How Are Roman Reigns & The Rock Related? – The Full Anoa’i WWE Bloodline Family Tree Explained

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With Roman Reigns reforming and growing the Bloodline faction, the Anoa’i/Fatu wrestling dynasty is once again a focal point of WWE TV.

Zilla Fatu is the latest star from this family to join WWE, attacking Grayson Waller and Cruz Montana on the August 11 NXT episode.

With numerous current WWE stars representing this family, it can be tricky to track how specifically Zilla Fatu would be related to The Rock, for example.

Here’s every member of the Anoa’i family in WWE, and how they’re related.

A quick refresher on the different types of cousins:

First Cousin – they share a common grandparent 

Second Cousin – they share a common great grandparent

Cousin Once Removed – the cousin of their parent, or the child of their cousin (0ne generation away from being first cousins)

Cousin Twice Removed – cousin of their grandparent ,or the grandchild of their cousin (two generations away from being first cousins)

Roman Reigns

First referring to himself as the Tribal Chief following his return in 2020, Roman Reigns defeated Jey Uso in an I Quit Hell in a Cell match that October to receive his family’s lei, the Ula Fala.

Reigns has put the Ula Fala and his position at the Head of the Table on the line in three Tribal Combat matches, defeating Jey Uso at SummerSlam 2023, Solo Sikoa on the January 6, 2025 Raw episode, and Jacob Fatu at Clash In Italy this past May.

The OTC is first cousins with Hall of Famers Rikishi (Solofa Fatu Jr) and Yokozuka (Agatupu Rodney Anoaʻi), as well as and two-time Intercontinental Champion Umaga (Edward Smith Fatu).

Reigns’ aunt by blood, Elevera Anoaʻi, had four sons with I’aulualo Folau Solofa Fatu, introducing the Fatus to the Anoa’i bloodline.

There are several Fatus currently wrestling for WWE, including…

Jey Uso

After making a name for himself as a solo act and holding the World Heavyweight Championship in 2025, Jey Uso has since returned to Roman Reigns’ side, in the reunited version of the Bloodline.

Jey is the son of Solofa Fatu Jr, who wrestling fans know as Hall of Famer Rikishi. That former WWE star was one of four sons of Elevera Anoaʻi and I’aulualo Folau Solofa Fatu.

With Elevera being Roman Reigns’ aunt by blood, this means that Rikishi and Roman Reigns are first cousins.

This makes Roman Reigns and The Usos first cousins, once removed, with “once removed” meaning one generation apart.

Relation to Roman Reigns – First Cousin, Once Removed

Jimmy Uso

Jimmy Uso is also back wrestling for the Bloodline, alongside his twin brother, Jey Uso.

With Jimmy and Jey Uso being twins, he is also a first cousin, once removed, of Roman Reigns.

Relation to Roman Reigns – First Cousin, Once Removed

Relation to Jey Uso – Twin Brother

Solo Sikoa

Originally dubbed the Tribal Heir by Roman Reigns on the December 15, 2023 edition of SmackDown, Solo Sikoa tried to take over the Bloodline in 2024 during the Tribal Chief’s absence, leading to a Tribal Combat match in January 2025, and Solo running the Bloodline offshoot group, the MFTs, until very recently.

Solo Sikoa is also a son of Rikishi, and the brother of Jey and Jimmy Uso.

Because of this, Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa are also first cousins, once removed.

Relation to Roman Reigns – First Cousin, Once Removed

Relation to Jey & Jimmy Uso – Brother

Naomi

Naomi has been off WWE TV since August 18, 2025, when she relinquished the Women’s World Championship and announced her pregnancy.

The former champion is related to the Anoa’i/Fatu family through marriage rather than blood, with she and Jimmy Uso tying the knot in 2014.

This means:

Relation to Roman Reigns – Cousin In Law

Relation to Jimmy Uso – Wife

Relation to Jey Uso & Solo Sikoa – Sister In Law

Jacob Fatu

Jacob Fatu now wrestles for the Bloodline after being forced to acknowledge Roman Reigns following the OTC defeating him in Tribal Combat at Clash In Italy.

