Reality TV stars' families


Reality TV stars' families, Get details on the family members who support our favorite reality TV stars behind the scenes.

Jennifer Brennan, the "Shipping Wars" beauty, keeps her life fairly private ― no mention of a boyfriend or her family. But she does have two family members that she can't wait to get home to after time on the road .


Donning leather and chains, Billy Bretherton, the pest control expert, travels around this state wrangling and exterminating pests on the A&E show "Billy the Exterminator."


Ricky Bretherton of "Billy the Exterminator" co-founded Vexcon, the pest-control company with his brother Billy. During Season 1, someone close to Ricky left the show.


The "Gator Queen" of History Channel's "Swamp People" is a family woman. Liz Cavalier learned the ways of alligator hunting from her father and is now passing the tradition on to her daughter and stepsons.


The bumbling appraiser on History Channel's "Pawn Stars," Austin "Chumlee" Russell grew up with Corey Harrison and learned the ways of the pawn business. He recently was featured in an episode of this "Pawn Stars" spinoff series.


Jessa Duggar, daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, of TLC's "19 Kids And Counting" fame, recently announced her engagement to Ben Seewald.


It's no secret how much "Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles" star Josh Flagg looked up to his grandmother, 94-year-old fashion mogul Edith Flagg, who died this summer. The Holocaust survivor, who often appeared on the Bravo show, is known for her work as a designer and fashion executive.


Jackson Galaxy, the cat behaviorist of Animal Planet's show "My Cat From Hell," looks more like a music rocker than a "cat whisperer." In fact, when he was younger he was a musician with substance abuse problems until he made a connection that changed his life.


One of the top earners on "Shipping Wars," Roy Garber is no-nonsense driver who started his own shipping business as a way to earn money while raising his son.


She was once known as a fraction of “Jon and Kate Plus 8,” but since the show ended in 2011, Kate Gosselin has managed to stay in the spotlight. She showed off her fancy footwork on this reality show and popped up on another popular series.


Corey Harrison is an expert appraiser who works in the Las Vegas pawn shop on "Pawn Stars." He recently went through an on-screen transformation, shedding quite a few pounds.


The co-owner of this Las Vegas pawn shop and star of "Pawn Stars," Rick Harrison recently tied the knot with a paralegal from Las Vegas. One of his co-stars served as ring bearer.


The former "Storage Wars" star who everyone loved to hate, Dave Hester filed a lawsuit against A&E TV . In Season 2, Hester faced competition on a storage unit from an estranged relative.


Nicknamed the "King of the Swamp," Troy Landry, the popular alligator hunter on "Swamp People," can be seen navigating the swamps of Louisiana with his son. When off camera, he operates the family business.


Earlier this year, Matt and Amy Roloff, stars of "Little People, Big World," shocked fans when they announced they were separating after 26 years of marriage. But there's happy news for the family as son Jeremy was married on Sept. 20, 2014.


Bill Klein and Jen Arnold, TLC's "The Little Couple," are watching their family grow. After adopting son Will, they traveled to India last year to add little sister Zoey  to the family.


Brandi Passante works with her husband on "Storage Wars," and the two are often at odds over which storage units to bid on, but they make a great team when competing against other bidders on the hit show.


Sonia Pizarro, the boss of truTV's "Operation Repo," is known for her crass attitude when dealing with other members of her repo team, many of them family members.


Phil Robertson, the "Duck Dynasty" patriarch and inventor of the Duck Commander duck call, leaves the running of the family business to his son.


The businessman behind his father's company, Willie Robertson is also one of the stars of the hugely popular "Duck Dynasty." He has been married to wife Korie since 1992 and the couple's oldest son John Luke just announced his engagement.


The Real Housewives of New York City" star confirmed that she is divorcing her husband of 22 years. While Ramona Singer's been slow to divulge details surrounding her broken marriage (the reported reason for the split?), she's now speaking out about her 19-year-old daughter Avery's support.


Marc Springer, the mega-mustached shipper of "Shipping Wars," got into the shipping business as a way to support his family; he used to be a salesman for this.


Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson's relationship has been dogged by controversy. The "Celebrity Big Brother" star, 20, and her 54-year-old ex are back together after their split in November 2013 and are planning to renew their wedding vows by the end of this year, says Stodden's mom and manager Krista Keller.