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* ''WesternAnimation/MonkieKid'': GenkiGirl and BikerBabe Mei is from a family of dragons. Specifically, she is the descendent of the Dragon of the West and Ao Lie, the steed of Tang Sanzang from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', there are multiple Crests carried in noble bloodlines throughout the continent, in much the same way as the Holy Blood of Jugdral. They even come in major and minor types, and either allows the use of various extremely powerful weapons. [[spoiler:Only a few of the Crests are actually a result of draconic ancestry, and those are all carried by ''actual'' dragons. The reason there are so many Crest bloodlines is due instead to [[SuperhumanTransfusion blood transfusion]], like Naga's (see above). But [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade the Ten Elites and their leader Nemesis]] didn't get theirs peacefully -- they murdered the Goddess and as many of her children as they could find to [[MainliningTheMonster infuse themselves with their blood]], and [[PoweredByAForsakenChild make corresponding weapons from their corpses]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MonkieKid'': GenkieGirl and BikerBabe Mei is from a family of dragons. Specifically, she is the descendent of the Dragon of the West and Ao Lie, the steed of Tang Sanzang from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.

* ''Fanfic/{{Embers}}'': Most of the Fire Nation has dragon ancestry to some degree or another; for most its distant enough that the only non-human traits they have are SupernaturalGoldEyes, but Zuko and Azula ([[spoiler:whose grandfather is a dragon]]) have claw-like nails that can only be filed with obsidian, more powerful [[PlayingWithFire firebending]] than is usual, and NoSocialSkills due to the conflict between their draconic and human instincts on how to interact with others. The reason that it isn't widely known is that the Fire Nation keeps its draconic heritage a secret from the other nations, out of fear of being seen as animals or less than human because of it.

* ''TabletopGame/GURPSDragons'' addresses this as a character option.

* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Dragons'' addresses this as a character option.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'': Dragon Blood is synonymous with RoyalBlood, with [[http://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/Holy_Blood the twelve main noble bloodlines]] of the setting being descended from a group of heroes who were each [[SuperhumanTransfusion infused with the blood]] of a different dragon. Those in whom the blood flows strong bear a distinctive Brand on their bodies, granting them increased combat prowess and the ability to wield the holy weapons that contain some of that dragon's power. The same goes for those descended from the line of Galle, who blood bonded with the evil Earth Dragon Loptyr.

** Lizardmen claim to be descended from dragons. The Dragon Faithful who worship Milim Nava are in fact descended of humans who mated with dragons that took human form and are effectively another branch of Lizardmen from the ones of the Jura Forest, and while most of them can no longer manifest dragon characteristics they're all still incredibly powerful.

* In ''Franchise/DragonAge'', the unnamed race of {{Horned Humanoid}}s commonly called the Qunari (or Vashoth) are stated to have draconic features. Their horns, for example, are dragon horns. One member of the race, Iron Bull, says he has some sort of unidentifiable connection with a dragon he fought. Further, there's a warrior class known as the Reavers who drink dragon blood to gain new abilities but over time develop dragon-like features. Whether there's some sort of connection between the Qunari and Reavers is unknown, but Iron Bull ''is'' himself a Reaver, and states directly that he never drank dragon blood, instead stumbling upon his abilities during training. [[spoiler: Comments made by both Kieran and Corypheus if you're playing a Vashoth character support this. Kieran says that your blood "doesn't belong to your people" and Corypheus states that Qunari blood is "engorged with decay" and that as a whole the race is "a mistake".]]

** Played for laughs with the Snail, which, as a joke on the template system for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' third edition, is a half-dragon... as well as being [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot half-troll, fiendish, lycanthropic and vampiric]]. All of which, since templates add to a monster's effective level, makes it Challenge Rating 14, putting it on par with a full-grown black dragon and superior to a [[SandWorm purple worm]], despite it still being a ''snail''.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': The title character is a dragon on his mother's side. In the show, dragons are shapeshifters between dragon and human form, and protect magical creatures living among humans. His maternal grandfather and little sister are dragons as well. His mother is ''[[MuggleBornOfMages not]]'' -- the SuperpowerfulGenetics [[RecessiveSuperGenes skips a generation]] in their family.

