History Main / LineageComesFromTheFather

** There is one notable aversion, however. The only reason Robert Baratheon is king at the start of the series, and his brothers Stannis and Renly are candidates for the Iron Throne, is because their paternal grand''mother'' was a Targaryen princess (Rhaelle). The maesters justified Robert's Rebellion on this basis alone, since Aerys II wasn't technically deposed but "replaced" by another Targaryen descendant. The fact that Robert's "legitimate children", Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen, were actually conceived by his wife Cersei out of wedlock means that they should automatically lose their birthright, because they are not part-Targaryen. This is also the reason why Robb Stark chooses to TakeAThirdOption and declare himself King in the North as an independent territory, since as a vassal of the crown he wouldn't be allowed to contest the Iron Throne and would have to support either Joffrey (who had Robb's father unjustly executed), Stannis (the elder of Robert's two younger brothers; the next legitimate heir but with the smallest army) or Renly (Robert's youngest brother; with a much larger force than Stannis's but no right to the throne other than just plain wanting it).

** Westerosi inheritance law plays HeirClubForMen dead straight, though other societies (notably Dorne) have variations on the rule -- see that trope for details. Lineage Comes From The Father is frequently played straight by characters as well, with famous ancestors and prophesied descendants almost always being men. However, this society-wide focus on the male line of descent obscures some interesting {{subtext}} hidden [[AllThereInTheManual in the infamous family trees]]. Many major houses have historically [[StandardHeroReward married the daughters]] of defeated enemies, and when these defeated enemies have names like [[TheTimeOfMyths "the Warg King"]], we start to see hints for where families like the Starks and Targaryens get their magical abilities from -- if a couple of fairytales [[AllMythsAreTrue are true]], the Starks may even have the blood of the Others in their veins. Just like magic itself, which is poorly understood because the Maesters don't like to keep records of it, magical bloodlines may be overlooked because nobody's been keeping track of the ''daughters''.

** There is one notable aversion, however. The only reason Robert Baratheon is king at the start of the series, and his brothers Stannis and Renly are candidates for the Iron Throne, is because their paternal grand''mother'' is a Targaryen princess (Rhaelle). The maesters justified Robert's Rebellion on this basis alone, since Aerys II wasn't technically deposed but "replaced" by another Targaryen. The fact that Robert's legitimate "children", Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen, aren't his means that they should automatically lose their birthright, because they are not part-Targaryen. This is also the reason why Robb Stark chooses to TakeAThirdOption and declare himself King in the North, since he isn't allowed to contest the Iron Throne and must support either Joffrey, Stannis, or Renly.

* Tristan in ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' inverts several of these tropes. He gets his royal and supernatural parentage from his mother, and is raised by his {{muggle}} father, thinking that his stepmother is his biological mother. The fact that his sister is six months younger than him should have been a clue.

* ''Manga/BootyRoyaleNeverGoDownWithoutAFight'': Both main character Haebaru Misora and TournamentArc competitor Maria Riviera were trained in martial arts by their fathers. Misora's late father Shunji taught [[UsefulNotes/{{karate}} traditional karate]], while Maria's is a retired MMA fighter who runs a UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu dojo.

** An aversion with Tarvek, who claims to be the Storm King's heir from his mother. "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090227 If the stories are true]], [[ReallyGetsAround ''half of Europa'']]..." -- the catch is that he's a descendant with ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060106 traceable]]'' genealogy whom other royals will recognize as such. ''And'' indirectly confirmed by having more MadScientist talent than his father who himself was "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050930 a major player]]" in this department.

** Played with in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' as well. Thorin Oakenshield, who is a direct descendant of Durin the Deathless and the rightful King Under the Mountain, never marries and has no children of his own lineage. However, he does have a younger sister, Dís. ''She'' has two sons, Fíli and Kíli. As Thorin's nephews and closest living relatives, Fíli and Kíli are deemed his official heirs. Considering the gender imbalance of dwarves (only one-third of them are female) and how few of them are known to marry or reproduce, it's not surprising that many would have to look to female or distant relatives for blood-related heirs.

