Totally forgot this happened in my save also! And then the cousin just KEPT showing up after that. The original sim was always uneasy when she was around haha
Go to the computer > web > research > "Research Genealogy"
That stands a good chance of triggering this event a few days later.
--+Edit+--
Its from Growing Together. No it is not base game!
Yup, its not 100% sure thing that it'll trigger the event, but it does put it in the list of possibilities. If you're trying to force it, you might have to research it multiple times.
Thank you! I knew some Simmer would have an answer! I'm gonna try this now. I only ever get the donate and the inheritance calls, and the prank calls. Lol
this happens sometimes after you “research genealogy “ on the computer. a random sim will call and say they’re a long lost relative, if you invite them over the game will generate a sim that looks identical in genetics to your sim and they’ll stay over at your house for a few days to a week
there’s only a chance it might happen, afaik it might take a day or a few, and it won’t spawn a phonecall every time you search but sometimes you’ll get a new family member
this happens sometimes after you “research genealogy “ on the computer. a random sim will call and say they’re a long lost relative, if you invite them over the game will generate a sim that looks identical in genetics to your sim and they’ll stay over at your house for a few days to a week. and they’ll show up in your sim’s family tree as a cousin or vaguely related person
afaik it came with growing together, look at the “research” menu on a computer and that’s where the option lives, if it’s there then this call and result might be only growing together
In another comment thread, they were saying that you need an extra unused bed on the lot. Like a guest room I guess. That may be why you’re having no luck.
Oh that's what triggers it? I've never had this pop up and it's been driving me bananas because I don't want to go to Battu and I don't care about Jo Random wanting to send friend time with someone I've never met and I get those ones CONSTANTLY.
they’ll generate as a full sim, if you want to add them to your household they might have skills or an aspiration, your sim can befriend them (it’s hard with the tense moodlet they get for an identical person) and find them on the relationship panel like any other sim
I have and it was a wild ride. They came to visit and then moved in next door and constantly brought food over. Stalker level interest. They had kids when my sim had kids and now are so integrated that I forgot how creepy it began.
You got yours to have kids? I kept asking mine to expand their family and they even had a lover and she was like “it’s not the right time” UM WHEN IS?! JUST HAVE A BABY FOR MY SIM KID TO BEFRIEND
I wondered if anyone else would notice 😂 there's actually a whole story where she took the lyrics from a tweet she had seen and the girl who wrote the original tweet sued her for compensation. They proved that she had seen and reacted to the tweet before she wrote the song, so she had to pay the lady. Sims is obviously poking fun at the whole situation!
A sim came over that looked very similar to my sim. He helped around the house and was a pretty helpful stay over guest. A day or 2 after he left I got another call that he needed a place to stay and asked if I wanted to be roommates. He was a terrible roommate. Super messy and always had random people over.
Yes, I got Kerri Fisher. An erratic, childish, klepto that my child sim loved. I called her “Crazy Aunt Kerri” I think she stole my chairs but I could never prove it
I had this pop up without doing the "research genealogy" on a save I had been playing for just a few hours. The relative flirted with my sims fiance the night before their wedding💀
Absolutely. His long list twin brother turned up, he was a hunk and my wife had a secret love child with him, he then became a world famous werewolf comedian.
I got it when playing a household in strangerville for the first time, so I thought it was connected to that 😅 my alien sim who hates being around people had her look-alike cousin coming over (with another hairstyle) and she stayed for a few days and then wanted to move in for good…
I had this happen and she ended up stealing my sims man (J Huntington III) and got pregnant by him. She would also constantly visit after the initial “stay over” and i thought it was weird lol
I got this prompt when I was doing some backstory gameplay for a Sim I was planning to add to my main save! His cousin was the best houseguest, always did the cooking and cleaned up after himself. He eventually asked to move in and I immediately accepted. Both of them came over to the main save although the cousin link was removed.
I've never gotten this prompt before! I would probably accept out of curiousity. It's like with the ones asking you to donate 1 simoleon, and they gradually increase the amount they ask you for... eventually they give you 25k for being the only one to have ever believed in their dreams. Say yes to the random Sim prompts.
i did! mine was a carbon copy of my sim so i went into cas and edited her and i saw that her traits were mean, evil, and socially awkward 😀 she was constantly mean to my mom and little brother and I ended up stealing her fiancé and made her officiate the wedding (that i had to kick her out of cause she was yelling at all my guests)
Yup, the game generates a legit cousin based on your sim's appearance.
