Claim: Zeus is the child of the titan Cronus.
Evidence: Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea , the youngest of his siblings to be born , though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus 's stomach.
In Greek mythology , Cronus , or Kronos -LRB- -LSB- ˈkroʊnəs -RSB- or -LSB- ˈkroʊnɒs -RSB- from Κρόνος , krónos -RRB- , was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans , the divine descendants of Uranus , the sky , and Gaia , the earth.