** An aversion with Tarvek, who claims to be the Storm King's heir from his mother. "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090227 If the stories are true]], ''half of Europa''..." -- the catch is that he's a descendant with ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060106 traceable]]'' genealogy whom other royals will recognize as such. ''And'' indirectly confirmed by having more MadScientist talent than his father who himself was "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050930 a major player]]" in this department.

* An aversion in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', as Tarvek claims to be the Storm King's heir from his mother. "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090227 If the stories are true]], ''half of Europa''..." -- the catch is that he's a descendant with ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060106 traceable]]'' genealogy whom other royals will recognize as such. ''And'' indirectly confirmed by having more MadScientist talent than his father who himself was "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050930 a major player]]" in this department.
** There's Agatha herself, the last living descendant (so far as we know, anyway) of a powerful family of Sparks. Her family's [[GeniusLoci castle]] wants her to set about [[IWantGrandkids producing some heirs]], so we know that the line can proceed matrilineally.

* Inverted for the Ijaws of southern Nigeria, where membership in a War Canoe House (and thus land inheritance) is matrilineal. Only if the groom's family sponsors a (and traditionally expensive and religiously ominous) Second Wedding ceremony can the children claim to belong to their father's House (which is usually their father's mother's House). It was not uncommon in the old days for very rich men to perform Second Wedding ceremonies for women married to other men. The Big Shot gained no sexual rights, but hey, if there was a war, all her sons would fight under his House's banner.

** This is GenderInverted for both ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', as the majority of the second generation characters are tied to their mothers.
*** For ''Genealogy'', mothers have two children each, all with fixed classes, and their skill sets, weapons and Holy Blood can change depending on who their father is. Because of the fixed classes and limited amount of first gen units with holy blood, the second generation can either be a small army of horrendously broken {{Game Breaker}}s or incredibly weak. The exceptions to this rule are [[WideEyedIdealist Seliph]] (son of first-gen Lord Sigurd and Dierdre), siblings Altenna and Leif (the children of Cuan and Ethlyn), Julia (daughter of [[spoiler:half-siblings Arvis and Dierdre]]), and Ares (son of OptionalBoss Eldigan and his NPC wife Grahnye), as they are the product of fixed pairings, although Julia's abilities are drawn from her mother. The Sniper Faval is a prominent example, as he inherits his major Ulir blood, and the holy bow Yewfelle, from his mother Briggid.
*** ''Awakening'' has said kids tied to mothers again. Both parents lend one reclassing option each and one skill each, with the father lending their hair color to the kids this time. The exceptions are Lucina (daughter of Chrom) and a female Morgan (daughter of a male Avatar). Due to the inflated stat caps, customizable growths, and the potential to pass down gender-exclusive skills to the children, the second generation in this game is arguably an even ''bigger'' GameBreaker than ''Genealogy''.
*** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' plays this straight: while the mechanics for children are the same as ''Awakening'' for the most part, the children are all tied to their fathers this time, with the exceptions being a male Kana (son of a female Avatar) and Shigure (son of Azura). While unique class combinations can be passed down (namely the Avatar's Nohr Prince/Princess class and its promotions), this game's second generation is more on par with the first due to a lack of gender-exclusive skills and the children actually having their own growths that are only subtly influenced by whatever mother is chosen for each kid.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Implied with the royal family of Khazad-dum. King Durin the III specifies that each dwarven king receives all the combined experiences of his predecessors in his mind, and indeed all the previous monarchs were males. Disa herself wants to make sure that her husband, and his brother, gets to pass the tradition further.

** Not to mention [[spoiler:Apollo's Perceive abilities, which come from his mother, who got it from her father. Trucy, Apollo's half-sister, also has the ability from their mother, but hers is weaker and she had to train herself.

** Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', where Tetra's OrphansPlotTrinket comes from her mother.
* Averted in ''Videogame/{{Fable}}'', where the Hero of Oakvale's mother is his claim to power. The hero of Bowerstone never knew his/her parents, and the hero of Brightwall is the former's child. If the hero of Bowerstone is a woman, there is no hero in the series stated to have inherited their powers from their father. Also of note is sister Hannah, whose father most certainly is not a hero.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': Satele Shan is the descendant of Bastila and Revan, but she mainly takes on the traits of her great-great-etc.-mother Bastila. She also bears Bastila's last name. Then again, we never learn Revan's (if he even had one). Besides, Bastila raised their son Vaner (note the anagram name) alone, as Revan had to leave for the Unknown Regions and never came back. Satele's secret son Theron also bears her last name, but that's partly due to his father Colonel Jace Malcom not knowing of his existence until later.

** This is averted for both ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', as the majority of the second generation characters are tied to their mothers.

* Averted, subverted/inverted, or played straight, depending on the character, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
** Averted with Cloud Strife, who seems to have been raised by a single mother growing up; we never so much as see his father nor hear his name when Cloud's going through his flashbacks to childhood, and he's so unimportant to the story or Cloud's character development that we don't even know who he is or even if he was necessarily married to Ms. Strife - that could well be her maiden name for all we know.

* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', Antimony Carver's father is missing by the start of the story and her mother has just passed away, and as the story unfolds and we learn more about her parents it becomes obvious that [[AvertedTrope Antimony got the really important things from her mother]], [[spoiler:including, it turns out, her fire elemental ancestry and her LifeEnergy, which is passed from mother to child]].

* Inverted in Judaism: traditionally, anyone with a Jewish mother is considered Jewish from birth. People with a Jewish father but Gentile mother, however, are Gentiles unless they convert. This is [[AvertedTrope averted]] in denominations like Reform/Liberal Judaism, however, which allow anyone with Jewish descent to join.

* Averted in ''Series/TheMunsters'', Eddie has all the characteristics from his mother's side of the family including lychantropy and some vampiric behaviors, not having anything (as far as we can see) from his father.

* Averted in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''; the Realm traces descent through the line of the (Dragon Blooded) mother, and most of the Great Houses derive their legitimacy from their descent from the Scarlet Empress (often with the House founders being her daughters).

** Not to mention [[spoiler:Apollo's Perceive abilities, which come from his mother, who got it from her father. Trucy, Apollo's half-sister, also has the ability from their mother, but hers is weaker and she had to train herself as she doesn't have a bracelet (only two exist and are owned by her brother and mother]].
* Averted by the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' franchise. Desmond Miles, the series-spanning protagonist, gets the genetic memories of the ancestors whose lives he relives from both his parents. An e-mail in one game says that he gets Ezio and the Kenways' memories from his father's side, and Altair's from his mother's.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' continues the aversion. The main character's special bloodline derives from both their mother and father.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Averted by the Watchers. Giles' father was a Watcher before him, but ''he'' inherited the job from his mother. While it's not a family, the Slayer title always passes from one woman to another.
* Averted in ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' with the abilities of the titular people. Nick inherits [[HunterOfMonsters his abilities]] from his mother who, along with her sister, inherited it from their father. The only real difference between male and female Grimms is that females normally start exhibiting their Grimm abilities (enhanced strength, endurance, and reflexes; being able to see [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals Wesen]]) in their teens, while males only become Grimms in their late 20s or even 30s. It's also not a guarantee that a Grimm's children will all become Grimms. It's also unclear how the Royals determine their line of succession, since we're never shown any female heirs. The King Frederick appears to have only had two children, both male: Eric (legitimate) and Sean (illegitimate). The family appears to be quite large, but only two cousins were shown, also male: Viktor and Kenneth. [[spoiler:Viktor eventually inherits the title after the deaths of Eric, Kenneth, and Frederick, even though he himself is sterile. Sean isn't even considered due to his illegitimacy and neither is Sean's daughter Diana, although the Royals do want her raised as one of them]].