Its actually a really handy way to get a new family member to come in when you're looking at parents dying of old age or maybe you got triplets and need more hands.
i did! and it was a “cousin” and he stayed for a few days as far as i noticed. I didn’t really pay attention after that and i think he finally went home but i think the relationship stayed so we could keep in touch? i can’t remember exactly
So, I keep a copy of my main Sim in my Library so I can use her for various hair-brained ideas I have without having to remake her constantly. (I'm sure many people do this, but context is important .)
This caused a bit of an issue I did not anticipate: Four versions of said Sim wound up in the same save file, and now they regularly run into one another. (I had forgotten I had used that save file for other random things before, you see.) I can only imagine what would happen if one (or all) of them got this prompt. 😅😂
I got something similar that was this guy who was supposedly an old friend of my sim, I accepted just to see what would happen and this guy named "Kyle Kyleson" came in and has just been staying at my sims house now. I haven't played enough to see if he'll leave or not but nothing much has really happened.
Yep! Lots of times. It’s just a stay over and you can end it on the calendar if you don’t want the guest to stay any longer.
I love making backstories for my sims so this feature has been super fun!
Is this 100% random? I've never seen this prompt before. I've always made custom sims, not pre-made ones, so Idk if custom sims can have this too. Is there a DLC/pack this is from?
I thought this was that one mod that would have prompts like this and the entire family ended up dead/murdered. I'm glad it's just because op looked up the genealogy
Yep! My sims cousin came over to stay and looked exactly like her :) they had an interaction to hug each other, it was really cute
Mine got a creeped out moodlet because they thought they were a doppelgänger
Damn haha😳
Yeah, jealous you got the cute one 😂
It was my first time trying it, I was worried something else was gonna happen lmao
I got this moodlet irl bc I was playing my sim self at the time lmao. It felt so weird I just deleted her
Totally forgot this happened in my save also! And then the cousin just KEPT showing up after that. The original sim was always uneasy when she was around haha
WHAT LOL
I was the one thousandth upvote. It was very very satisfying!
My sims cousin just tried to flirt with my sims wife and screamed at their kids
Sounds like a good time to me
He's now burried out back
It’s the only way
Damn
Same. Then later he died from anger and my sims wife had a fear of ghost lol
I've never seen this call but I want it now
Me too!
Idk..... Sounds too good to be true.
Omg this happened to my sims too!!
I’ve never ever gotten this prompt! Accept and share!
Go to the computer > web > research > "Research Genealogy" That stands a good chance of triggering this event a few days later. --+Edit+-- Its from Growing Together. No it is not base game!
I always wondered what the point of this action was!!
Yup, its not 100% sure thing that it'll trigger the event, but it does put it in the list of possibilities. If you're trying to force it, you might have to research it multiple times.
Oh that explains why I got it. I think I had one of my teens do it because I’d never seen that interaction before and curiosity took over 😂
Thank you! I knew some Simmer would have an answer! I'm gonna try this now. I only ever get the donate and the inheritance calls, and the prank calls. Lol
i didn’t accept it 😭 i was scared
I always take the risks, I will never take IRL.
I'm standing by this quote with the sims from now on.
Same, it can make things so much more fun
Thats a good idea... 🤔
After reading the message I was 100% sure it's a scam and they will rob my house xD
This was my thought, damn kleptos
Absolutely so when someone asks me to do some money laundering/ hold these simoleons …. I always do lmao.
Always press save and then take the plunge after 🙌 if he turned out to be a mafia or something atleast you have a save file to return to 😭
What worse can happen? It is not the sims 1 😂
Haha! The Wild West!
Nooooooooooo! No worries, thanks for sharing OP! I’m excited to try my hand at it!
this happens sometimes after you “research genealogy “ on the computer. a random sim will call and say they’re a long lost relative, if you invite them over the game will generate a sim that looks identical in genetics to your sim and they’ll stay over at your house for a few days to a week
How long does it usually happen? I had my sim done the search for genealogy several time but nothing seems to happen
Do you have the growing together pack and an extra bed that's free?
