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WWE star Seth Rollins explains social media helped discover siblings he knew nothing about

After starring for a number of years in WWE , Seth Rollins is used to seeing plenty of surprise twists and turns as storyline plays out.

However, the 33-year-old's recently received some news in his personal life that would not have been out of place as a plot line in the entertainment brand.

Rollins, real name Colby Lopez, revealed that he had recently discovered he had a half-sister and a half-brother that he previously did not know about.

The 33-year-old's discovery came about after he signed up to 23andMe , a biotechnology company that allows customers to track their ancestry through a saliva test.

Seth Rollins discovered he had a half-brother and half-sister through 23andMe (WWERolins/Twitter)

It also offers a social media service where users can find long-lost or unknown relatives, which is how Rollins' discovery came about.

Speaking to the BBC's 5Live Breakfast, the 33-year-old detailed: "This is a few months ago, but I get off of a flight and I get an email from 23andMe saying I have a new possible relative connection.

"They send you these if you share your data. It's available to other users and so they connect you and stuff. I'm getting third cousins, fifth cousins by marriage or removed.

'We're all related in some way, shape or form, but this one happened when I clicked the email and it said the possible match was 'half-sister'.

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"I was like "Oh. Oh no. What do I do?". I immediately got the goosebumps and the hair stood up on the back of my neck.

"I clicked the link and 23andMe's got a cool little feature like any social media where you can connect and message and stuff. We started messaging back and forth and voila, I found out I have a half-sister and a half-brother that I had never met for the entirety of their lives."

Though he is known as one of the biggest stars in WWE, Rollins confirmed he used his real name on the site which caused some humurous complications at first.

Rollins recently lost his Universal Championship to The Fiend Bray Wyatt (© WWE)

"I use my real name and not my stage name on 23andMe, so when you type that into Google , which was the first thing my half-sister did, she was like "I can't find anything about this guy, this stupid wrestler keeps popping up"," he added.

Rollins made the revelation a week on from losing his Universal Championship to rival The Fiend Bray Wyatt at the recent Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia.

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