* Mostly averted in ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'', where legacies follow the stronger or more important colour whether that's paternal or maternal. In a twist [[PlayingWithATrope of some sort]], [[spoiler:Eddie's strong red perception ''doesn't'' come from his mother, as he believes]].

** Also averted with the royal house of Númenor; Elendil, who led the Faithful and founded the realms in exile, was descended from the eldest child of one of the kings, who happened to be a daughter (Silmariën), and the succession law at the time instead favoured her younger brother. ''His'' descendants went on to oversee Númenor's fall to evil and destruction, while Elendil's line better represented the spirit of the original kings.
** It's overall averted with the Noldorin Elves in Middle-Earth, as all the direct-male heirs of both Fingolfin (King of Noldor in Middle-Earth) and Finarfin (King of Noldor in Aman) have been killed by the end of the Second Age, many without ever having had children. Fingolfin is succeeded by Elrond (grandson of his granddaughter Idril) and Finarfin by his daughter, Galadriel. Neither press their claim for King of the Noldor in Middle-Earth.
** Averted in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' as well. Thorin Oakenshield, who is a direct descendant of Durin the Deathless and the rightful King Under the Mountain, never marries and has no children of his own lineage. However, he does have a younger sister, Dís. ''She'' has two sons, Fíli and Kíli. As Thorin's nephews and closest living relatives, Fíli and Kíli are deemed his official heirs. Considering the gender imbalance of dwarves (only one-third of them are female) and how few of them are known to marry or reproduce, it's not surprising that many would have to look to female or distant relatives for blood-related heirs.

* Both played straight and averted in Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''. Inheritance among the Vor is passed along the male bloodline, i.e., father to son, or elder brother to younger brother if the elder had only daughters as of his death, or out to the closest male relatives. [[TheEmperor Emperor Dorca Vorbarra]] claimed the throne of [[FeudalFuture Barrayar]] through his mother's father's blood; and later on, [[{{Cincinnatus}} Aral Vorkosigan]] and his son [[GuileHero Miles]] are considered prime candidates for the throne should anything happen to the current Emperor, due to the fact that Aral's mother was the granddaughter of Dorca.

* ''Literature/TheWickedYears'': Averted. The throne of Oz appears to be passed by matrilineal succession, and [[spoiler:Liir]] ends up picking up where his mother left off with his father barely a passing mention. It may be strong enough to be an outright ''inversion'', especially considering that Melena Thropp's oldest daughter was not [[ChildByRape fathered by her husband]], and her younger daughter Nessarose and son Shell ''might'' have been, but no one cared. Melena's children inherit the title of Eminent Thropp from her. Their legal father was an always-broke itinerant preacher. Glinda introduces herself by her mother's clan, with her surname only being revealed [[CanonImmigrant after the musical gave her a surname]].

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Averted with Negi. The work focuses initially on his father, the Thousand Master, [[GenerationXerox who he takes after and looks almost identical to]] comes up before then. Ultimately his character is much more similar to his mother, and his lineage from her is more important to the plot (although his lineage from his father is more important to ''him'').

* Averted for both ComicBook/SubMariner and ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. Both heroes are kings who trace their royal lineage from their mothers.

** Averted in the case of Ororo Munroe[=/=]ComicBook/{{Storm}}. Her powers over magic and the weather are specifically said to be passed from mother to daughter every few generations, to the point where only women can rule her mother's native tribe and she is in fact its rightful heiress, causing some resentment by her uncle, who felt left out.

* Averted for Steve Rogers, the original ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, who gets nearly all of his notable personality traits from his mother, Sarah including his compassion, morality, {{Determinator}} status, and even his ability to give inspirational speeches. His father, Joseph on the other hand, was an abusive person that Steve actively tries not to be like, though (also like his mother) [[EasilyForgiven he still loves yet pities him, rather than hating him.]]

