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* ''Series/SupermanAndLois'': Jon and Jordan Kent ([[DecompositeCharacter a decomposite]] of Jonathan Samuel Kent, above) grew up thinking they were only human. They discover their father is Superman in the pilot after finding their father's spaceship and Jordan starting to manifest abilities. They both struggle with it at first, but Jordan comes to appreciate knowing why he always felt different. Jon, meanwhile, has no powers as of Season 2 and is not affected by Kryptonite like his father and brother. He struggles on and off with feeling powerless and finding his place in the new family dynamic, growing closer to his human mom.

* Mel in ''{{Series/Tracker}}'' assumed she was an ordinary human but discovered she was actually part alien near the end of the series. An ItsAllThereInTheManual said her great-grandfather was Cirronian but they didn’t get a chance to dig into it.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Near the midpoint of the game, it's revealed that [[PlayerCharacter Byleth]] is a hybrid of a human and a Nabatean. Their mother also was an ArtificialHuman of Human/Nabatean hybridization, and their father was a human who received Nabatean blood via a life-saving transfusion. And lastly, the newborn Byleth also had to be given the Crest Stone that formed their mother's heart in order to survive infancy. This unique combination makes Byleth the closest recreation of the original progenitor "goddess", creator of all Nabateans, thus allowing Sothis to [[SharingABody manifest in their body]] for a time.

* ComicBook/CarolDanvers was eventually retconned from "was given Kree DNA by Captain Mar-Vell protecting her from a Psyche-Magnitron explosion" to "always was a Kree-Human hybrid and her mother was a RetiredBadass Kree warrior."

* [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan Samuel Kent]] is the son of ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane. In his earliest stories, he and his family were refugees from a forgotten timeline; Clark and Lois (living under assumed names) were forced to cope with living in a world with a much different history than they remembered, which also had [[AlternateSelf its own Superman and Lois]]. Their problems become compounded when Jon begins manifesting superpowers on his own and is told that not only is his father Superman (or rather, ''a'' Superman) but that he himself is half-Kryptonian. He reacts harshly to the news at first, but over time comes to enjoy his developing powers and having the world's greatest superhero for a dad. (Later stories {{retcon}}ned the "timeline refugees" angle, but this did not affect Jon's overall story too much.)

* Red from ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' doesn't realise he's not an ordinary [[FunnyAnimal caninu]] until he transforms into a human while fighting the DiscOneFinalBoss. In the second half of the story, he learns that he's one of the three surviving, genetically-engineered human/caninu hybrids.

* ''Fanfic/RedSadie''; The ending of the first part, ''The Eye of the Storm'', reveals that [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Sadie Miller]] is actually a half-gem like Steven, with her "father" being a Ruby named Kay.

* ''Franchise/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' has Tessa. She is a [[WitchSpecies witch]], and warlocks and witches are always the common children of demons and humans. However, she doesn't know what kind of creature she is because she lacks a non-human body part that warlocks normally have. She later learns that she is a hybrid of a demon and a [[{{Nephilim}} shadowhunter]].

* Naraku from ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' turns out to be [[BigBad Big Bad]] early in the series. However, Inuyasha, Miroku and the other protagonists assumed he was a demon. When Kikyo reveals him as a half-demon, it comes as a big surprise to the viewer.

* Doyle from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' only found out he was a [[DemonHumanHybrid half-demon]] shortly after his 21st birthday. At that time, he would always turn into his demonic form whenever he needed to sneeze. This realization destroyed his life and marriage, but also later made him a friend with Angel.

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* ComicBook/WonderGirl: Cassie grew up thinking she was human and that her father was dead, she started out as a superhero using powered items rather than any power of her own. She later learned that her mother had lied to her and that her powers were sealed, she is the half human demigod daughter of Zeus.

* Near the end of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Peter Quill discovers that he's a HalfHumanHybrid, rather than pure human. In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', it's revealed that Quill's father is actually a Celestial, specifically Ego the Living Planet, who took human form to romance his human mother and sire a worthy partner as part of a complex AssimilationPlot.

* Played with in ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': Agronak gro-Malog has an unusually pale skin tone for an orc, which he explains as being the bastard son of the human Lord Lovidicus and one of his orc maids. He sets you a quest to break into Lovidicus' castle and steal a journal, which he believes will prove his heritage. It turns out he's half right, and Lovidicus did father a child by his orc maid, but Lovidicus himself isn't fully human... he's a vampire.

