Are beets related to turnips? We recently made fresh beets, which was a new experience for me, and I was surprised to discover that a freshly cooked fresh beet tastes quite like a similarly cooked turnip. Is there any connection between the two foods?
From a scientific standpoint they are not closely related.  They aren't even in the same order.  Beets are order Caryophyllales and Turnips are order Brassicales.