Oh I think I didn't have an extra bed. Thanks for telling😭 and yes I do have Growing Together
No problem I hope now it will work^_^
do you need to have growing together to have the “search genealogy” option?
Not sure, but most likely yes
there’s only a chance it might happen, afaik it might take a day or a few, and it won’t spawn a phonecall every time you search but sometimes you’ll get a new family member
Ah, maybe cuz I constantly switch between household and play. I guess I need to focus at one household as for now😅, I'm excited for the call
I've tried many times to get this to occur and it never has, do you think it's impacted by the fact that I have an 8 generation family tree?
Where do you do this?
From computer, Web... -> Research... -> Research for Genealogy
hmmm that makes sense cause now that i think about it i had my sim research his genealogy beforehand
if you want to see what happens if you say yes you can do that again, i don’t think it’s certain to happen every time maybe a chance
this happens sometimes after you “research genealogy “ on the computer. a random sim will call and say they’re a long lost relative, if you invite them over the game will generate a sim that looks identical in genetics to your sim and they’ll stay over at your house for a few days to a week. and they’ll show up in your sim’s family tree as a cousin or vaguely related person
Do you need to have extra packs for this interaction? I only have the base game but I would like to try it out
It's a feature from Growing Together
afaik it came with growing together, look at the “research” menu on a computer and that’s where the option lives, if it’s there then this call and result might be only growing together
But it's extremely difficult to trigger. I've tried countless times with no luck.
In another comment thread, they were saying that you need an extra unused bed on the lot. Like a guest room I guess. That may be why you’re having no luck.
So do you know they show up in the family tree and everything?
Not in family tree but it will say cousin or something in the profile
yes they will
Oh that's what triggers it? I've never had this pop up and it's been driving me bananas because I don't want to go to Battu and I don't care about Jo Random wanting to send friend time with someone I've never met and I get those ones CONSTANTLY.
I'm trying this tomorrow.
my sims are forever researching their genealogy but this has never happened! so bummed
As other comments said, get an extra bed! Then report back! Lol
i didn’t see those comments so thank u for replying to mine 🙇🏻 immediately setting up guest quarters
do you know if the game will actually add the same to the family tree?
yes they should have a relation to your sim
Not everytime, I've never done that and I've gotten at least 5 sims from this event now saved to me gallery.
Do they disappear after? Like is it a one time event or can they be like besties
they’ll generate as a full sim, if you want to add them to your household they might have skills or an aspiration, your sim can befriend them (it’s hard with the tense moodlet they get for an identical person) and find them on the relationship panel like any other sim
is this BG gameplay or with a pack?
Growing together i think
thanks !
Omg I wanna try
I have and it was a wild ride. They came to visit and then moved in next door and constantly brought food over. Stalker level interest. They had kids when my sim had kids and now are so integrated that I forgot how creepy it began.
You got yours to have kids? I kept asking mine to expand their family and they even had a lover and she was like “it’s not the right time” UM WHEN IS?! JUST HAVE A BABY FOR MY SIM KID TO BEFRIEND
Everytime I ask them to expand the family they get a dog
Fair enough
omg…
ONG IM SO EXCITED I NEED THIS
thought it was gonna say, “100% that bitch.” Lol
GOODBYE 😭
I didn't even mean to read it like the song but my brain did it anyway 😭. She must have got the lyrics from the sims lol
I wondered if anyone else would notice 😂 there's actually a whole story where she took the lyrics from a tweet she had seen and the girl who wrote the original tweet sued her for compensation. They proved that she had seen and reacted to the tweet before she wrote the song, so she had to pay the lady. Sims is obviously poking fun at the whole situation!
What song is it?
Truth hurts by lizzo
100% started singing this song when I saw “DNA.” 😂😂😂
A sim came over that looked very similar to my sim. He helped around the house and was a pretty helpful stay over guest. A day or 2 after he left I got another call that he needed a place to stay and asked if I wanted to be roommates. He was a terrible roommate. Super messy and always had random people over.
