A list of current and former MFC players with relatives at other clubs. Players are not included if both family members played for Melbourne. See the family list for all-MFC connections.
The list is a work in progress.
VFL/AFL
| Grandfather | Grandson |
| Shane Burgmann | Jack Burgmann (Richmond) |
| Herb Matthews | Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne) |
| Tommy McConville | Peter McConville (Carlton/St Kilda) |
| Tom McLean | Hayden McLean (Sydney) |
| Jack Power | Luke Power (Brisbane) Sam Power (Western Bulldogs/North Melbourne) |
| Len Smith | Wayne Harmes (Carlton) |
| Bob Spargo | Paul Spargo (North Melbourne) |
| Ted Thomas | Leon Baker (Essendon) |
| Grandson | Grandfather |
| Matthew Bate | Graham March (St Kilda) |
| Luke Beveridge | Jack Beveridge (Collingwood) |
| Stephen Bickford | Edric Bickford (Essendon/Carlton) |
| Shane Burgmann | Jack Burgmann (Richmond) |
| Corey Maynard | Graham Campbell (Fitzroy) |
| Rob Dowsing | Alf Dowsing (South Melbourne) |
| Travis Johnstone | Norm Johnstone (Fitzroy) |
| Brock McLean | Rod McLean (Carlton) |
| Charlie Spargo | Bob Spargo (Footscray) |
| Father | Son |
| Steve Arnott | Jack Arnott (Collingwood) |
| George Bickford | Edric Bickford (Essendon/Carlton) |
| Barry Bourke | Darren Bourke (St Kilda) |
| Lloyd Burgmann | Jack Burgmann (Richmond) |
| Des Campbell | Blake Campbell (Carlton) |
| Daryl Cox | Nik Cox (Essendon) |
| Bryan Crimmins | Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn) |
| Andrew Dale | Frazer Dale (Carlton) |
| Allan Davis | Chad Davis (St Kilda) |
| George Garlick | George Garlick Jr (North Melbourne) |
| Reg Gibb | Ray Gibb (Hawthorn) |
| Frank Halloran | Danny Halloran (Carlton) |
| Stan Heal | Graham Heal (North Melbourne) |
| Stan Huntington | Bill Huntington (Carlton) |
| Joe Kinnear | Colin Kinnear (Sydney - Coach) |
| Wayne Lamb | Tom Lamb (West Coast) |
| Marty Lyons | Jarryd Lyons (Adelaide) |
| Peter Maynard | Brayden Maynard (Collingwood) |
| Tom McLean | Paul McLean (Fitzroy) |
| Peter Moore | Darcy Moore (Collingwood) |
| Wally Naismith | Albert Naismith (Hawthorn) |
| Dick Pirrie | Kevin Pirrie (Hawthorn) Richard Pirrie (Hawthorn) |
| Billy Quinn | Roy Quinn (Richmond/North Melbourne)) |
| Lou Reiffel | Ron Reiffel (Richmond) |
| Josh Schache | Laurence Schache (Brisbane Bears) |
| Peter Sinclair | Ben Sinclair (Collingwood) |
| Bob Spargo | Bob Spargo (Footscray) Ricky Spargo (Footscray) |
| Charlie Spargo | Paul Spargo (North Melbourne) |
| Tony Thiessen | James Thiessen (Adelaide) |
| Gary Wynd | Scott Wynd (Footscray) Paul Wynd (North Melbourne) |
| Shane Zantuck | Ty Zantuck (Richmond/Essendon) |
| Son | Father |
| Jack Atkins | Ernest Atkins (University) |
| Graeme Aubrey | Robert Aubrey (St Kilda) |
| John Beckwith | Wally Beckwith (Fitzroy) |
| Glenn Boland | Brian Boland (Richmond/Hawthorn) |
