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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her [[InterspeciesAdoption human]] parent. She's was HappilyAdopted known all her life and knows that they're dead since she when she was four and is merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]]. When she first meets the latter, she asks him to [[TellMeAboutMyFather tell her about her parents]], which he willingly does.

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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra (with Splinter's blessing) decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her [[InterspeciesAdoption human]] parent. parents. She's known all her life that she was HappilyAdopted known all her life and knows is aware that they're dead since she her parents died when she was four and is two. She's merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]]. When she first meets the latter, she asks him to [[TellMeAboutMyFather tell her about her parents]], which he willingly does.
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* Type 1: they [[ChangelingFantasy find their genetic parents and discover happiness]] (this only works if the old parents are distant or [[AbusiveParents abusive]]).
* Type 2: they can find their genetic parents, only to find they are more distant or jerky than their adoptive ones, or are utterly indifferent to their existence, or outright don't want anything to do with them (expect lots of Prodigal Son-style making up at the end).
* Type 3: they can ''locate'' their biological parents, only to realize that they'd rather not confront them and risk disrupting everyone's lives. Or, they may simply search for their biological parents out of nothing but curiosity, firmly believing that the people who raised them have always been (and will be) their true parents.
* Type 4: they can fail altogether to find their parents (a real DownerEnding will have the character give up ''just before'' they would have found their parents).

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* Type 1: they They [[ChangelingFantasy find their genetic parents and discover happiness]] (this only works if the old parents are distant or [[AbusiveParents abusive]]).
* Type 2: they They can find their genetic parents, only to find they are more distant or jerky than their adoptive ones, or are utterly indifferent to their existence, or outright don't want anything to do with them (expect lots of Prodigal Son-style making up at the end).
* Type 3: they They can ''locate'' their biological parents, only to realize that they'd rather not confront them and risk disrupting everyone's lives. Or, they may simply search for their biological parents out of nothing but curiosity, firmly believing that the people who raised them have always been (and will be) their true parents.
* Type 4: they They can fail altogether to find their parents (a real DownerEnding will have the character give up ''just before'' they would have found their parents).



* This is the backstory of Izzy Sinclair, from the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic. In the end, she doesn't find her birth parents, but she does reconcile with her adoptive parents (making this a Type 3 with a happy ending).

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* This is the backstory of Izzy Sinclair, from the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic. In the end, she doesn't find her birth parents, but she does reconcile with her adoptive parents (making this a Type 3 with a happy ending).parents.



* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her [[InterspeciesAdoption human]] parents. She's a Type 3 version of this trope, as she's known all her life that they're dead and that she was HappilyAdopted when she was four. She's merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]]. When she first meets the latter, she asks him to [[TellMeAboutMyFather tell her about her parents]], which he willingly does.

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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her [[InterspeciesAdoption human]] parents. parent. She's a Type 3 version of this trope, as she's was HappilyAdopted known all her life and knows that they're dead and that since she was HappilyAdopted when she was four. She's four and is merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]]. When she first meets the latter, she asks him to [[TellMeAboutMyFather tell her about her parents]], which he willingly does.

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* Inverted in ''Fanfic/TheBloodOfTheCovenant'': Kallik knows that he was born in the Fire Nation and adopted by Bato and Kyra. But considering all the damage the Fire Nation has done to the world and his tribe (not to mention that a Fire Nation Southern Raider ''killed his mother''), he wants ''nothing'' to do with the Fire Nation and has no interest in learning who his biological parents are. In sharp contrast, when Iroh reports that he believes they've found the lost Prince Zuko, Azulon, Ursa, Azula, Lu Ten, and Iroh himself are all desperate to bring him to the Fire Nation (although Lu Ten and Iroh eventually realize that this isn't what Kallik wants and stop pursuing him).



* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her [[InterspeciesAdoption human]] parents. She's a Type 3 version of this trope, as she's known all her life that they're dead and was HappilyAdopted when she was four. She's merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]].

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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her [[InterspeciesAdoption human]] parents. She's a Type 3 version of this trope, as she's known all her life that they're dead and that she was HappilyAdopted when she was four. She's merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]]. When she first meets the latter, she asks him to [[TellMeAboutMyFather tell her about her parents]], which he willingly does.

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* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/BoschaNoceda''. Boscha gives this as the reason why she wants to stay in the Boiling Isles for a while, and argues for Luz to stay with her so she isn't lonely. However, Boscha reveals to Eda and King the following day that she has little interest in learning who her birth parents are, [[HappilyAdopted proudly and comfortably viewing herself as Camila's daughter]]; she'll take the opportunity if she stumbles upon any clues, but she only claimed she was doing this trope so Luz would have an opportunity to learn magic (as their mother would never allow her younger sister to do so if asked directly).

