About an hour before Friday’s downtown Los Angeles parade, celebrating the Dodgers World Series win, was scheduled to begin, Johnny Cepeda snapped a photo of his 5-year-old son Johnny II in front of a large replica Dodger foam finger at Gloria Molina Grand Park.

Cepeda said his father took him to a Lakers championship parade and he wanted to his son to experience the same thing.

“To me, this is once in a lifetime. You don’t know how many times the Dodgers can win it,” Cepeda said.

They traveled from Corona in Riverside County to get to the parade route.

“Just celebrating with the fans, just being a part and creating memories for my son,” Cepeda said. “It’s something I don’t think he’ll appreciate until he’s older.”

They were among thousands on Friday who were celebrating the Dodgers World Series title.

And as they filled the streets, one thing became clear: This was a celebration that spanned generations. Fathers, moms, grandfathers and grandmas, aunts and uncles absorbed a truly rare moment with their younger kin, bright-eyed little ones who only know the image of the late Fernando Valenzuela, or the legendary heroics of Kirk Gibson.

It was a line of L.A. history that goes back decades to when the Dodgers came to L.A. from Brooklyn in 1958, rooting the organization’s history in L.A.’s own, creating millions of memories for families across Southern California.

The blue blood gets to be hereditary. Bobbleheads, signed baseballs, season tickets and such get passed from parent to child.

Such memories culminated this week, with new memories from a team loaded with new heroes, from Freddie Freeman to Shohei Ohtani.

Jahnett Lopez, who drove in from the Coachella Valley, had all the gear for such an event: blue Dodgers cap and matching tee; denim jacket with Dodgers written in pink sequins; water; cookies; and a Dodgers championship flag.

Lopez called the Dodgers a family tradition.

“We’re here because we’re huge fans,” she said. “My father was a fan. He passed away. He was a big (Fernando) Venezuela fan. I’m a fan, and now my son is a huge fan. It’s gonna continue generations and generations through the family.”

She added: “It’s really part of our lives.”

Brothers Randy and Sam Silver said their grandfather took them to their first Dodgers game a few decades ago.

The pair, from Valencia, braved the Metro (“bunch of Dodger fans, all a good vibe”) to see the team they’ve rooted for since 1977.

“Heartache in ’21, ’22 and ’23, no respect for 2020,” said Randy, “but finally now the Dodgers are respected.”

If one needed any reminder of the relevance across generations, some local schools in the area provided a glimpse.

Being a Dodger fan 100% runs in the family, Aurelia said (daughter) — grandparents, aunts and uncles were all at the celebration she said.

“We’re huge Dodger fans from San Diego,” Aurelia said, acknowledging that can be tough, knowing that the San Diego Padres did everything they could to derail the Dodgers’ playoff run again this year.

“My grandpa was a Dodgers fan before the Padres even existed,” Aurelia said. “Stay true to the blue. We bleed blue!

“I thought that it was absolutely fantastic,” Aurelia said about the celebration. Her favorite part was any time Kike Hernandez spoke.

“I think (Hernandez) is the most energetic, happy soul on that team, and he really brings the life of the party to the Dodgers,” she said.

“It’s so great to see all of them being able to speak,” Aurelia said. “We got old guys who deserve this more than anyone and the new guys who helped us get here.

“The Dodgers have best fans in the world,” she said. “We roll deep.”

That tapestry of Dodgers history pervaded L.A. on Friday, giving reverence to an organization that spent its first L.A. years not at the iconic Dodgers stadium, but rather, at another L.A. landmark.

L.A. leaders were mindful of that legacy on Friday.

“At my request, the torch at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum is lit today in honor of the @Dodgers eighth World Series win — a nod to their historic first World Series winning season played in the Coliseum itself,” said Supervisor Janice Hahn on X on Friday.

“Every corner of Los Angeles is celebrating our team today.”

Once upon a time, Hahn’s father, Kenneth, an L.A. political pioneer, helped bring the Dodgers to the city. They played their first few L.A. seasons at the epic arena, while Dodger Stadium was being erected.

In L.A., you see, it’s all in the family.