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It seems like in Hollywood, everyone has dated each other. So many celebs share exes and have dated the same person, whether it’s been a year or ten years. It’s always cosmic when you realize two of your favorite movie stars briefly dated in the 1990s, but you know what else is pretty cool? Finding out your favorite celebrity’s kids have dated other celebrity offspring.
One of the most popular instances may be the time David Arquette, son of actors Lewis Arquette and Brenda “Mardi” Olivia, and Drew Barrymore, daughter of John Drew Barrymore, dated in 1991. It wasn’t so common back in the 1990s, but now? It’s like a who’s-who.
From Hollywood legends Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher to low-key romances between Frances Bean Cobain and Riley Hawk, we know which celebrity offspring have dated someone else who gets what it’s like. Most recently, grandkids of members from The Beatles and The Clash got together, and there’s so much more!
Check out which celebrity kids dated other celebrity kids below:
A version of this article was originally published on Sept 2023.
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Elliot Donald & Stella Jones
Image Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety Paul McCartney’s lookalike grandson, Elliot Donald, and The Clash’s Mick Jones’ granddaughter Stella Jones are an item!
In Instagram stories obtained by DailyMail, we can see the pair made their official debut on Valentine’s Day 2026.
A source revealed to the outlet how they got together, saying: “They met through mutual friends. They’ve been dating for a while but were keeping it low key because Elliot is very private. They’re both so happy together and they make the perfect couple.”
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Will Peltz & Kenya Kinski-Jones
Image Credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images Did you know that Will Peltz and Kenya Kinski-Jones have been together since 2011? Kinski-Jones is a model, and the daughter of the late Quincy Jones and actress Nastassja Kinski. Peltz is an actor and son of billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz and model Claudia Heffner.
They announced their engagement on July 9, 2025, saying on Instagram: “Just engaged My whole heart for my whole life. ”
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Kaia Gerber & Lewis Pullman
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores / WWD, Leon Bennett / Variety After splitting from her longtime boyfriend Austin Butler, Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber was spotted with another familiar face. On Jan. 29, 2025, she was seen with Lewis Pullman, the actor son of Bill Pullman. The two were spotted together in the LA restaurant Salazar on Pullman’s birthday.
“They’ve been spending time together the last few weeks,” a source told People of the couple. “They’re a cute couple and very low-key.”
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Bronny James & Parker Whitfield
Image Credit: Karwai Tang/Getty Images Did you know that LeBron James’ son Bronny James is dating Parker Whitfield, the daughter of All My Children star Dondré T. Whitfield and Eureka actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield?!
They were first rumored to be dating when they attended the Basketball quarterfinals and semifinals together at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
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Jackson White & Grace Van Patten
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty Images Married with Children star Katry Sagal’s son Jackson White followed in his mom’s acting footsteps and even landed himself a fellow well-connected girlfriend, Grace Van Patten, the daughter of director Timothy Van Patten and niece of actors Joyce Van Patten and Dick Van Patten.
White and Van Patten met on the set of their Hulu show Tell Me Lies in 2022.
“I love working with him not just because he’s my boyfriend but because he’s so talented and giving and present,” Van Patten said of her longtime boyfriend in an interview with Only Natural Diamonds in August 2024.
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Arthur Alistair Donald & Phoebe Gates
Image Credit: Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images, Taylor Hill/WireImage via Getty Images Paul McCartney’s lookalike grandson Arthur Alistair Donald and Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates were first linked in October 2023, per DailyMail.
Donald is the firstborn grandson of the former Beatle and the firstborn son of Mary McCartney and her ex-husband, TV producer Alistair Donald. Gates is the youngest child of the Microsoft co-founder and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates.
Despite being so in love, the pair broke it off in 2025 after two years together.
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Frances Bean Cobain & Riley Hawk
Image Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images, Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Clique Hospitality Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean Cobain and Tony Hawk’s son Riley Hawk are a match made in 90s celebrity heaven! As the children of two subculture icons, this couple is one we never saw coming but yet couldn’t have made a better match if we tried.
They went public with their romance back in January 2022 and tied the knot in October 2023. In September 2024, they welcomed their first son, Ronin.
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Drew Barrymore & David Arquette
Image Credit: Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images David Arquette, son of actors Lewis Arquette and Brenda “Mardi” Olivia, and Drew Barrymore, daughter of John Drew Barrymore, dated back in 1991. They’ve been close friends for decades, and dated for a few months back in the day, which Arquette confirmed despite Barrymore denying it back then, per People!
