In Genesis, Ham is the son of Noah traditionally described as the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:18 identifies Ham as the father of Canaan, and Genesis 10:6 lists Canaan among Ham’s sons. The same passage names Ham’s other sons as Cush, Mizraim, and Put. This genealogy places Canaan within the biblical “Table of Nations,” a chapter describing the descendants of Noah’s sons after the Flood.
The text also tells a separate story about Noah, Ham, and Ham’s brothers in Genesis 9:20–27. Noah’s pronouncement concerns Canaan, not Ham himself, a distinction often blurred in later retellings and historical arguments. The genealogy and the episode should therefore be read carefully rather than collapsed into a single statement.
Shem, Ham, and Japheth are all Noah’s sons, but Genesis assigns different descendant lines to them. For the specific relationship asked here, Ham is the only canonical answer.