** ''Videogame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Near the midpoint of the game, it's revealed that [[PlayerCharacter Byleth]] is a hybrid of a human and a Nabatean. Their mother also was an ArtificialHuman of Human/Nabatean hybridization, and their father was a human who received Nabatean blood via a life-saving transfusion. And lastly, the newborn Byleth also had to be given the Crest Stone that formed their mother's heart in order to survive infancy. This unique combination makes Byleth the closest recreation of the original progenitor "goddess", creator of all Nabateans, thus allowing Sothis to [[SharingABody manifest in their body]] for a time.

* ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': It's revealed in story that the Draketooth clan are all human dragon hybrids. [[TomatoSurprise While no doubt the family itself was aware of this]], the elf mage Varsuvius was not when they cast the spell "Familicide" on a mother Black Dragon that was causing them trouble. This ended up killing not only the mother dragon, but anyone related to her by blood, as well as anyone related to them by blood. An act of prideful malice that was already unspeakably evil becomes worse, as it jeopardized the world when the spell included the entire Draketooth clan -the clan that was guarding one of the CosmicKeystone gates that are keeping the world-ending Snarl SealedEvilInACan. There's also the psychological effects on V, but the more immediate concern was the destruction of the gate's defenses and the BigBad getting a clear shot at stealing it.

A character has grown up thinking that they're only one race or species. It's only later in life that they learn of their true genetic makeup. Perhaps the only people who knew were their long-lost parents, or the people who raised them thought it would be wise to hide the truth until they were old enough to understand, or they were forced into circumstances that caused them to manifest a HybridPower. This trope can apply to {{Artificial Hybrid}}s as well.

* One episode of ''Series/BeingHumanUK'' has the cast discover that one of their 'human' friends is actually a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] - a human/demon hybrid - and try to help her come to terms with the fact. The succubus in question, Yvonne, never suspected anything because her appearance is almost entirely human and the only thing she knew of her father was her mother's description of him as "a very cruel man".

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* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': In [[WhamEpisode Chapter 31]], Antimony [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=818 learns]] that she's an UnevenHybrid with fire elementals on her mother's side, that her mother died because her "[[TheFlameOfLife flame]]" passed on to Antimony through childbirth, and that her parents and their friends kept her LockedOutOfTheLoop about it.
-->'''Coyote:''' Don't tell me no one has told the girl that she isn't exactly ''human!''

* In ''A River of Royal Blood'' by Amanda Joy, Eva discovers at the end of the book (as set up to the sequel) that she is half-human, half-khimaer.

* ''Anime/{{Kill la Kill}}'': Ryuko Matoi learns that she's [[ArtificialHybrid part Life Fiber]] after Ragyo Kiryuin non-fatally tears her heart out during the Sports and Culture Festival, also revealing her as Ragyo's daughter.

* One episode of ''Series/BeingHumanUK'' has the cast discover that one of their 'human' friends is actually a [[HornyDevils succubus]] - a human/demon hybrid - and try to help her come to terms with the fact. The succubus in question, Yvonne, never suspected anything because her appearance is almost entirely human and the only thing she knew of her father was her mother's description of him as "a very cruel man".

* ''VideoGame/Metroid'''s Samus Aran is initially known to be a human with experimented genetics, having some Chozo DNA in her, later stated in ''Samus Returns'' to be from the Thoha tribe. ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' reveals that she also was given Metroid DNA, although it never kicked in until she was given a vaccine made from Metroid DNA. It's also indicated that Raven Beak was one of her genetic donors, meaning she also has Mawkin DNA alongside Thoha DNA.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'' and ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TellHimAllButTheTruth'', Victor grew up thinking he was fully human. It wasn't until he was injured during a training exercise at U.Z.Z. that he found out that [[spoiler:he's actually half-human, with his father Lionel being an alien, specifically a Wobbleman]].

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the future, Nora West-Allen discovers her late father Barry Allen was The Flash, making Nora half-metahuman. She is furious with her mother when she discovers that this, along with her own speedster powers, was kept from her. [[spoiler: This timeline is later erased, replaced with one where Nora and her brother Bart grew up knowing.]]

** In "Sister 3: Catspaws", [[spoiler: Susan and Diane discover they are both descended from Adrian Raven, an elf and the son of an Immortal. Diane, in fact, discovers Adrian is her ''father'', making her half-elf and one-quarter Immortal. She has started to show signs of this through her persuasive voice, her resistance to magic, and her ability to "taste" magic with her ears.]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen An early draft]] for the TV movie was about the Doctor learning he was half-human, which had been kept a secret so he wouldn't be rejected from Time Lord society.
** [[spoiler: River Song is later revealed to be a Human-Time Lord hybrid -- while she has two human parents, she was exposed to the Time Vortex while in utero. However, she loses the ability to regenerate when she saves The Doctor in "Let's Kill Hitler".]]