Jacob is the son of Samuel Fatu, who previously wrestled as The Tonga Kid, Tama, and The Samoan Savage.

Samuel is brothers with Rikishi, and first cousins with Roman Reigns, making Jacob Fatu first cousins with The Usos and Solo Sikoa, and first cousins, once removed, with Roman Reigns.

Relation to Roman Reigns – First Cousin, Once Removed

Relation to The Usos & Solo Sikoa –  First Cousin

Relation to Naomi – First Cousin In Law

Zilla Fatu

The latest Bloodline family member to make his WWE debut, Zilla Fatu took out Grayson Waller and Cruz Montana during the August 11 NXT episode.

Zilla is the son of the late Edward Fatu, better known to WWE fans as Umaga.

With Umaga being the brother of Rikishi and Samuel Fatu, and the first cousin of Roman Reigns, this would make Zilla Fatu first cousins with The Usos, Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu, and first cousins, once removed with the OTC.

Relation to Roman Reigns – First Cousin, Once Removed

Relations to The Usos, Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu –  First Cousin

Relation to Naomi – First Cousin In Law

The Rock

Despite WWE often presenting Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Roman Reigns as close family members, the duo aren’t actually related by blood.

The Rock’s relation to the Anoa’i/Fatu family stems from the grandfather of The Rock, Fanene Anderson (Peter Maivia), and the grandfather of Roman Reigns, Amituana’i Anoaʻi being blood brothers.

Maivia and Anoa’i performed a ceremony called a ‘blood oath’ to become connected to one another, the idea being that each man’s blood was flowing through the other’s veins.

So, counting Peter Maivia and Amituana’i Anoa’i as brothers following their blood oath:

Relation to Roman Reigns – Second Cousin

Relations to The Usos, Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu – Second Cousin, Once Removed

Relation to Naomi – Cousin in Law (Second Cousin, Once Removed)

Nia Jax

Nia Jax (Lina Fanene) is one of the most decorated wrestlers on the SmackDown women’s roster, having held the WWE Women’s Championship twice, the Women’s Tag Team Championship three times, and being crowned Queen of the Ring in 2024.

Nia’s father was Joseph Fanene, the first cousin of Fanene Anderson/Peter Maivia, The Rock’s grandfather.

While not directly related to the Bloodline by blood, she is a blood relative of The Rock:

Relation to The Rock – Second Cousin, Once Removed 

Tamina

While Tamina hasn’t wrestled since February 2023, she is still listed under the Current Superstars section of the official WWE roster page.

Tamina’s father, WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy “The Superfly” Snuka, married into the Anoa’i family in 1964, tying the knot with Sharon, the niece of Peter Maivia.

With Tamina’s family only connected to the Bloodline via the blood oath, the WWE name is technically a second cousin-in-law of The Rock.

Relation to The Rock – Cousin in Law (Second Cousin) 

Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn was officially named an Honorary Uce by Roman Reigns in September 2022, ahead of being kicked out of the Bloodline in January 2023.

Families often fight and make up, and Zayn reunited with Roman Reigns and ‘The OG Bloodline’ for the WarGames match at Survivor Series 2024.

While ‘uce’ is a slang term originating from the Samoan word “uso” meaning brother, previous interactions indicated that Zayn was specifically an honorary Uso, or an honorary son of Rikishi at least.

Because of this:

Relation to Roman Reigns – Honorary First Cousins, Once Removed

Relation to The Usos & Solo Sikoa – Honorary Brother

Relation to Naomi – Honorary Brother in Law 

Relation to Jacob Fatu – Honorary First Cousin

Relation to Zilla Fatu – Honorary First Cousin

Relation to The Rock – Honorary Second Cousin, Once Removed (if you count the blood oath) 

And before anyone asks, Talla and Tama Tonga are brothers, and sons of Haku, none of whom are related to the Anoa’i family by blood.

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