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                                                                      Exhibit 21

                            PARENTS AND SUBSIDIARIES

         The following is a list of all subsidiaries of First Tennessee National
Corporation at December 31, 1998. Each subsidiary is 100% owned by its immediate
parent, and all are included in the Consolidated Financial Statements:


                                                                       Type of Ownership         Jurisdiction of
         Subsidiary                                                    By the Corporation        Incorporation  
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Cleveland Bank & Trust Company                                         Direct                    Tennessee
First National Bank of Springdale                                      Direct                    United States
First Tennessee Bank National Association (1)                          Direct                    United States
  "A" PLUS Strategic Alliances, Inc.                                   Indirect                  Tennessee
  Check Consultants, Incorporated                                      Indirect                  Tennessee
          Check Consultants Company of Tennessee, Inc.                 Indirect                  Tennessee
  Community Leasing Corporation *                                      Indirect                  Tennessee
  Community Money Center, Inc.*                                        Indirect                  Tennessee
  East Tennessee Service Corporation*                                  Indirect                  Tennessee
         Upper East Tennessee Insurance Agency*                        Indirect                  Tennessee
  Federal Flood Certification Corporation                              Indirect                  Texas
  First Funds, Inc.*                                                   Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Horizon Money Center, Inc.                                     Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Tennessee ABS, Inc.                                            Indirect                  Delaware
  First Tennessee Brokerage, Inc.                                      Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Tennessee Capital Assets Corporation                           Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Tennessee Commercial Loan Management, Inc.                     Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Tennessee Equipment Finance Corporation                        Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Tennessee Housing Corporation                                  Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Tennessee Merchant Equipment, Inc.                             Indirect                  Tennessee
  First Tennessee Merchant Services, Inc.                              Indirect                  Tennessee
  FT Real Estate Securities Holding Company, Inc.                      Indirect                  Arkansas
         FT Real Estate Securities Company, Inc.                       Indirect                  Arkansas
              FT Realty Securities QRS, Inc.                           Indirect                  Arkansas
  First Tennessee Securities Corporation                               Indirect                  Tennessee
  FT Mortgage Holding Corporation                                      Indirect                  Illinois
              FT Mortgage Companies (2)                                Indirect                  Kansas
                   First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc.             Indirect                  Tennessee
  FT Reinsurance Company                                               Indirect                  Vermont
  Hickory Venture Capital Corporation                                  Indirect                  Alabama
  JPO, Inc.                                                            Indirect                  Tennessee
  TSMM Corporation                                                     Indirect                  Tennessee
FTB Futures Corporation*                                               Direct                    Tennessee
Hickory Capital Corporation                                            Direct                    Tennessee
Highland Capital Management Corp.                                      Direct                    Tennessee
Martin & Company, Inc.                                                 Direct                    Tennessee
Mountain Financial Company*                                            Direct                    Tennessee
Norlen Life Insurance Company                                          Direct                    Arizona
Peoples and Union Bank                                                 Direct                    Tennessee
Peoples Bank                                                           Direct                    Mississippi
Planters Bank                                                          Direct                    Mississippi

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  *Inactive.

         (1)      Divisions of this subsidiary do business in certain
                  jurisdictions under the following names: First Express, First
                  Money Center, First Securities Company in Mobile, First
                  Tennessee Capital Markets, Garland Capital Management, Garland
                  Trust, Gulf Pacific Mortgage.

         (2)      Divisions of this subsidiary do business in certain
                  jurisdictions under the following names: Atlantic Coast
                  Mortgage, Carl I. Brown Mortgage, CIB Mortgage, Customer One
                  Mortgage, Emerald Mortgage, EquiBanc Mortgage Corporation, 1st
                  Coastal Mortgage, First Tennessee Mortgage Company, Inc., FTB
                  Mortgage Services, Keystone Mortgage, HomeBanc Mortgage
                  Corporation, McGuire Mortgage, MNC Mortgage, Mortgage
                  Resources, Patriot Financial Group, Premier Mortgage, Premier
                  Mortgage Resources, Priority One, Mortgage Bankers, Select
                  Mortgage Resources, Sunbelt National Mortgage.
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