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Rainey Qualley & Lewis Pullman
Image Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images Andie McDowell’s model daughter Rainey Qualley and actor Bill Pullman’s son Lewis Pullman started dating in 2020. They made their red carpet debut in 2022, the San Diego premiere of his movie Top Gun: Maverick on May 4, 2022.
However, the duo kept most of their relationship on the private side. Their breakup was confirmed when Qualley debuted a new romance in August 2023.
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Lily Collins & Charlie McDowell
Image Credit: Saira Macleod/WWD via Getty Images Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen’s son Charlie McDowell and Phil Collins’s daughter Lily Collins are one of the sweetest couples in Hollywood! They met on the set of Gilded Rage back in 2019, and after a year together, they got engaged before marrying on Sept 4, 2021, per People.
The Emily in Paris star revealed in a 2020 interview on Live With Kelly and Ryan that it was definitely love at first sight with McDowell. “It was one of those situations where I knew the second I met him that I wanted to be his wife one day. So, it was just a matter of when, really,” she said.
They welcomed their daughter Tove in Jan 2025.
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Miley Cyrus & Patrick Schwarzenegger
Image Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images Billy Ray Cyrus’s daughter Miley Cyrus and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Patrick Schwarzenegger dated back in 2014, and truly packed on the PDA throughout it all. However, their hot and heavy relationship came to an end in 2015.
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Emma Roberts & Chord Overstreet
Image Credit: Charley Gallay/WireImage Along with being Julia Roberts niece, Emma Roberts is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts, and as for Chord Overstreet, he’s the son of country music singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet. The pair were spotted at Coachella together in April 2011, and less than a year later, they split up in Jan 2012.
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Alex Pettyfer & Emma Roberts
Image Credit: Jon Furniss/WireImage via Getty Images Before her romance with Overstreet, Emma Roberts also dated actors Lee Robinson and Richard Pettyfer’s son Alex Pettyfer back in 2008 after meeting on the set of Wild Child. They dated for a year, and it is even believed that Pettyfer even got her name tattooed on his finger.
“I got a girl’s name tattooed on my ring finger because I was in love,” Pettyfer told Glamour U.K. in 2010, via Us Weekly. “We’ve broken up, but I don’t live in regret.”
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Jaden Smith & Kylie Jenner
Image Credit: Frazer Harrison/AMA2013/FilmMagic via Getty Images Remember when Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith dated Kris Jenner’s daughter Kylie Jenner?! The childhood friends never officially confirmed they were dating but were spotted on many dates between 2013 and 2014 before calling it quits. They appear to have remained friends.
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Riley Keough & Alex Pettyfer
Image Credit: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for MTV, Dave Benett/Getty Images for Aston Martin Riley Keough, also known as Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, dated (and even got engaged to) actors Lee Robinson and Richard Pettyfer’s son Alex Pettyfer. They started dating back in 2011, and within a year, engagement rumors swirled after Keough was spotted wearing a ring. However, just as quickly as it started, the pair called it quits in 2013.
The duo appeared to briefly reconnect in 2017 but it didn’t last.
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Iris Apatow & Ryder Hudson
Image Credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images for evian, Gotham/GC Images. Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann’s daughter Iris Apatow and Kate Hudson’s son Ryder Robinson were one of the newest celebrity couples that people couldn’t get enough of! They confirmed their relationship in 2022, per People, but called it quits nine months later.
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Mark Ronson & Grace Gummer
Image Credit: Bruce Glikas/Getty Images Music manager Laurence Ronson and socialite Ann Dexter-Jones’s son Mark Ronson and Meryl Streep’s daughter Grace Gummer are such a sweet couple! They started dating in 2020, and a year later, they married. They later welcomed a daughter in March 2023.
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Grace Burns & Elijah Hewson
Image Credit: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage, Lorne Thomson/Redferns Can you say iconic?! Christy Turlington-Burns’s model daughter Grace Burns and Bono’s son Elijah Hewson, who is the frontman of the band Inhaler, have allegedly were romantically linked in 2023. The pair, who are childhood friends, appeared to be privately dating but keep their romance relatively secret.
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Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher
Image Credit: Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Harrison Ford, the son of radio actress Dorothy Nidelman, and Carrie Fisher, daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, had an affair during their Star Wars days. They had a three-month affair, while Ford was married with two kids, and she detailed it in her memoir The Princess Diarist.
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Gwyneth Paltrow & Donovan Leitch Jr.
Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Goop, Paul Archuleta/Getty Images Did you know that Blythe Danner and Bruce Paltrow’s daughter Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Donovan’s son Donovan Leitch Jr. dated from 1993 to 1995? We didn’t either!