* Thoroughly averted for ComicBook/RichardDragon who [[ShedTheFamilyName ditched his father's name as soon as he was able]] and got his orange hair, greenish eyes and willingness to stand between potential victims and a raised fist from his mother.

* Averted with DC hero ComicBook/{{Nightshade}} whose [[CastingAShadow powers]] from her mother, the Queen of the Land of Nightshades.

** It seems to be played straight with the ever-present concern that Luke will end up [[InTheBlood like his father before him]]. Looking at the prequels and the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', it becomes clear that in terms of personality, he's more like his mother--he has that same unshakable belief in the core goodness of Vader, and (though he ''can'' certainly get dangerous when there's call for that) he tries diplomacy first. Late-set books actually voice the opinion that he's become passive and reactionary instead of proactive. How much of this can be attributed to genetics versus his upbringing is debatable, but he's more like his mother than he initially seems. Leia, on the other hand, takes after Anakin, though she isn't happy about it. She is way more proactive and stubborn than her brother, and she isn't ''nearly'' as forgiving of Vader's sins. The Noghri call her "Lady Vader" for a good reason. However, as of the Sequel Trilogy, this trope seems to be fully averted, as a focus of the trilogy is on Kylo Ren's fixation on claiming the Skywalker legacy for himself, deriving from the fact that he is Leia's son, and not once is his status as a true Skywalker heir questioned on the grounds that it comes from his mother.

* Averted in Creator/MikhailAkhmanov's ''Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark'' with the so-called "Corcoran line". Paul Richard Corcoran is born at the end of the first book as a HalfHumanHybrid (his human mother was implanted with the seed of a [[HumanAlien Faata]] male in order to test compatibility). He is named after his mother's dead boyfriend Richard Corcoran (officially, he is Richard's son) and his godfather Pavel Litvin. The sequel reveals that Paul never had any sons, immediately subverting this trope. His two daughters ended up continuing his line as well as passing the Faata genes to his descendants. A later novel ''appears'' to follow this trope with the protagonist of a novel (Marc Valdez) being the son of Sergey Valdez, the protagonist of the previous novel. However, while the next novel once against follows Marc, the one after that follows a descendant of his sister instead (Marc only has one child, a daughter), while his sister has three of her own (from two different men) plus three adopted. The ''Trevelyan's Mission'' spin-off series follows a character who is eventually revealed to be also descended from Marc's sister (about 500 years removed). By that point, a significant percentage of humans are Corcoran's descendants, but the Faata genes have become so diluted that hardly anyone exhibits their PsychicPowers or longevity.

* Averted in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''. There are lots of demigod with gods for fathers and mortal women for mothers; there are also plenty of demigods with goddess mothers and mortal fathers.
** First played straight, then subverted with Frank Zhang: while his father is a god, his mom had powers of her own (and could count several heroes and demigods among her ancestors), and Frank has definitely inherited some things from her side of the family. Such as [[spoiler:the power to transform into animals]].

* {{Averted}} in ''Literature/RainOfTheGhosts.'' Rain inherited her MementoMacGuffin from Sebastian, her mom's father. In the second book, she discovers that she's TheChosenOne because she has important ancestry on ''both'' sides of her family, with the implication that destiny was waiting for the lines to intersect.
* Inverted in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', where the only relevant lineage for princesses is the female one and the male line is not considered relevant.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'': The position of Santa Claus is hereditary and has apparently passed down the line from father to son since the first Santa Claus, St. Nicholas.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', this is inverted. Mei's ability to turn into a red panda came from her mother's side, and the blessing only passes on to female descendants of Sun Yee, her ancestor, meaning the blessing/ability is passed on from mother to daughter, and not to sons.

