- One son with wife Kari Ahlstrom, Ozzie Matthew Nelson, born August 29,2014.
- As soon as Matthew and Gunnar Nelson turned 18 their mother said that they would either have to go to college or they would have to find another place to live. The Nelsons packed up their pickup truck and left to live with their father.
- He and his brothers Gunnar Nelson, and Sam Nelson, and his sister Tracy Nelson have always maintained that their father's 1985 plane crash death was the result of a malfunctioning heater and not of alleged drug use on the plane.
- Son of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Harmon
- Grandson of Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson. Brother of Tracy Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, and Sam Nelson. Nephew of David Nelson, Mark Harmon, and Kelly Harmon. His maternal grandparents are the football great (and later sport broadcaster) Tom Harmon, and the 1940s "B" movie actress Elyse Knox.
- With twin brother, member of the band Nelson.
- Cousin of Teri Nelson Carpenter.
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