People of note who are related to other people of note in different fields

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Paul Rodriguez snr is a famous comedian, and his son Paul Rodriguez jnr is arguably the greatest ever street skateboarder.

The Wilson's of the beach boys are cousins of Mike Love (also beach boys), and Stan Love (brother of Mike) a professional basketball player. Stan's son Kevin is also a basketballer.

A weaker example would be Steve Bracks the politician, and his son Nick Bracks. I don't want to discount his worthiness for getting his jobs, but one would assume having a famous father might give you a slight leg up when it comes to beating out handsome man #169 for a neighbours role, or posing for the magazines in your underpants. Speaking of which, was Steve a handsome fellow back in his day?

Are the traits or qualities which allowed them to achieve their success an anomaly, or commonly shared amongst their family?

Sooz is related to the Scott brothers, she also might be a distant cousin of Majak Daw
 

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I didn't know Ethan Hawke/uma Thurman's daughter is an actress and in stranger things

Tbf, I didn't know they had kids or how old they were so there's that as well

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Former AFL/SANFL player Kieran Sporn (Essendon/Fitzroy/West Adelaide) and former Australian netballer Rachel Sporn are brother and sister.

Late Australian Prime Minister William McMahon is the father of actor Julian McMahon.
 
Bruce Springsteen is a musician, his daughter is an Olympic medal winner.
His sister Pamela is an actress who was in the first two sequels to infamous 80s slasher Sleepaway Camp.

Sleepaway Camp 2
doubles up on the “relatives of more famous people” quotient with Renee “some of the family go by Sheen” Estevez.
 
Charles Darwin was the grandson of businessman Josiah Wedgwood, who founded the famous pottery company

Jane Austen was the brother of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Francis Austen, a famous Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars

Aldous Huxley was the brother of Sir Julian Huxley, a prominent British scientist who founded UNESCO and had some uncomfortable opinions on eugenics
 
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