** Since Jon's mother is [[MissingMom missing]] and her identity is totally unknown by most people (including him), a great deal more emphasis is put on Jon's Stark lineage because despite being the illegitimate son of Ned Stark, he's the kid [[LikeFatherLikeSon who echoes Ned the most]] and looks the most like him, he spent his life in the North entrenched by its ways and customs, and is the least influenced by Catelyn's southern ways since he's her unfavourite. This is even a plot point by the end of Season 6 when the Northern lords are willing to overlook his illegitimacy and name him as the King in the North because Jon is the last surviving son of Ned Stark (as far most people know), the living embodiment of a Northern warrior, and the one who can lead them [[ZombieApocalypse in the true war to come]]. [[spoiler:However, it's revealed that he is the biological ''nephew'' of Ned Stark, since we learn he is the son of Ned's sister Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, and Jon's Stark lineage comes from his ''mother''.]]
** [[spoiler:To make things even more complicated, the Season Seven finale revealed that not only were Rhaegar and Lyanna in love, they were ''married'', with Rhaegar even going as far as to annul his original marriage to Elia Martell to make it happen. Not only does that mean that Jon was never a bastard, his father's lineage makes him '''''the rightful heir to the Iron Throne'''''. That revelation has a massive effect on the events of Season Eight]].

* Mitochondrial genetic inheritance comes exclusively from females to offspring, whereas the Y chromosome of mammals is passed solely from father to son. This makes it ''extremely'' useful for tracking migrations of people over thousands of years: since the only way that the mitochondrial DNA or Y chromosome can change is through mutation, men with the same mutation in the Y chromosome have a common male ancestor in direct paternal line (they share a father's father's father's father's...father), and people with the same mutation in the mitochondrial DNA have a common female ancestor in direct maternal line (they share a mother's mother's mother's...mother). By identifying major mutations, you identify groups of genetically related people, including where and when different groups split off from others. See Wiki/TheOtherWiki's articles on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Y-chromosome_DNA_haplogroup human Y-chromosome DNA]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mitochondrial_DNA_haplogroup mitochondrial DNA haplogroups]]. However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE9WnROTSQs a recent discovery has revealed that you can inherit mitochondria DNA from both parents]], effectively making this [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]].

* Subverted in ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' as Godzilla III a.k.a Junior is the ''adopted'' son of the second Godzilla, Senior. He did grow up to have the same powers to an even stronger degree, but he sees quite negatively. It takes his adoptive mother, Azusa, convincing him the similarities can make him his own person without disrepecting his father's memory that Junior stops thinking of this as the case and sees his traits fully as his own and not just his father's legacy.

* Subverted in ''Fanfic/TheTwilightMan'', where it's revealed that [[Manga/PhantomBlood Johnathan Joestar]] inherited both his immense height and his star-shaped birthmark from his late mother, Mary Joestar. [[spoiler:Become zigzagged when it turns out Mary also passed down traits from her Nightman (The name for the [[Manga/BattleTendency Pillar Men's]] race) father]].

** It seems to be played straight with the ever-present concern that Luke will end up [[InTheBlood like his father before him]]. Looking at the prequels and the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', it becomes clear that in terms of personality, he's more like his mother--he has that same apparently unfounded belief in the goodness of Vader, and (though he ''can'' certainly get dangerous when there's call for that) he tries diplomacy first. He handles things his own way, and that's almost never Anakin's way; late-set books actually voice the opinion that he's become passive and reactionary instead of proactive. How much of this can be attributed to genetics versus his upbringing is debatable, but he's more like his mother than he initially seems. Leia, on the other hand, takes after Anakin, though she isn't happy about it. She is way more proactive and stubborn than her brother, and she isn't ''nearly'' as forgiving of Vader's sins. The Noghri call her "Lady Vader" for a good reason. However, as of the Sequel Trilogy, this trope seems to be fully averted, as a focus of the trilogy is on Kylo Ren's fixation on claiming the Skywalker legacy for himself, deriving from the fact that he is Leia's son, and not once is his status as a true Skywalker heir questioned on the grounds that it comes from his mother.

* A lot in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. For one, the series' signature [[WeirdnessMagnet Stands]] are passed down from parents to offspring. Which results in Part 4 into an [[AdultFear Invisible Baby]].