| Jake Bowey | Brett Bowey (St Kilda) |
| Angus Brayshaw | Mark Brayshaw (North Melbourne) |
| Lloyd Burgmann | Jack Burgmann (Richmond) |
| Chris Connolly | Barry Connolly (Footscray) |
| Tom Couch | Paul Couch (Geelong) |
| Rob Dowsing | Alf Dowsing (South Melbourne) |
| Kyle Dunkley | Andrew Dunkley (Sydney) |
| John Ferguson | Jack Ferguson (South Melbourne) |
| Paul Goss | Norm Goss Snr (Hawthorn/South Melbourne) |
| Shane Grambeau | Mick Grambeau (North Melbourne) |
| Stewart Gull | Jim Gull (South Melbourne) |
| Cameron Hunter | Ken Hunter (Carlton) |
| Lachie Hunter | Mark Hunter (Footscray) |
| Steven Icke | Laurie Icke (North Melbourne) |
| Garry Lyon | Peter Lyon (Hawthorn) |
| Herbie Matthews | Herb Matthews Sr (South Melbourne) |
| Brad Miller | Neville Miller (South Melbourne) |
| Gordon Ogden Terry Ogden | Percy Ogden (Collingwood/Essendon) |
| John Reid | Bruce Reid (Footscray) |
| Ken Roberts | Ken Roberts (Richmond) |
| Ken Rollason | Neville Rollason (Geelong) |
| Xavier Tanner | Gerald Tanner (Richmond) |
| Mac Wilson | Arthur Wilson (University) |
| Ron Wilson | Arnold Wilson (St Kilda) |
| Brother | Brother |
| Ken Albiston | Alec Albiston (Hawthorn/North Melbourne) Harold Albiston (Collingwood/Hawthorn) |
| Sid Anderson | Claude Anderson (South Melbourne) |
| Ron Baggott | Jack Baggott (Richmond) |
| Billy Barham Jamie Barham | Ricky Barham (Collingwood) |
| Bill Baxter | Ken Baxter (Carlton) Bernie Baxter (Carlton) |
| Albert Bickford | Edric Bickford (Carlton/Essendon) |
| Shane Braddy | Craig Braddy (Fitzroy/Sydney) |
| Angus Brayshaw | Andrew Brayshaw (Fremantle) Hamish Brayshaw (West Coast) |
| Ross Brewer | Ian Brewer (Collingwood) |
| Eddie Byers | Bobby Byers (Essendon) |
| Bradley Campbell | Blake Campbell (Carlton) |
| Nathan Carroll | Trent Carroll (Fremantle/West Coast) |
| Bert Chandler | Dick Chandler (Hawthorn/Carlton) |
| Donald Cockatoo-Collins David Cockatoo-Collins | Che Cockatoo-Collins (Essendon/Port Adelaide) |
| John Comben | Bruce Comben (Carlton) |
| Harry Crapper | Frank Crapper (North Melbourne) |
| Aaron Davey | Alwyn Davey (Essendon) |
| Hec Davidson | Arthur Davidson (Hawthorn) |
| Harold De Gruchy | Bill De Gruchy (Geelong) |
| Fred Dick | Dave Dick (St Kilda/Essendon/Footscray) |
| Gerry Donnelly | Andy Donnelly (Essendon) |
| John Dorgan | Jim Dorgan (South Melbourne) |
| Kyle Dunkley | Josh Dunkley (Western Bulldogs) |
| Damien Gaspar | Darren Gaspar (Richmond) Travis Gaspar (West Coast) |
| Alf George | Ernie George (South Melbourne) |
| Reg Gibb | Percy Gibb (Collingwood) Len Gibb (Collingwood) |
| Terry Gleeson | Brian Gleeson (St Kilda) |
| Paul Goss | Norm Goss (South Melbourne) Kevin Goss (South Melbourne) |
| Archie Grigg | Dick Grigg (Geelong) |
| Jack Grimes | Dylan Grimes (Richmond) |
| Jack Hammond | Billy Hammond (Collingwood)) Charlie Hammond (Carlton) |
| Ray Holden | Craig Holden (North Melbourne/Sydney) |
