# Mia Farrow says her child with Woody might be Sinatra's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214 "2013-10-02T21:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/81 "2013-10-04T14:25:14Z")
Well, there was that whole _Rosemary’s Baby_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/82 "2013-10-04T14:26:02Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Argh. Every single time I see this damn thread, I read the title as “Mia Farrow says her child with Woody might be **Satan’s** ”. Agreed. And there are those who would see that as **Saban’s**! ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/83 "2013-10-04T14:31:06Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Agreed. And there are those who would see that as **Saban’s**! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/84 "2013-10-04T14:34:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Is it coincidence that whenever an adult has sex with a child you find a way to defend the adult’s behavior and ultimately are shown to be wrong? If you have a problem with another poster, take it to the Pit, don’t drag it into a Cafe Society thread. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/85 "2013-10-04T14:45:37Z")
My apology. I thought this was in the Pit. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/86 "2013-10-04T15:36:54Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Well, there was that whole _Rosemary’s Baby_ thing. I wonder if Rosemary’s Baby would have worked as a Rat Pack movie. I’m pretty sure Peter Law-ford would’ve played Rosemary’s husband. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/87 "2013-10-04T15:44:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My apology. I thought this was in the Pit. Sorry. Slap yourself on the wrist please. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/88 "2013-10-04T15:57:33Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Slap yourself on the wrist please. Oh, I did. Guess what I used?😛 ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/89 "2013-10-04T16:48:51Z")
go figure. Mia Farrow: ‘It’s Possible My Son Was Fathered By Frank Sinatra, Mario Puzo, George McGovern, Robert Altman, Anthony Perkins, Milton Berle, Robert Redford, Michael Caine, Danny Aiello, Or Bruce Dern’ ‘Or Maybe Francis Ford Coppola, John Cassavetes, Tony Curtis, Dustin Hoffman, Quincy Jones, Sydney Pollack, Joe Mantegna, Liam Neeson, Tom Courtenay, Bob Balaban, Or Even William Hurt,’ Suggests Actress NEWS IN BRIEF • Entertainment • Celebrities • ISSUE 49•40 • Oct 3, 2013 > **[Mia Farrow: ‘It’s Possible My Son Was Fathered By Frank Sinatra, Mario Puzo,...](https://www.theonion.com/mia-farrow-it-s-possible-my-son-was-fathered-by-frank-1819575668)** > > ‘Or Maybe Francis Ford Coppola, John Cassavetes, Tony Curtis, Dustin Hoffman, Quincy Jones, Sydney Pollack, Joe Mantegna, Liam Neeson, Tom Courtenay, Bob Balaban, Or Even William Hurt,’ Suggests Actress ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/90 "2013-10-04T17:03:18Z")
I’m taking bets on Qunicy. But yeah, I take their point; a somewhat ridiculous woman. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/91 "2013-10-04T17:12:04Z")
…after all. ‘Listen, we’re all “possibly” Frank Sinatra’s son’ 555 from the kid himself. > **[Mia Farrow's Son Ronan May Have Been Fathered By Frank Sinatra, Not Woody Allen](https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/10/mia-farrows-son-ronan-may-have-been-fathered-by-frank-sinatra-not-woody-allen/)** > > Farrow admits she continued her relationship with ex Sinatra while with Allen. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/92 "2013-10-04T17:47:52Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I wonder if Rosemary’s Baby would have worked as a Rat Pack movie. > I’m pretty sure Peter Law-ford would’ve played Rosemary’s husband. and Sammy as half of Donald Baumgart! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/93 "2013-10-04T17:54:52Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > and Sammy as half of Donald Baumgart! That one took me a couple of glances before I saw it. 😃 Dean Martin would be Roman Castevet of course, but I’m wondering who would play Minnie. Shirley MacLaine in old age makeup or Norman Fell in drag come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/94 "2013-10-04T18:05:28Z")
bring it up twenty-five tears later there’s got to be an angle. he’s the next batman? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/95 "2013-10-04T22:44:50Z")
Frank’s widow, Barbara Marx Sinatra, [is not amused](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/frank-sinatra-widow-slams-mia-farrow-paternity-claims-junk-article-1.1475407). Of course she and Frank’s three known kids have a famous enmity; I don’t think they speak at all. It’s not just because she’s a stepmother, either: I don’t know about Frank Jr., but both of Sinatra’s daughters are still close to Mia (who was their age) as is, oddly enough, their mother, Nancy Sr. (who’s in her mid 90s now and per the Vanity Fair article treats Ronan like one of her grandchildren), and the daughters were also close to Ava Gardner. I really do doubt it’s coincidence this comes up just as he’s in talks for a show, but at the same time I don’t think it’s a totally fireless smoke. That’s a more than casual resemblance, and per the article’s author he also sounds like Sinatra when he sings (though I’ve no idea if singing voices are hereditary). ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/96 "2013-10-04T22:57:44Z")
Well one case doesn’t prove anything, but [Julian Lennon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNBVY2DvkY) sure does sound like John. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/97 "2013-11-02T20:40:43Z")
[And he’s (apparently) gay](http://www.vice.com/read/does-it-matter-that-ronan-farrow-is-gay?utm_source=vicetwitterus). So at this point I have to accept we’re destined to be together, because otherwise what are the chances? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/98 "2013-11-02T20:51:36Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [And he’s (apparently) gay](http://www.vice.com/read/does-it-matter-that-ronan-farrow-is-gay?utm_source=vicetwitterus). > > So at this point I have to accept we’re destined to be together, because otherwise what are the chances? Let me know where I should send the toaster. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/99 "2013-11-02T20:54:56Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [And he’s (apparently) gay](http://www.vice.com/read/does-it-matter-that-ronan-farrow-is-gay?utm_source=vicetwitterus). > > So at this point I have to accept we’re destined to be together, because otherwise what are the chances? Looking at that picture, and asking: Woody or Frank, I’d say Frank. But maybe they enhanced the blue eyes for effect. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214/100 "2013-11-02T21:06:07Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That one took me a couple of glances before I saw it. 😃 > > Dean Martin would be Roman Castevet of course, but I’m wondering who would play Minnie. Shirley MacLaine in old age makeup or Norman Fell in drag come to mind. I’d bet on Norman Fell. Or maybe Judy Garland–wasn’t she considered an honorary member of the Pack? And Angie Dickinson as Rosemary, of course. (Given that Mia Farrow, though possibly a bedmate, wasn’t really a member of the Ratpack.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-farrow-says-her-child-with-woody-might-be-sinatras/670214.md?page=6)