Sometimes, due to the draft rules at the time, or the passing interests of recruiters and even a strong difference in opinion as to the quality of a young son, the Father/Son link is broken. Carlton has enjoyed and suffered in both respects; we've lost sons to opposition Clubs, and gained sons of opposition Champs and lesser lights. The first table tracks the sons lost to opposition Clubs:
In the second table, we note where the Blues have enjoyed the fruit of someone else's loins:
NB * denotes current player.
| Father | Games Played | Son | Club |
| Bob Atkinson | 44 | John Atkinson | Fitzroy |
| Jack Baker | 147 approx | Jack Baker | Geelong |
| Edric Bickford | 21 | George Bickford | Melbourne |
| Terry Board | 41 | Terry M Board | Fitzroy |
| 41 | Jim Board | Collingwood | |
| Gerard Butts | 3 | Jordon Butts * | Adelaide |
| Bill Carmody | 1 | Bill J. Carmody | St. Kilda |
| David Clarke | 9 | Tim Clarke | Hawthorn |
| Brent Crosswell | 98 | Tom Kavanagh | Melbourne/Fitzroy |
| Craig Davis | 42 | Nick Davis | Collingwood/Sydney |
| Wayne Deledio | 1 | Brett Deledio | Richmond / GWS Giants |
| Matthew Dickson | Nil | Des Dickson | Hawthorn |
| Alf Egan | 36 | Ted Lovett | Fitzroy |
| Martin Gotz | 106 | Bruce Gotz | St Kilda |
| Trent Hotton | 61 | Olli Hotton * | St Kilda |
| Ken Hunter | 147 | Cameron Hunter | Melbourne |
| Steve Leehane | 82 | Ted Leehane | Essendon |
| John Lloyd | 29 | Brad Lloyd | Hawthorn |
| 29 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | |
| Barry Mitchell | 38 | Tom Mitchell * | Sydney Swans / Hawthorn / Collingwood |
| Warren McKenzie | 67 | Reece McKenzie | Richmond |
| Michael Nash | Unknown | Robert H. Nash | Collingwood |
| Jim Pender | 15 | Jim M Pender | Geelong |
| Frank Pritchard | 20 | Bill Pritchard | Geelong |
| Dean Rice | 118 | Bailey Rice | St Kilda |
| Brett Sholl | 35 | Lachlan Sholl * | Adelaide Crows |
| Tony Thiessen | 13 | James Thiessen | Richmond/Adelaide |
| Bruce Reid | 33 | Ben Reid | Collingwood |
| 33 | Sam Reid * | Sydney | |
| Ken Sheldon | 132 | Sam Sheldon | Brisbane Lions |
| Stephen O'Reilly | 12 | Dillon O'Reilly | Fremantle Dockers |
In the second table, we note where the Blues have enjoyed the fruit of someone else's loins:
| Son | Games Played | Father | Club |
| Ron Barassi | 50 | Ronald J Barassi | Melbourne |
| Peter Bedford | 8 | Bill Bedford | Fitzroy |
| Bruce Bentley | 1 | Perc Bentley | Richmond |
| Josh Bootsma | 14 | Brad Bootsma | Fremantle |
| Brian Buckley | 116 | Jack Buckley | Fitzroy |
| Chris Cameron | 5 | Bill Cameron | St Kilda |
| Blake Campbell | 11 | Des Campbell | Melbourne |
| Cameron Cloke | 36 | David Cloke | Collingwood / Richmond |
| Denis Collins | 30 | Jack Cecil Collins | Fitzroy/Essendon |
| Bruce Comben | 188 | Aubrey Comben | Geelong |
| John Comben | 38 | Aubrey Comben | Geelong |
| Sam Cranage | 10 | Paul Cranage | Collingwood |
| Frazer Dale | 2 | Andrew Dale | Melbourne |
| Tom de Koning * | Refer to players Bio for current games tally | Terry de Koning | Footscray |
| Steve Easton | 1 | Kevin Easton | North Melbourne |
| Jake Edwards | 5 | Allan 'Butch' Edwards | Footscray, Richmond, Collingwood |
| Tom Fields | 2 | Neville Fields | Essendon / Sth Melbourne |
| Jayden Foster | Nil | Peter Foster | Fitzroy / Footscray |
| Billy Gowers | Nil | Andrew Gowers | Hawthorn / Brisbane Lions |
| Danny Halloran | 15 | Frank Halloran | Melbourne & Footscray |
| Jack Hardy | 4 | Charlie Hardy | Nth Melbourne / Essendon |
| Elijah Hollands * | Refer to players Bio for current games tally | Ben Hollands | Richmond |
| Oliver Hollands * | Refer to players Bio for current games tally | Ben Hollands | Richmond |
| Jack Howell | 137 | Jack P Howell | South Melbourne |
| Bill Huntington | 3 | Stan Huntington | Melbourne |
| Chris Johnson | 15 | Alan Johnson | Melbourne |
| Liam Jones | 95 | Bob Jones | St Kilda |
| Kane Lucas | 42 | Jack Lucas | Sydney Swans |
| Mitch McGovern * | Refer to players Bio for current games tally | Andrew McGovern * | Sydney Swans / Fremantle |
| Mick Martyn | 13 | Bryan Martyn | North Melbourne |
| Andrew Merrington | 18 | Gary Merrington | Footscray |
| George Morrissey | 9 | George Morrissey Snr | St Kilda |
| Jesse Motlop * | Refer to players Bio for current games tally | Daniel Motlop | Nth Melbourne / Port Power |
| Marc Murphy | 300 | John Murphy | Fitzroy / Sth Melb / Nth Melb |
| Fraser Phillips | Nil | Garry Phillips | Geelong |
| Alan Rayson | 2 | Arthur Rayson | Geelong |
| Bruce Reid | 33 | Bruce Reid Senior | Footscray |
| Dave Rogers | 7 | Joe Rogers | North Melbourne |
| Peter Smith | 15 | Norm Smith | Melbourne |
| Billie Smedts | 9 | Alby Smedts | Footscray / St Kilda |
| Tom Temay | Nil | Paul Temay | St Kilda |
| Rohan Welsh | 42 | John Welsh | Essendon |
NB * denotes current player.