And father of someone whose name escapes me.
Haven’t read the whole thread, so maybe someone beat me to it, but actress Zoe Kravitz is the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and his former wife, Lisa Bonet who was on “The Cosby Show”
Ms. Bonet, before Zoe’s birth, posed nude, cheesecake-style, on the cover of “Rolling Stone”, and a couple years ago, Zoe, who is now about 30 years old, did the same thing. She is the spitting image of her father.
One of Bruce Hornsby’s sons is a professional basketball player.
I don’t think that’s a coincidence (wink wink nudge nudge)
However, I’d rather have Frank Sinatra’s DNA than Woody Allen’s.
Peter Marshall, long-time host of The Hollywood Squares, had a son, Pete LaCock, who played major league baseball for nine seasons. Pete is also the nephew of actress Joanne Dru.
(“Marshall” was a stage name, for obvious reasons)
Actor B.S. Pulley, best known for his role as Big Jule in “Guys and Dolls” is the father of Steven Lerman, who represented Rodney King.
Boxing announcers Jimmy Lennon Sr. and Jr. are related to the Lennon sisters as (late) uncle and first cousin, respectively.
I just found out that Christian Horner, head of the Red Bull Formula One team, is married to former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.
Supermodel Kate Upton is a niece of long-time Republican Congressman (Michigan) Fred Upton.
Was Isaac Newton-John the inventor of the Gravity Fed Toilet?
The Coppolas are also musical: Francis’ father Carmine is a composer and musician (he’s the old man playing the piano for the gangsters in their hideout in Godfather 1), his own composition (“This Lonliness”).
And another Coppola whose name I can’t recall is (at the least) a conductor, he guest-conducted an orchestra my brother was playing in.
Actress Joanna Gleason is the daughter of game show host Monty Hall. That also makes Hall the father-in-law of Chris Sarandon (Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride).
NFL defensive line standouts Joey & Nick Bosa are great-grandsons of long-time Chicago “Outfit” Capo di Tutti Capi Tony Accardo.