The president the son of a Kenyan father spoke of his personal connection to Africa's tragic past.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

Senator Tom Harkin, the son of a miner. He said each death was one too many.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

Born the son of a minister in Houston,Texas, he learned to play saxophone at age four.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

There was drumming and dancing and an exuberant farewell for a man many here see not just as president of the United States, but a son of Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

Abdulmutallab is the son of a prominent Nigerian figure.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Of course,being the son of a famous Hollywood film star allowed him to go backstage and meet some of these musicians first hand, particularly at The Monterey Jazz Festival and the Hollywood Bowl in California.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Kallawaya is passed down within families from father to son as a way of protecting the special knowledge of healers.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Florence Joplin also got permission for her son to use a piano in one of the houses she cleaned in Texarkana.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

"The Lomaxes,John and Alan, thrfather and son team and then Bess to a certain extent worked at the Library of Congress.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

Once,on a business trip to London, Charles Homer bought a set of drawing examples for his son to copy.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Wayne Bronner,Wally's son, is president and chief executive of what is now a multi-million dollar corporation.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

They included his son Patrick, a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The music known as salsa was a combination of Cuban "son" with other Latin sounds.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

The chief was a mighty hunter. He was his son, the son of Koskoosh.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

And then of course as soon as my son got a look at all of the stations here he just made a beeline because he wanted to start building.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

His son,Matteo Secchi, a local businessman who runs a hotel, is one of the organizers of the upcoming funeral for the city.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27