that I lied and I would tell people he was my uncle like all the time.” “I mean, I was like 6 or 7, so I feel like that’s excusable.”

After a few decades, Bird has established herself as a basketball legend and taken ownership of her well-known last name. Larry Bird’s fictitious niece went on to become one of the most accomplished players in women’s basketball history, winning four WNBA crowns, five Olympic gold medals, twelve WNBA All-Star selections, and more assists than any other player to have ever played in the league.