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* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/BoschaNoceda''. Boscha gives this as the reason why she wants to stay in the Boiling Isles for a while, and argues for Luz to stay with her so she isn't lonely. However, Boscha reveals to Eda and King the following day that she has little interest in learning who her birth parents are, [[HappilyAdopted proudly and comfortably viewing herself as Camila's daughter]]; she'll take the opportunity if she stumbles upon any clues, but she only claimed she was doing this trope so Luz her younger sister would have an opportunity to learn magic (as magic, as their mother would never allow her younger sister to do so it if asked directly).directly.
-->'''Boscha''': If I happen to bump into them, then fine by me. Otherwise, I don't give a shit about finding them. I'm more concerned with helping Luz find a place where she fits in, and against my better judgement, I think this place might be it.

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* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/BoschaNoceda''. Boscha gives this as the reason why she wants to stay in the Boiling Isles for a while, and argues for Luz to stay with her so she isn't lonely. However, Boscha reveals to Eda and King the following day that she has little interest in learning who her birth parents are, [[HappilyAdopted proudly and comfortably viewing herself as Camila's daughter]]; she'll take the opportunity if she stumbles upon any clues, but she only claimed she was doing this trope so Luz would have an opportunity to learn magic (as their mother would never allow her younger sister to do so if asked directly).
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' invokes but averts it. Godzilla III a.k.a Junior as well as Princess Luna and Celestia don't have the faintest idea who or where their respective biological families are, or even if they are still alive. Neither express a desire to find them, and consider their respective adoptive families to be their real parents and siblings, with Luna and Celestia not even entirely sure if they are biological sisters but not caring. When pressed about finding his biological family, Junior is mostly apathetic about them entirely.
* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure'' has the orphan version of this as a subplot in the first chapter, where the main character thinks [[AscendedExtra the Duke of Nuts]] could be her father.



* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure'' has the orphan version of this as a subplot in the first chapter, where the main character thinks [[AscendedExtra the Duke of Nuts]] could be her father.
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' invokes but averts it. Godzilla III a.k.a Junior as well as Princess Luna and Celestia don't have the faintest idea who or where their respective biological families are, or even if they are still alive. Neither express a desire to find them, and consider their respective adoptive families to be their real parents and siblings, with Luna and Celestia not even entirely sure if they are biological sisters but not caring. When pressed about finding his biological family, Junior is mostly apathetic about them entirely.

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There are a few different ways this can play out: firstly, they [[ChangelingFantasy find their genetic parents and discover happiness]] (this only works if the old parents are distant or [[AbusiveParents abusive]]). Secondly, they can find their genetic parents, only to find they are more distant or jerky than their adoptive ones, or are utterly indifferent to their existence, or outright don't want anything to do with them (expect lots of Prodigal Son-style making up at the end). Thirdly, they can ''locate'' their biological parents, only to realize that they'd rather not confront them and risk disrupting everyone's lives. Or, they may simply search for their biological parents out of nothing but curiosity, firmly believing that the people who raised them have always been (and will be) their true parents. Finally, they can fail altogether to find their parents (a real DownerEnding will have the character give up ''just before'' they would have found their parents).

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There are a few different ways this can play out: firstly, out:
* Type 1:
they [[ChangelingFantasy find their genetic parents and discover happiness]] (this only works if the old parents are distant or [[AbusiveParents abusive]]). Secondly, abusive]]).
* Type 2:
they can find their genetic parents, only to find they are more distant or jerky than their adoptive ones, or are utterly indifferent to their existence, or outright don't want anything to do with them (expect lots of Prodigal Son-style making up at the end). Thirdly, end).
* Type 3:
they can ''locate'' their biological parents, only to realize that they'd rather not confront them and risk disrupting everyone's lives. Or, they may simply search for their biological parents out of nothing but curiosity, firmly believing that the people who raised them have always been (and will be) their true parents. Finally,
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they can fail altogether to find their parents (a real DownerEnding will have the character give up ''just before'' they would have found their parents).
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* In the ''Literature/{{Mermaids}}'' trilogy, Rani was found as a baby in a clam-shell on the edge of Tingle Reef and adopted by a family that lives in the reef. In ''Rani's Sea Spell'', she finds a message stone, which can show images of someone's absent family. The stone shows a boy her age, proving that her parents are dead but she has a living brother. In ''The Shell Princess'', Morva agrees to take Rani to her old home, where mermaids look like her and Rani and have the same magic powers they do, so they can look for Rani's brother.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Mermaids}}'' ''Literature/Mermaids2001'' trilogy, Rani was found as a baby in a clam-shell on the edge of Tingle Reef and adopted by a family that lives in the reef. In ''Rani's Sea Spell'', she finds a message stone, which can show images of someone's absent family. The stone shows a boy her age, proving that her parents are dead but she has a living brother. In ''The Shell Princess'', Morva agrees to take Rani to her old home, where mermaids look like her and Rani and have the same magic powers they do, so they can look for Rani's brother.
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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her birth parents. Downplayed, in that she's known all her life that they're dead; she's merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]].

