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White Stripes Are Siblings

Sometimes its good to maintain a little bit of mystery and, in their early days, the White Stripes had it down to a science. In interviews, Jack White claimed he and drummer Meg White were siblings, ostensibly to shift the focus onto the music and away from their personal relationship. Even though it was eventually discovered that the two were previously married -- and that the man previously known as Jack Gillis had taken the last name of his new wife -- Jack still continued to claim that they were brother and sister. In the end, it didn't matter because they made bitchin' music.