Like Father, Like Daughter Women are running family businesses in record numbers.

In the traditional world of the family-owned business, only sonsand male relatives were selected as heirs--not the daughters.

Those days are over: Today, female relatives are rising in theranks of family businesses--and in record numbers, no less.

"It's an increasing trend," confirms Leon Danco,Ph.D., co-founder of The Center for Family Business in Cleveland."And it started off as virtually zero."That trend includes more thanjust daughters; other female relatives, includingin-laws, are proving they, too, can be leaders.