The lower house, or Lok Sabha, was mostly empty when the vote took place, reports said, with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son and party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi - as well as other senior ministers - prominent among the absentees.
He also just happens to be the eldest son of the Conservative Party's agriculture spokesman, Tim Yeo.
Sen Paul, the son of former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Ron Paul, began the filibuster shortly before noon (17:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
So did Wang Shijun, a former village party secretary and son of farmers who still lived in the family cave.
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Zardari said he will serve as co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party while their 19-year-old son, Bilawal, and newly named heir to the party leadership, finishes his studies.
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They were asked to name a leader that could best handle Pakistan's problems, and 32 percent went for Pakistan People's Party Vice Chairman Makhdom Amin Fahim, and 14 percent chose Bhutto's son, Bilawal, who is the official party leader.
Dawson became a regular on the game shows "Match Game" and "Match Game PM, " and was hired to host his first game show, "Masquerade Party, " his son said.
David Zapata, the 30-year-old son of Mexican immigrants who runs the party's Latino outreach, said it isn't enough to win voters.
"Now that their decision has been made public, they hope that the privacy of their son will be respected, " a party spokesman said.
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The apparent victor, Sharif, is the son of a wealthy industrialist, and his party is seen to have a pro-business stance.
In their front yard, blue and red ribbons remained from a party Vernette had hosted for her son just before Hurricane Katrina hit August 29.
The dead also included state Congress party chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son.
Nevertheless, on Nov. 1, after years of delay and controversy, a jury found Gonzalez, the son of the head of Panama's ruling party, innocent of murder, setting off an explosion of indignation.
President Saddam Hussein named his younger son, Qusay, as one of the two Baath Party figures with operational control over Iraq's armed forces.
The BBC's Yorkshire political editor Len Tingle said it had been known for some time that Mr Davies - whose son is a Conservative MP - was uncomfortable with his party's current direction.
This all as Bhutto's opposition group, the Pakistan's People's Party, selected her 19-year-old son Bilawal Zardari to take over as chairman.
The son of a doctor and a social worker, and longtime party hack, Mr Hollande has no exotic back-story to help.
As a religiously observant man and the son of the long-time leader of the National Religious Party, Mr Burg appeals to traditional and moderate-Orthodox voters.
Paul, the son of former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, said the party should not "dilute" its message of limiting government's reach and curtailing spending but said it needs to put together a broader coalition that includes Hispanic and black voters.
Many political observers see Rubio as the favorite for Romney's vice presidential pick, given his ties to the swing state of Florida, the Hispanic community (he is the son of Cuban immigrants) and members of the grassroots tea party movement.
Mr Manning, who founded the party as a populist movement in 1987, is the son of a former premier of Alberta (and an evangelical preacher).
Mr Saleh is now backed by little more than the remnants of his ruling party and a trio of security agencies led by a son and two nephews.
Those who criticise Portillo's apparent "conversion" evidently know very little about his diverse background as a son of an anti-Fascist Spanish socialist and a teenage Labour party supporter.
But his family were determined to hold a party on 2 April, and remind their city that their son's killer has still not been caught.
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Congress is already unsure whether Mrs Gandhi's gauche 37-year-old son and presumed successor, Rahul, would be ready to lead the party in an election due by 2009.
The academically brilliant son of a Catalan baker, he at first sparked much enthusiasm among the party faithful.
Mr Moi's son Gideon, who is the current chairman of Kanu, the former ruling party, is backing Mr Mudavadi in this election.
Ali Haider Gilani, the son of ex-premier Yousuf Raza Gilani from the Pakistan People's Party, is running for a provincial assembly seat in the district of Multan.
Baffert will saddle Midnight Lucky in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, then fly home to California for his youngest son's first Communion on Saturday, when the family is planning a Derby watch party.
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