| Ben Holland | Nick Holland (Hawthorn) |
| Jack Huntington Stan Huntington | Les Huntington (Collingwood) |
| Allen Jakovich | Glen Jakovich (West Coast) |
| Nathan Jones | Zak Jones (Sydney) |
| Joe Kinnear | Bill Kinnear (Essendon) |
| Nigel Kol | Michael Kol (Geelong) |
| Kade Kolodjashnij | Jake Kolodjashnij (Geelong) |
| Ed Langdon | Tom Langdon (Collingwood) |
| Ted Leach | Arthur Leach (Collingwood)) Fred Leach (Collingwood) |
| Troy Longmuir | Justin Longmuir (Fremantle) |
| Herbie Matthews | Don Matthews (South Melbourne) |
| Corey Maynard | Braydon Maynard (Collingwood) |
| James McDonald Anthony McDonald | Alex McDonald (Collingwood) |
| Glenn McLean | Paul McLean (Fitzroy) |
| Cale Morton | Jarryd Morton (Hawthorn) Mitch Morton (Richmond/Sydney) |
| Shannon Motlop | Daniel Motlop (North Melbourne/Port Adelaide)) Steven Motlop (Geelong) |
| Leo Nolan | Clarrie and Jack Nolan (North Melbourne) |
| George Oliver | Norm Oliver (Collingwood) |
| Jim Oppy | Max Oppy (Richmond) |
| Luke Ottens | Brad Ottens (Richmond/Geelong) |
| Harry Parkin | Jack Parkin (Geelong) |
| John Reid | Bruce Reid Jnr (Footscray) |
| Leo Rush | Bryan, Bob (Collingwood) Gerald and Kevin Rush (Richmond) |
| Ray Sampson | Brian Sampson (Essendon) |
| Cliff Tyson | Charlie Tyson (Collingwood/North Melbourne)) |
| Ernie Vollugi | Herc Vollugi (Essendon)) |
| Matthew Warnock | Robert Warnock (Fremantle/Carlton) |
| Stephen Wearne | David Wearne (Brisbane Lions) |
| Brother | Sister |
| David Rodan | Helen Roden (Collingwood) |
| Uncle | Nephew |
| Ken Albiston | David Albiston (Hawthorn) |
| Sid Anderson | Syd Anderson (South Melbourne)) Graeme Anderson (Collingwood) |
| Les Bamblett | Andrew Lovett (Essendon) Chris Egan (Collingwood) |
| Aaron Davey | Alwyn Davey Jr. (Essendon) |
| Fred Fanning | John Fanning (Essendon) |
| Glenn McLean | Hayden McLean (Sydney) |
| Colin Niven Ray Niven | Les Reeves (North Melbourne) John Reeves (North Melbourne/St Kilda) |
| John Reid | Ben Reid (Collingwood) Sam Reid (Sydney) |
| Peter Yeo | Ben Sinclair (Collingwood) |
| Nephew | Uncle |
| Ben Brown | James Manson (Collingwood) |
| Bert Chandler | Newton Chandler (Carlton) |
| Bill Deague | Maurie Sheehy (Collingwood) |
| Dale Dickson | Des Dickson (Hawthorn) |
| James Frawley | Danny Frawley (St Kilda) |
| Gary Guy | Eric Guy (St Kilda) |
| Rod Keogh | Trevor Keogh (Carlton) |
| George Lenne | Bert Lennie (Fitzroy) |
| Frank McGrath Shane McGrath | Pat Hickey (Fitzroy) |
| Brock McLean | Ricky McLean (Carlton/Richmond) |
| Alec Proudfoot | Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood) |
AFLW
| Player | Relative |
| Jake Bowey | Hannah Bowey (North Melbourne - sister) |
| Maggie Caris | Rene Caris (Geelong - sister) |
| Shae Sloane | Rory Sloane (Adelaide - brother) |
| Joel Smith Shaun Smith | Amy Smith - North Melbourne (brother/father) |