Leaving A Family Legacy

Will & Jada Smith have no problems with their children following in their footsteps in Hollywood.

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Willow & Jaden have both been cast into their father's movies.

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Phillippi Sparks' son might not have carried on the family football tradition of the NFL cornerback. But his daughter found success in another field.

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Jordin Sparks, the winner of the sixth season of American Idol and sang the "National Anthem" for the Super Bowl XLII, which made he dad very proud.

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Actor Alan Thicke passed on his good looks to his son, but not the acting gene.

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While Grammy Award winning singer Robin Thicke does acting on occasion, he actually carries on the legacy of his singer mother Gloria Loring, who co-wrote the theme songs to "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life" with his father.

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A name as cool asCuba Gooding has to be passed down through generations. The elder Cuba Gooding, the lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, has passed on his legacy of entertaining to his two sons.

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In Cuba Gooding, Jr. movie "Radio," there is a scene where he is listening to The Main Ingredient. He's pictured here with his brother Omar.

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Basil Patterson a labor lawyer and longtime political leader in New York and Harlem passed the torch to his son, the 55th Governor of New York.

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Before becoming Governor, David Patterson represented the same Harlem district in the State Senate that his father did.

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