History IHaveNoSon / LiveActionTv

** Later in the two-parter, in "By Inferno's Light", Dukat and the Dominion put into place a plan that, if successful, would have obliterated [=DS9=]. When Sisko points out to Dukat that his daughter Ziyal, who had refused to leave the station, would be among the casualties, Dukat replies that in refusing to leave, "Ziyal made her choice. As far as I'm concerned, she is no longer my daughter." He does go back on this later, and is devastated when [[spoiler:Ziyal is killed]].

* At the conclusion of the first episode of ''Series/{{Roots}}: The Next Generation'', a wealthy white man marries the local African-American schoolteacher. At this, his father coldly declares "I am obliged to tell you that you are no longer my son", along with the fact that he's been disinherited and that "the mark is on you. As far as I'm concerned, you are a n-----." His only reprieve is to promise that he will forbid the local Klan from harassing the couple.

* ''Series/TheTudors'':
** King Henry VIII throws one of these against his sister when he learns that she has betrayed him by [[ValuesDissonance marrying without his permission]]:
--> "How dare you look at me? I am your Lord and Master; ''not'' your brother! You are both banished from court. You will relinquish your London houses. You will remove yourself from my sight. [...] And Margaret! I have yet to decide whatever to make your bed-mate [[OffWithHisHead a head shorter.]]"
** Of course, he forgives them later. (In real life, it was his sister Mary who pulled this stunt, not Margaret.)

* ''Series/TheMurders'': "In My Feelings" has a hostage taker with a daughter who had disowned him for killing his wife, her mother. She only relents, speaking with him and addressing him as "dad", in hopes that he'll free the hostages.

* At the conclusion of the first episode of ''Series/{{Roots}} Roots: The Next Generation'', a wealthy white man marries the local African-American schoolteacher. At this, his father coldly declares "I am obliged to tell you that you are no longer my son", along with the fact that he's been disinherited and that "the mark is on you. As far as I'm concerned, you are a n-----." His only reprieve is to promise that he will forbid the local Klan from harassing the couple.

* At the conclusion of the first episode of ''Series/[[{{Roots}} Roots: The Next Generation]]'', a wealthy white man marries the local African-American schoolteacher. At this, his father coldly declares "I am obliged to tell you that you are no longer my son", along with the fact that he's been disinherited and that "the mark is on you. As far as I'm concerned, you are a n-----." His only reprieve is to promise that he will forbid the local Klan from harassing the couple.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'':
** Jesse Pinkman's parents effectively disown him after he gets into drugs.
** Inverted near the end when [[spoiler:Walt Jr. pretty much disowns Walter after finding out he's a drug lord and believing that he killed Hank. He even legally changed his first name to "Flynn" to get rid of any sort of association to his father.]]

* ''Series/LAsFinest'': {{Inverted}}. Ben Walker has disowned his criminal mom, who's in prison, even telling his partner she died because she's now dead to him.

* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' touches on this in "Murder, Plain and Simple". Ethan's father resents him after he speaks against being Amish and eventually sends him to jail when he suspects him for killing Jacob. Even when Ethan screams for his father, he just walks away without looking back.

* ''Series/BritainsGotThePopFactor'': In Peter Kay's ''Series/TheXFactor'' and ''Series/PopIdol'' spoof, the mother of [[spoiler: the {{transgender}}]] Geraldine [=McQueen=] gives us this wonderful line: [[spoiler: "she is no son of mine!"]]

* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': InvertedTrope, where Peter Bishop tells his father Walter, "I am not your son." SubvertedTrope because [[spoiler:Peter is from an AlternateUniverse, and "Walternate" is his father]].

** Balon Greyjoy writes Theon off the family tree the day he he taken by the Starks and acts as if this was Theon's fault rather than his own. In "Mhysa", he disowns Theon again when he receives his cock in the mail, thus making Theon unable to produce any heirs. He's even willing to simply let Theon rot in Ramsay's dungeon for all he cares.

** You can see the sibling version of this trope happen in Daenerys' eyes the moment Viserys threatens her unborn child.

* ''Series/GoodTimes'': In the conclusion of a two parter where JJ gets shot by a local delinquent, [[PapaWolf James]] waits outside the courtroom to beat the hell out of the guy...but after seeing the guy's mother angrily disown him, slap him in the face and outright tell him she hates him, he can't bring himself to do it.