Does Arnold Schwarzenegger Have a Twin or Living Brother? the Facts
Q1: Does Arnold Schwarzenegger have a living brother?
No. Arnold's only sibling was his older brother, Meinhard Schwarzenegger, who died in 1971. Arnold has lived as the sole surviving child of Gustav and Aurelia for over fifty years.
Q2: Is Danny DeVito related to Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Not in any way. DeVito and Schwarzenegger are long-time personal friends and frequent co-stars who played genetically engineered siblings in the 1988 comedy film Twins.
Q3: Did Arnold Schwarzenegger help raise his brother's child?
Yes. Following Meinhard's fatal car crash in 1971, Arnold provided continuous financial backing to Meinhard's partner and their son, Patrick Knapp. Arnold brought Patrick to the United States in the late 1980s, funded his education, and remains close to him today.
Q4: Why didn't Arnold attend Meinhard's funeral in 1971?
In his autobiographical writings and documentary interviews, Arnold acknowledged that he avoided the funeral because he could not process the sudden grief while intensely focused on his bodybuilding competitions. He chose isolation over confronting the emotional fallout in Austria.