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A subtrope of MixedAncestry and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the probable end result]] of an InterspeciesRomance. See also {{Weredragon}}, which is a common ability for those who are part dragon.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': The title character is a dragon on his mother's side. In the show, dragons are shapeshifters between dragon and human form, and protect magical creatures living among humans. His maternal grandfather and little sisters are dragons as well. His mother is ''[[MuggleBornOfMages not]]'' -- the SuperpowerfulGenetics [[RecessiveSuperGenes skips a generation]] in their family.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': The dragonlords of Valyria -- including the only one surviving to the present day, the Targaryens -- claim that they are part-dragon. Their historical bond with dragons, some members' immunity to fire, and cases of half-reptilian stillborn children among the Targaryens, lend the credence that there they are genetically connected to dragons, though it's unknown to what extent.

* ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': Lizardmen claim to be descended from dragons.

A subtrope of MixedAncestry and [[RealityEnsues the probable end result]] of an InterspeciesRomance. See also {{Weredragon}}, which is a common ability for those who are part dragon.

** The Draketooth illusionist clan has a black dragon in a distant point in their ancestry. Revealed in horrifying fashion when [[spoiler:the Order arrives at their stronghold to find the entire clan dropped dead, and Vaarsuvius realizes it's because they themself had once cast the "Familicide" arch-spell on a black dragon.]]
** Enor the bounty hunter is the son of an ogre (or maybe half-ogre, it's ambiguous) and a blue dragon.

Dragons have gained a bit of a reputation for being able and willing to breed with just about anything, if not everything, leading to some interesting mixes (a reputation they often share with humans). This is often because the dragon is capable of transforming into a human form for reproductive purposes. Sometimes you can get a DraconicHumanoid, other times you get someone who is otherwise normal, except for maybe a few off traits.

* ''FanFic/{{Embers}}'': Most of the Fire Nation has dragon ancestry to some degree or another; for most its distant enough that the only non-human traits they have are SupernaturalGoldEyes, but Zuko and Azula ([[spoiler:whose grandfather is a dragon]]) have claw-like nails that can only be filed with obsidian, more powerful [[PlayingWithFire firebending]] than is usual, and NoSocialSkills due to the conflict between their draconic and human instincts on how to interact with others. The reason that it isn't widely known is that the Fire Nation keeps its draconic heritage a secret from the other nations, out of fear of being seen as animals or less than human because of it.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'': Issei Hyoudo starts off only having a dragon sealed into his Sacred Gear, but after [[spoiler:dying and being resurrected]], he becomes a dragon/devil hybrid. Due to TimeTravel, it's confirmed that he will have multiple children by his haremettes: each of them part-dragon from their father's side while the other half would be an assortment of vampire, devil, fallen angel and Valkyrie depending on their mother.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': The entire Garmadon family has not only dragon blood, but oni blood as well. Wu and his nephew Lloyd take more after the dragon side, whereas Garmadon himself (Wu's brother and Lloyd's father) has more one tendencies.

* In ''Franchise/DragonAge'', the unnamed race of {{Horned Humanoid}}s commonly called the Qunari (or Vashoth) are stated to have draconic features. Their horns, for example, are dragon horns. One member of the race, Iron Bull, says he has some sort of unidentifiable connection with a dragon he fought. Further, there's a warrior class known as the Reavers who drink dragon blood to gain new abilities but over time develop dragon-like features. Whether there's some sort of connection between the Qunari and Reavers is unknown, but Iron Bull ''is'' himself a Reaver, and states directly that he never drank dragon blood, instead stumbling upon his abilities during training. [[spoiler: Comments made by both Kieran and Corypheusif you're playing a Vashoth character support this. Kieran says that your blood "doesn't belong to your people" and Corypheus states that Qunari blood is "engorged with decay" and that as a whole the race is "a mistake".]]

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* In ''Franchise/DragonAge'', the unnamed race of {{Horned Humanoid}}s commonly called the Qunari (or Vashoth) are stated to have draconic features. Their horns, for example, are dragon horns. One member of the race, Iron Bull, says he has some sort of unidentifiable connection with a dragon he fought. Further, there's a warrior class known as the Reavers who drink dragon blood to gain new abilities but over time develop dragon-like features. Whether there's some sort of connection between the Qunari and Reavers is unknown, but Iron Bull ''is'' himself a Reaver, and states directly that he never drank dragon blood, instead stumbling upon his abilities during training.