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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Noctis Lucis Caelum, the protagonist of the game, is the 114th in his royal family line. [[Spoiler:Ardyn Izunia, or Ardyn Lucis Caelum]] is the brother of Somnus Lucis Caelum, the ''first'' of their family line, making him Noctis's very, very distant uncle.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Noctis Lucis Caelum, the protagonist of the game, is the 114th in his royal family line. [[Spoiler:Ardyn Izunia, or Ardyn Lucis Caelum,]] is the brother of Somnus Lucis Caelum, the ''first'' of their family line, making him Noctis's very, very distant uncle.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Noctis Lucis Caelum, the protagonist of the game, is the 114th in his royal family line. [[Spoiler: Ardyn Izunia, or Ardyn Lucis Caelum,]] is the brother of Somnus Lucis Caelum, the ''first'' of their family line, making him Noctis's very, very distant uncle.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Sanae Kochiya is very distantly descended from the frog goddess Suwako Moriya. They live together in the Moriya shrine, but because of Suwako's short stature and immortality she ends up looking like a younger relative of Sanae.

* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': [[spoiler:Belos is a direct ancestor to the current Wittebane family, as well as an indirect one to the Clawthornes.]]

* The main character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Philip J. Fry, is Hubert Farnsworth's many times great-uncle [[spoiler:as well as his many times great-grandfather, given that Fry is [[MyOwnGrampa His Own Grandpa]]]]. This is due to Fry being a HumanPopsicle who was frozen for 1000 years prior to December 31st, 2999, when he was first unfrozen. He is also this to Farnsworth's young clone-son [[spoiler:and Mom's son by Farnsworth, Igner]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[spoiler:WordOfGod says that the Clawthornes are distant descendants of Caleb Wittebane, meaning that Emperor Belos (secretly his younger brother Philip) is Eda and Lilith's many generations removed great-uncle. Of course, none of the Clawthornes are aware of their connection, and it's never made clear if Belos knows.]]

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' plays around with this in its many story arcs. Dio Brando, the adopted brother of Jonathan Joestar and BigBad of the first story arc ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', is the BigBad again in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' as DIO, having become a century's old vampire whose once severed head is now attached to Jonathan's decapitated body. Because of his encounter with a mystical arrow, he gains a [[FightingSpirit Stand]], as do all living members of Jonathan's bloodline, which includes Jonathan's grandson Joseph Joestar (hero of ''Manga/BattleTendency''), Joseph's daughter Holly, her son Jotaro Kujo (the hero of ''Stardust Crusaders''), Joseph's illegitimate son Josuke Higashikata (hero of ''[[Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]''[[note]]And already part of this whole wrong-age mess considering he is 12 years younger than Jotaro and is technically his uncle.[[/note]]), and [[TheCasanova all of DIO's illegitimate children]] [[ExtraParentConception who were conceived via Jonathan's body]] thereby making all of them Joestars as well: Giorno Giovanna (hero of ''Manga/GoldenWind''), Ungalo, Rikiel, and Donatello Versus (all villains in ''Manga/StoneOcean''). DIO's sons were all born in the mid 1980s, making them at least 15 years younger than Jotaro, despite all of them technically being his great-great uncles and half-brothers to George II, Jonathan's (legitmate) son and Joseph's father.

* In ''Series/NewAmsterdam2008'' the immortal police detective protagonist investigates the murder of a mobster only to find out that the dead man was his great-grandson. He presumably had more children during his 400 year long life but did not keep track of their descendants since it was too heartbreaking. He also has regular bull sessions with Omar, a senior-citizen [[MagicalNegro black]] SecretKeeper, who it turns out is his son.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Due to the mechanics of Servant summoning -- where you can summon "Heroic Spirits" of legend and history -- this allows Minamoto no Yoshitsune (aka Ushiwakamaru) to meet her ancestor, Minamoto no Raikou.

* ''VideoGame/MegamanZX'': In ''Advent'', Albert, the BigBad, reveals to Ashe the exact reason why she's one of TheChosenMany and can use Biometal Model A. [[spoiler:She's a distant descendant of his human family before he left them to become a {{cyborg}}, rather than being a survivor of a Maverick attack who received a blood transfusion from him. The reason she can Megamerge is because her DNA bears enough similarities to his own, and was [[TheUnchosenOne completely unexpected]].]]

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed'': it turns out that two of the Founders mentioned in the main game, Matthew (founder of House Vandham) and Na'el (founder of House Doyle), are the great-grandchildren of Moebius N and Moebius M. Which means that roughly one third of the population of the City at the time of the main game are their descendants, despite N and M appearing to be late teenagers.

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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': [[spoiler:Despite being called grandfather by Shinji and Sakura and father by Byakuya and Kariya, Zouken Matou (or rather, his real name Zolgen Makiri) has been alive for over 500 years and was the founding patriarch of the Makiri family, as well as one of the three key mages that formulated the Holy Grail War alongside the Einzbern and the Tohsaka clans.]]
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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler:Anna Heartfilia]] is still alive after 400 years due to time traveling to a point long after she should have died. She happened to interact with her descendants, [[spoiler:Layla and Lucy]], and the latter observes that it's a bit strange to talk to your ancestor.

* Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles: Tessa Gray is a warlock who can have children, but none of them inherit her immortality. Back in the late 19th century, she had two children with Will Herondale, James and Lucie. James continued the Herondale bloodline and is the great-great-grandfather of Jace Herondale. Lucie married Jesse Blackthorn and became ancestor to the modern-day Blackthorn siblings. All the while, Tessa remains, still looking her twenty-something.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In "The Secret(s) of Castle [=McDuck=]", the boys learn that their great-uncle Scrooge's parents are still alive thanks to some magical shenanigans. Keep in mind that Scrooge was a prospector during the Gold Rush.

