ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Inquiring minds want to know:

Yes, Art Favre is related to the former NFL superstar quarterback, Brett Favre.

“Distance cousins,” Art Favre said. “We both grew up in south Mississippi. I grew up on Gulfport and he grew up in Kiln, Miss. Probably his great, great, great grandfather and my great, great, great grandfather were brothers. Whatever that makes us. It’s very distant, be we are related.”

It’s not a name you see everyday so everyone who sees immediately connects it to the former league MVP.

“It’s a common name down around the Mississippi coast, but not once you get away from there,” Art Favre said. “He made it famous, not me.”

John Mullen