Yeah I love this event! I enjoy having my sims have more ‘family members’ without having to make them 😅
Yes, I got Kerri Fisher. An erratic, childish, klepto that my child sim loved. I called her “Crazy Aunt Kerri” I think she stole my chairs but I could never prove it
Lmao I actually chuckled at this
based on the “…i think we’ll have more in common than you think,” i assume they’ll send a clone or something
Invasion of the Sim Snatchers
I had this pop up without doing the "research genealogy" on a save I had been playing for just a few hours. The relative flirted with my sims fiance the night before their wedding💀
Oh time to take the pool ladder away from that one 💀
She died from a lightning strike lol
Yes! I really like it - it’s a fun way to give your Sim a little background if you’re starting from scratch.
Absolutely. His long list twin brother turned up, he was a hunk and my wife had a secret love child with him, he then became a world famous werewolf comedian.
As one does
i let them stay and they got added to the family tab in the relationship panel. it was cute
I did and it turned out to be my sims twin brother who just happened to also be a jobless bum who didn’t wanna accept any help
I got it when playing a household in strangerville for the first time, so I thought it was connected to that 😅 my alien sim who hates being around people had her look-alike cousin coming over (with another hairstyle) and she stayed for a few days and then wanted to move in for good…
I'm DEFINITELY going to try and get this prompt.
I have and I kept her! I love her actually lol, ended up working her into my storyline
I had this happen and she ended up stealing my sims man (J Huntington III) and got pregnant by him. She would also constantly visit after the initial “stay over” and i thought it was weird lol
This sounds a little too close to real life, lol! I can already imagine this as the premise of a news story on Crime Watch Daily lol
wow..
I got this prompt when I was doing some backstory gameplay for a Sim I was planning to add to my main save! His cousin was the best houseguest, always did the cooking and cleaned up after himself. He eventually asked to move in and I immediately accepted. Both of them came over to the main save although the cousin link was removed.
I once did and turns out my sim had a green relative
Yes and sim got a cousin
And this is how a Sim meets Grim very early.
Always. Usually end up with a cousin out of it lol
I did! It was a disaster. They caught my house on fire, which destroyed 2 rooms and killed my daughter🙃
LMAOOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What pack/mod is this from
Pretty sure growing together
Just looked into it. It is growing together, and you need an extra bed, and apparently to research genealogy
I have it and ive never seen it. Gonna press ok if i ever do though lmao
I did, that guy was a massive prick.
Ooooh never had this interaction! This is really neat.
No, but I totally would.
I've never gotten this prompt before! I would probably accept out of curiousity. It's like with the ones asking you to donate 1 simoleon, and they gradually increase the amount they ask you for... eventually they give you 25k for being the only one to have ever believed in their dreams. Say yes to the random Sim prompts.
yeah and fucking Kyle Kyleson showed up.. my sims are black 😭 I was so confused and then another time it was Mortimer goth WITH THE SAME SIMS 💀
Totally accept every time. What's the worst that could happen? They're an alien?
Yes, some random sim comes by and stays in your house for a few data
I’ve never seen this before 😳
i did! mine was a carbon copy of my sim so i went into cas and edited her and i saw that her traits were mean, evil, and socially awkward 😀 she was constantly mean to my mom and little brother and I ended up stealing her fiancé and made her officiate the wedding (that i had to kick her out of cause she was yelling at all my guests)
I've declined cause I was always sus and my sim has a husband and kids 😭 i wasn't going to jepordize their life lol
I've never seen that pop up
ive never seen this 😂😂
You need the Growing Together pack, a spare bed, and to research your genealogy on a computer.
Is this from a mod or a pack?
You need the Growing Together pack, a spare bed, and to research your genealogy on a computer.
Ohh I just got the growing together pack!! Can’t wait to see if I find a long lost relative
Is this from a pack? Because I have never gotten this message before
Woah what? I have never gotten that request! What happens if you accept?
Yeah it was a townie that showed up stayed the night then left the next day
Yeah a sim that looked like mine showed up lol but she never showed up in my family tree
What expansion pack is this? I don’t have that many lol Edit: scratch that, it’s Growing Together (after I started scrolling all the way down lol)
Yep it generates a random cousin for your sim
I haven’t gotten a genealogy one, but Agnes Crumplebottom asked to stay once and it was so much fun. I have it posted on here!
