Albert and Renee Bryant have four biological children, including Major Albert-Francis "Paco" Bryant, a U.S. Army Ranger, Bronze Star Medal with 'V' Device and ARCOM with 'V' Device awardee, and veteran of multiple OIF/OEF tours and former University of Kansas football player; and are grandparents to three, one son by Major Bryant and two sons by daughter Gillian Bryant Toellner, a military historian and Air Force spouse. Their eldest son is broadcaster and writer Benjamin Bryant, who is best known in military circles as the lead editor of the 2010 DoD reports recommending the repeal of the 1993 Don't Ask, Don't Tell law for Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and managing editor of the official DoD report on the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.