Help us find and improve next week's Connection Finder profiles: Children of the Stars

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Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, recently passed away, so we're featuring her in the Connection Finder next week. (Her biography could use some improvement, if anyone is game.) Lisa Marie became a successful recording artist, in the footsteps of her father. We're looking for other people who are chips off the old block and have gone on to be successful at what their parents were famous for.

Here's who we're getting started on:

Who else should we feature? We have room for eleven notables. We can't feature everyone who is nominated, but if we don't feature a profile you work on, we may use it sometime in the future. And, of course, all contributions help improve our shared tree.

Our choice of features will depend partly on the notable person's CC7, i.e. their connection count within seven degrees. The more connections they have, the more likely it is for all WikiTree members to find a close and interesting connection to them. So, if you nominate someone, please help grow their CC7.

We'll make a final decision on which ones to feature early next week.

Please reply here with what you're working on so that we don't duplicate our efforts. Thank you!

Take note that this is not the place to discuss why you think we shouldn't feature someone if those reasons are due to politics, actions, or opinions of those being suggested.  Mentioning things like their not being connected, their biography still needing work, erroneous information, etc. are all suitable for discussion here and an opportunity to correct those situations.

Help us plan Connection Finder themes for 2023 here.

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Hey Hey Mickey Dolenz was a member of The Monkees and an actor. His parents were actor, Jure Dolenz, and actress, JaNelle Marie Johnson.

Bill Veeck was a innovator, showman, and Baseball Hall of Fame recognized owner.  His father, William Veeck, owned the Chicago Cubs when Wrigley Field was built. 

One of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood with a career spanning over 80 years, June Lockhart is known for major roles in Lassie, Lost in Space, and Petticoat Junction. Her parents were actor, Gene Lockhart, and actress, Kathleen Arthur.

Robin Gibb was one of the members of the BeeGees and one of the major figures in the history of British music. His father was English musician, drummer, and bandleader, Hugh Gibb.

by Russell Butler G2G6 Pilot (138k points)
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How about Lucie Arnaz (Arnaz-3)? She is the daughter of Lucille Ball (Ball-3) and Desi (Arnaz Arnaz_y_de_Acha-1)?

by Mack Morrison G2G6 Mach 7 (76.1k points)
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Jamie Leigh Curtice was the daughter of Tony Curtice and Janet Leigh.

by David Randall G2G6 Pilot (350k points)
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The Canada Project nominates Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Keifer Sutherland. He is the son of actress Shirley Jean Douglas and actor Donald Sutherland. He is also the grandson of Canadian icon Thomas Clement Douglas.

by Dave Rutherford G2G6 Pilot (127k points)
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If we're doing other arts besides performing arts, how about Alexandre Dumas fils, who like his father became a writer?

by Sharon Casteel G2G6 Pilot (165k points)
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Tracee Silberstein Ross, daughter of Diana Ross. Ross-8880 is connected, and one branch goes back quite a bit.
by Susanna Yeakel G2G6 Mach 3 (35.7k points)
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Here are several more...

Melanie Griffith, daughter of Tippi Hedren.

Matthew Broderick was the son of James Broderick.

David Cassidy was the son of Jack Cassidy

Kate Hudson, daughter of Goldie Hawn.

Candice Bergen, daughter of Edgar Bergen

Zoë Kravitz, daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet

Rashida Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton.

Emma Roberts, daughter of Eric Roberts

Angelina Jolie, daughter of Jon Voight

Gwyneth Paltrow, daughter of Blythe Danner

Liv Tyler, daughter of Steven Tyler

Nicole Ritchie, daughter of Lionel Ritchie

Laura Dern, daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd

Scott Eastwood, son of Clint Eastwood

by David Randall G2G6 Pilot (350k points)
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I replaced the several images on David Cassidy's profile and added appropriate public domain references.
Zoe Kravitz is one of the first people who comes to mind with two very famous parents!
Thanks, David.
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Larry Hagman, son of Mary Martin.  (I grew up listening to her on 331/3 rpm records, these days termed "vinyl".)

by Melanie Paul G2G6 Pilot (422k points)
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There's Michael Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas.

Liza Minelli, daughter of Judy Garland.

by Scott Fulkerson G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
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Drew Barrymore, daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter of famous actors (including John Barrymore)

by Richard Hill G2G6 Mach 9 (95.8k points)
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Going "international" — English-born Hayley Mills daughter of Sir John Mills, and sister to Juliet (also an actress now termed actor, and whose profile could be opened for viewing as she has some 24 language pages on Wikipedia).

by Melanie Paul G2G6 Pilot (422k points)
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From Germany we have Richard von Weizsäcker, Germany President during the Reunification. His father was an Officer and indicted during the Ministries Trial in Nürnberg, Richard's grandfather was Prime Minister in Württemberg. Richard and the father have a bio, the grandfather needs one.

by Jelena Eckstädt G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
Grandfather's bio is done in German and English.
Thanks, Jelena.
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Going off "movie stars", how about NFL players? I did a hunt for legacy players and was surprised to find that the Matthews family has FOUR generations of Notables extending from the 1800's to today. I'm entering the last few now, but they'll be connected tonight. They go from:

H.L. Matty Matthews to his son William Clay Matthews Sr. to his two boys: William Clay Matthews Jr. and Bruce Rankin Matthews.

Then to Clay Jr.'s sons, William Clay Matthews III and Casey Matthews and to Bruce's sons, Kevin Matthews and Jake Matthews.

So 8 Notables in direct line with one another over 4 generations. Granted, the first one (H.L.) was a minor league baseball player and coach at the Citadel, but the rest were NFL players.

by Scott Fulkerson G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
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Actor Toby Stephens is the son of Dame Maggie Smith (living, Smith-70085).

Actor Angelica Huston is the daughter of Hollywood director John Huston (1906 - 1987).

by E. Compton G2G6 Pilot (194k points)

And John Huston was, in turn, the son of Canadian-born actor Walter Huston.

Thanks, E.
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Lots of great names have been suggested. I'd like to add Bobbie Brown, daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-39884

Her cc7 is 57, but it's probably higher due to a living parent attached.
by Emma MacBeath G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)
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