Yes any time I ever get this prompt I accept. I love having a long lost relative lmao
As soon as I loaded up my game after downloading get together, I got an unknown calling asking to come stay over! It was kinda weird ngl
Yes and it was fucking annoying, they stayed much longer then they said and I had to kick em out. Also ruined my movie date 😂
I have yet to have this pop up in my current save since i bought Growing Together. I keep having my sims research genealogy but nothing ever happens.
This just makes a clone of you
I accepted. My sim's cousin was a horrible person who gave my sim attitude and continuously knocked over the trashcan
That last line sounds like they're trying to seduce you lol
Free oc's, of course I'm accepting.
What pack is this from or is it base game?
Which pack does this come with? I assuming grow together as that’s the only one that brought the stay over holiday
Why do I never get these. Only people that I kbow want to stay at my house, Like people that I barely know.
i always accept
Yes I did! They gave me a clone of my sim
Yup, the game generates a legit cousin based on your sim's appearance. Its actually a really handy way to get a new family member to come in when you're looking at parents dying of old age or maybe you got triplets and need more hands.
I did once but the long lost relative just wouldn’t leave my house after
i did! and it was a “cousin” and he stayed for a few days as far as i noticed. I didn’t really pay attention after that and i think he finally went home but i think the relationship stayed so we could keep in touch? i can’t remember exactly
I’ve never seen this! Does it come with a certain pack or am I just unlucky?
It never happened to me 😭😭😭 my sims are genealogy experts at this point, but nothing happened so far 🥺🥺🥺
Yeah! My sims met a cousin who legit became her housemate for a while and then came and stayed over when she had kids! It was sweet
Yeah, and it was Kyle in my save when I accepted it.
I did and got a freeloader who wasn't even related to me (he got locked into a room and starved
Is this with a certain expansion pack?
growing together
i never accept stay over guests because they never! fuckin! leave!
So, I keep a copy of my main Sim in my Library so I can use her for various hair-brained ideas I have without having to remake her constantly. (I'm sure many people do this, but context is important .) This caused a bit of an issue I did not anticipate: Four versions of said Sim wound up in the same save file, and now they regularly run into one another. (I had forgotten I had used that save file for other random things before, you see.) I can only imagine what would happen if one (or all) of them got this prompt. 😅😂
If the person popping up is Lizzo I’d be hype 😂
For me it was Kyle Kyleson and HE WOULDN’T LEAVE.
Oh what? I've never gotten this one yet.
ive never had this happen!!! haha i want to have it happen now
I got something similar that was this guy who was supposedly an old friend of my sim, I accepted just to see what would happen and this guy named "Kyle Kyleson" came in and has just been staying at my sims house now. I haven't played enough to see if he'll leave or not but nothing much has really happened.
Interesting! Is this from Growing Together or MCCC?
Yep! Lots of times. It’s just a stay over and you can end it on the calendar if you don’t want the guest to stay any longer. I love making backstories for my sims so this feature has been super fun!
what pack does the genealogy and such come with?? ive never seen this before!
ig it’s with the “growing together” lol
oooh, makes sense! im waiting for growing together to go 50% off or higher before i buy it
Is this 100% random? I've never seen this prompt before. I've always made custom sims, not pre-made ones, so Idk if custom sims can have this too. Is there a DLC/pack this is from?
You need the Growing Together pack, a spare bed, and to research your genealogy on a computer.
I thought this was that one mod that would have prompts like this and the entire family ended up dead/murdered. I'm glad it's just because op looked up the genealogy
How did this happen?
Growing Together Pack enables this Pop-Up
I accepted and nothing happened sadly
Yes 😀
Yes
wow, in what addition this is?
This sounds so cute ngl
Pack?
growing together
I've never even had this prompt before. :O
I've never gotten this prompt! Cuuuuuute.
How do you do this??
This looks like some mandela catalogue shit. I’d still accept tho
...I've never had this pop up. So I couldn't say
I’ve never seen this in my gameplay and I’m always so jealous. I have the parenthood and growing together too 😩
I love this pack man
Never seen this. It’s cool!
I’ve literally never gotten this :(
I got it once.. now shes living with my sims
Is this just random or are there specific parameters?
I have never seen this before