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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her birth [[InterspeciesAdoption human]] parents. Downplayed, in that She's a Type 3 version of this trope, as she's known all her life that they're dead; she's dead and was HappilyAdopted when she was four. She's merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]].
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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In Chapter 29, Petra decides to ask SHIELD to help her learn about her birth parents. Downplayed, in that she's known all her life that they're dead; she's merely curious about who they were. This is how she learns that they were [[spoiler:SHIELD Agents Richard and Mary Parker, coworkers of Nick Fury and friends of Logan/Wolverine]].
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* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Penelope [=laFloo=] is a slightly tweaked variant; she knows her birth parents perished on the slave ship she was born on when it was picked up by a [[DeathWorld Grand Line hyper-hurricane]] and thrown clear over the Calm Belt into the East Blue, and she is HappilyAdopted. But she still hopes to find the legendary homeland of her race, the mysterious PettingZooPeople known as the minks, by exploring the Grand Line.
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The protagonist has been happily living with his or her family until one day, out of the blue, they learn that the people who raised them are not in fact their biological parents, either by adoption or by infidelity. There begins the gene hunt, to find their genetic parents. Expect lots of {{Freudian Excuse}}s, [[YoureNotMyFather You're Not My Father]] and "are my adoptive parents my ''real'' parents" {{Wangst}}. Often the result of ParentalAbandonment or RaisedByWolves.

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The protagonist has been happily living with his or her family until one day, out of the blue, they learn that the people who raised them are not in fact their biological parents, either by adoption or by infidelity. There begins the gene hunt, to find their genetic parents. Expect This may result in lots of {{Freudian Excuse}}s, [[YoureNotMyFather You're Not My Father]] and "are my adoptive parents my ''real'' parents" {{Wangst}}.{{Wangst}}! or they may still be HappilyAdopted and simply curious about their genetic parents. Often the result of ParentalAbandonment or RaisedByWolves.
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* ''Series/FantasyIsland2021'': Season 2 introduces Helene, a young woman whose wish is to find her birth father, who she never met because her mother conceived her with him due to [[OneNightStandPregnancy a one-time thing]]. [[spoiler:He turns out to be Javier; Helene decides to stay on the island for a while, wanting to get to know him.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': In "Stump Looks for His Roots", Norb points out in a "family photo" of the grove of trees where he met Stump that Stump is an elm and his "family" are spruce trees, which means Stump is a transplant (i.e. adopted). When Stump hastily leaves to look for his biological parents, Norbert and Dagget have to track him down.



* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' went looking for their parents, and believed they found their relatives in a little town in the mountains where cats and dogs get along. [[spoiler: They're wrong, and also discover that the peace between cats and dogs is apparently really, ''really'' fragile. They eventually find out their real parents were ''a female yeti and a frog with a very long nose''. Considering this probably isn't the strangest thing they've ever seen, they're very accepting.]]
** [[spoiler: They weren't even their ''biological'' parents. They [[DoorstopBaby were found outside their cave as babies and they took them in]]. Cat and dog are annoyed that they still don't know where they came from, but they knew who cared for them when they were young and that was good enough for them.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter goes to Ireland to find his real father.
** And when Stewie hunts down someone he believes to be his real father [[spoiler:who turns out to be himself from the future]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' went looking for their parents, and believed they found their relatives in a little town in the mountains where cats and dogs get along. [[spoiler: They're [[spoiler:They're wrong, and also discover that the peace between cats and dogs is apparently really, ''really'' fragile. They eventually find out their real parents were ''a female yeti and a frog with a very long nose''. Considering this probably isn't the strangest thing they've ever seen, they're very accepting.]]
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They weren't even their ''biological'' parents.parents either. They [[DoorstopBaby were found outside their cave as babies and they took them in]]. Cat and dog Dog are annoyed that they still don't know where they came from, but they knew who cared for them when they were young and that was good enough for them.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter goes to Ireland to find his real father.
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father, and then Stewie hunts down someone he believes to be his real father [[spoiler:who turns out to be himself from the future]].



* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'': In "Family Trees", Misty searches for her birth parents after getting [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy nightmares of her fillyhood]], where she gets stranded from them after wandering into the forest. [[spoiler:When she gets her memories back, she remembers that Alphabittle is her father after seeing him in one of Zipp and Pipp's photos, and she [[BigDamnReunion tearfully reunites with him]] after her visit to the Breezie Night Market.]]



* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': During the finale of season 1, [[spoiler:Fred Jones]] learns that he's really the child of [[spoiler:Brad and Judy from the original Mystery Incorporated]] and was kidnapped as a child. During the brief time skip between seasons he blindly searches for them. Unfortunately, when they do appear, they're not that great and as time goes by they're increasingly influenced by [[HatePlague the curse of the treasure]].



* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': In "Stump Looks for His Roots", Norb points out in a "family photo" of the grove of trees where he met Stump that Stump is an elm and his "family" are spruce trees, which means Stump is a transplant (i.e. adopted). When Stump hastily leaves to look for his biological parents, Norbert and Dagget have to track him down.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': During the finale of season 1, [[spoiler:Fred Jones]] learns that he's really the child of [[spoiler:Brad and Judy from the original Mystery Incorporated]] and was kidnapped as a child. During the brief time skip between seasons he blindly searches for them. Unfortunately, when they do appear, they're not that great and as time goes by they're increasingly influenced by [[HatePlague the curse of the treasure]].
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* ''Literature/MermaidMoon'' is about the half-mermaid Sanna searching for her human mother, with nothing to go on but the name Lisabet.
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* ''Literature/LeiaPrincessOfAlderaan'' is not concerned about the identities of her biological parents. If her birth parents were alive she would want to know and have some kind of relationship with them, but she was told that both of them died in the Clone Wars and is completely uninterested in learning more. She's very HappilyAdopted and feels her family is complete as it is. When an Imperial Moff who, unbenownst to her, worked closely with her mother, sees [[CloseFamilyResemblance the resemblance]] and starts probing her and asking questions about where she comes from, Leia becomes really uncomfortable with his insistence.
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* ''Series/Accused2023'': In "Jessie's Story" Jessie is determined find out about her birth father, in spite of her mom opposing this. Her effort sparks the plot, since she burgalizes the clinic which provided the sperm donation for conceiving her. [[spoiler:It turns out the sperm donation was a lie, while she'd really been fathered by the next door neighbor.]]

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* ''Series/Accused2023'': In "Jessie's Story" Jessie is determined find out about her birth father, in spite of her mom opposing this. Her effort sparks the plot, since she burgalizes burglarizes the clinic which provided the sperm donation for conceiving her. [[spoiler:It turns out the sperm donation was a lie, while she'd really been fathered by the next door neighbor.]]
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* ''Series/Accused2023'': In "Jessie's Story" Jessie is determined find out about her birth father, in spite of her mom opposing this. Her effort sparks the plot, since she burgalizes the clinic which provided the sperm donation for conceiving her. [[spoiler:It turns out the sperm donation was a lie, while she'd really been fathered by the next door neighbor.]]
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* In the ''Literature/{{Mermaids}}'' trilogy, Rani was found as a baby in a clam-shell on the edge of Tingle Reef and adopted by a family that lives in the reef. In ''Rani's Sea Spell'', she finds a message stone, which can show images of someone's absent family. The stone shows a boy her age, proving that her parents are dead but she has a living brother. In ''The Shell Princess'', Morva agrees to take Rani to her old home, where mermaids look like her and Rani and have the same magic powers they do, so they can look for Rani's brother.

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* ''Literature/MegLangslowMysteries:'' A PosthumousCharacter in ''Lord of the Wings'' mysteriously died while tracking down her distant cousins. She got interested in this after a historian contacted her about her great-grandparents (a pair of bootleggers who survived a Bonnie and Clyde-style ambush). [[spoiler:Her search caused her to discover that her great-grandfather was the BlackSheep of a rich family who faked his death to avoid fighting in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, causing the family fortune to go to his younger brothers. Unfortunately, the first descendant of said brothers she tracks down had already committed two {{Inheritance Murder}}s, and killed her out of paranoia that she and her family would ask for a share of his fortune.]]