* ''Literature/PostSelf'': Michelle Hadje's multiple-greats nephew Douglas Hadje-Simon started working on the System server that housed her consciousness two hundred years after she [[BrainUploading uploaded]], unfortunately her root instance [[DrivenToSuidice quit]] before they had a chance to meet. [[spoiler:However, nearly a hundred [[DuplicateDivergence divergent]] copies of her were still running by the time he started working with one of them named May Then My True Name Die With Me, who opted not to reveal their relationship to him until after he uploaded himself.]]

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': After he became [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] during his appearance on ''Series/DoctorWho'', this was only a matter of time for Captain Jack Harkness. In the third season, ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'', we get to see his daughter, who remarks about the weirdness of having a father that looks younger than herself. Her son, Jack's grandson, believes him to be his uncle.

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': After he became [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] during his appearance on ''Series/DoctorWho'', this was only a matter of time for [[AnythingThatMoves Captain Jack Harkness]]. In the third season, ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'', we get to see his daughter, who remarks about the weirdness of having a father that looks younger than herself. Her son, Jack's grandson, believes him to be his uncle.

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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** It turns out that Madara Uchiha, a legendary member of the Uchiha clan and one of the Leaf Village's founders, is actually still alive and a major antagonist. [[spoiler:While "Tobi", the original Madara turns out to be Obito, Madara had faked his death after his fight with Hashirama. He survived for decades until he came across his descendant, Obito, using him in a plan to resurrect himself]].
** [[spoiler:Kaguya Otsutsuki, ancestor to many powerful clans in the ninja world, is technically still around, as she is the true identity of the Ten Tails. Black Zetsu, which symbolizes her will, is definitely alive and kicking for most of the story. Among her descendants include the Senju, Uzumaki, Uchiha, Hyuga, and Kaguya clans, meaning she is a distant ancestor of Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, Hinata, Neji, Tsunade, etc.]]

* ''Creator/DCComics'': ComicBook/VandalSavage, who has lived since caveman times, was revealed to have many distant descendants, [[GuineaPigFamily who he used as organ transplant donors]] whenever one of his body parts got damaged. One such descendant was [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Roy Harper]], a.k.a. Arsenal.

* ''VideoGame/MegamanZX'': In ''Advent'', Albert, the BigBad, reveals to Ashe the exact reason why she's one of TheChosenMany and can use Biometal Model A. [[spoiler:She's a distant descendant of his human family before he left them to become a {{cyborg}}, rather than being a survivor of a Maverick attack who received a blood transfusion from him. The reason she can Megamerge is because her DNA bears enough similarities to his own, and was [[TheUnchosenOne completely unexpected]].]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius'': Citra and Nichole; she's a great-great-great-etc. grandmother to him after 700 years (Sakura is Citra's younger sister, so replace "grandmother" with "aunt"). She eventually starts trying to flirt with him, given how Noble he ends up being.
* ''VideoGame/FableI'': Scythe has a minor role in ''The Lost Chapters'' as a BigGood and QuestGiver to the Hero. It's implied in the game, and confirmed in [[AllThereInTheManual later lore]], that he's the progenitor of the protagonist's HeroicLineage, William Black, the legendary First Archon from TheTimeOfMyths. (Though "living" is [[MortalityGreyArea loosely applicable]] at best.)

* ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': AltText [[http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/624 reveals]] that the OldMaster Wu is (literally) ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and that his subordinate Hikaru is, unknown to Hikaru, one of his distant descendants. Whether Wu keeps track of his family tree isn't specified.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Elrond is the uncle of Elendil and his children, but many removed generations and several thousands of years removed. He is the brother of Elros, who chose to be human and became the first king of Numenor, and Elendil's ancestor. In the The Hall of Lore in Numenor, there is a picture of Elrond and Elros together that Elendil recognizes.

* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'', Nandor has hundreds of living direct descendants, due to having had 36 wives prior to becoming a vampire. In the first-season finale, he accidentally kills one of his descendants when he goes to visit her, not comprehending that she's very old and that the shock of seeing her distant ancestor floating outside her window might not be good for her heart.

* ''Series/{{Forever}}'': In a twist in the usual formula, following finally finding out his birth parents Abraham, the adopted son of 200 year old Dr. Henry Morgan, begins researching his linage and eventually discovers he's very distantly related to the illegitimate son of Henry's uncle. Both of them utterly overjoyed at this revelation.

* Due to the premise of being a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' can have characters who are distantly related to one another. Lucina and Chrom are Marth's descendants, almost a thousand years apart. There is also Richter Belmont who fights alongside his ancestor, Simon Belmont.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', it turns out that Madara Uchiha, a legendary member of the Uchiha clan and one of the Leaf Village's founders, is actually still alive and a major antagonist. [[spoiler:While "Tobi", the original Madara turns out to be Obito, Madara had faked his death after his fight with Hashirama. He survived for decades until he came across his descendant, Obito, using him in a plan to resurrect himself]].

* In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, before the Flood people lived many centuries and generally started having children in their first. If you do the math in Genesis 5, Adam died after Lamech (the father of Noah) was born - ''seven'' generations later. Considering that the Flood happened when Noah was 600, this means that many of the second or at least third generation of humanity were [[FridgeHorror likely still alive]] at the time.