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* ''Literature/MegLangslowMysteries:'' A In a variant focusing on earlier generations than parents, a PosthumousCharacter in ''Lord of the Wings'' mysteriously died while tracking down her distant cousins. She got interested in this after a historian contacted her about her great-grandparents (a pair of bootleggers who survived a Bonnie and Clyde-style ambush). [[spoiler:Her search caused her to discover that her great-grandfather was the BlackSheep of a rich family who faked his death to avoid fighting in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, causing the family fortune to go to his younger brothers. Unfortunately, the first descendant of said brothers she tracks down had already committed two {{Inheritance Murder}}s, and killed her out of paranoia that she and her family would ask for a share of his fortune.]]]]
* ''Literature/TheRiseOfTenegadeX'': When Damien learns his dad is a superhero, he runs around collecting the hairs of the three most likely candidates for a [=DNA=] test. This becomes unnecessary when he ends up calling his mother with a phone belonging to one of his suspects and his mother thinks he has already found out the truth and goes into a rant about how that guy is indeed his dad.

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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie''. The whole plot of the movie revolves around Tigger looking for his biological family and any vestiges of it... [[spoiler:only for him to discover that he doesn't actually have a biological family, and that his real family are his friends who have vowed to always be there for him]].

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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie''. ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'': The whole plot of the movie revolves around Tigger looking for his biological family and any vestiges of it... [[spoiler:only for him to discover that he doesn't actually have a biological family, and that his real family are his friends who have vowed to always be there for him]].
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* ''Series/FantasyIsland2021'': Season 2 introduces Helene, a young woman whose wish is to find her birth father, who she never met because her mother conceived her with him due to [[OneNightStandPregnancy a one-time thing]]. [[spoiler:He turns out to be Javier; Helene decides to stay on the island for a while, wanting to get to know him.]]
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Can lead to LukeIAmYourFather, LukeYouAreMyFather, FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo, TellMeAboutMyFather, or MysteriousParent situations. If this happens in a {{Sitcom}}, be wary when StatusQuoIsGod. Sub-trope of SearchingForTheLostRelative. Named for, but unrelated to, the character of Gene Hunt on ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''.

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Can lead to LukeIAmYourFather, LukeYouAreMyFather, FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo, TellMeAboutMyFather, or MysteriousParent situations. If this happens in a {{Sitcom}}, be wary when StatusQuoIsGod. If the seeker is horrified or disappointed by their discovered ancestors, see also DisappointingHeritageReveal. Sub-trope of SearchingForTheLostRelative. Named for, but unrelated to, the character of Gene Hunt on ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''.



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* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', Amelia has always wondered who her father is since she was a kid, and inspired by ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Mysteries of Miguel]]'', one of her first investigations involved finding him. [[spoiler:She's overjoyed when Sebastian finally drops by her café to tell her that he's her father, despite her family and friends' suspicions that he's behind all the attacks on the café.]]


Can lead to LukeIAmYourFather, LukeYouAreMyFather, FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo, TellMeAboutMyFather, or MysteriousParent situations. If this happens in a {{Sitcom}}, be wary when StatusQuoIsGod. Named for, but unrelated to, the character of Gene Hunt on ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''.

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Can lead to LukeIAmYourFather, LukeYouAreMyFather, FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo, TellMeAboutMyFather, or MysteriousParent situations. If this happens in a {{Sitcom}}, be wary when StatusQuoIsGod. Sub-trope of SearchingForTheLostRelative. Named for, but unrelated to, the character of Gene Hunt on ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''.
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* PlayedWith in ''Series/{{Forever}}''. Abe starts researching his family tree after he discovers his biological parents' names. He's quick to point out to Henry, however, that it doesn't change the fact that he sees Henry as his real father. He has known Henry and Abigail adopted him for at least 50 years by this point; it's not a wangsty "Who am I?" search but rather simple curiosity. Further played with when Abe's search [[TheReveal reveals]] that he and Henry actually ''are'' related: Henry's uncle from 200 years ago is one of Abe's ancestors.

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* PlayedWith in ''Series/{{Forever}}''.''Series/{{Forever|2014}}''. Abe starts researching his family tree after he discovers his biological parents' names. He's quick to point out to Henry, however, that it doesn't change the fact that he sees Henry as his real father. He has known Henry and Abigail adopted him for at least 50 years by this point; it's not a wangsty "Who am I?" search but rather simple curiosity. Further played with when Abe's search [[TheReveal reveals]] that he and Henry actually ''are'' related: Henry's uncle from 200 years ago is one of Abe's ancestors.
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* ''Series/AnneWithAnE'': In a diversion from the [[Literature/AnneOfGreenGables source material]], Anne Shirley-Cuthbert searches for information about her birth family after she turns 16, since, even though she was told by the orphanage that they died when she was a baby, she starts having doubts that this was the truth. This makes her adoptive mother Marilla fear that Anne could find her family still alive and want to go off with them. [[spoiler: While Anne's search reveals that what she was told was true, but she also learns her family hails from Scotland and receives a book of her mother's, which shows she was a teacher with red hair like Anne's.]]

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