History Main / IAmXSonOfY

* In a classic "Tales of the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' Corps" short story written by Alan Moore, there was [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bolphunga the Unrelenting]]. He pursued the Green Lantern Mogo, not knowing that the seemingly uninhabited planet that he'd landed on to ''find'' Mogo [[spoiler:'''was''' Mogo]], and introduced himself as "''Bolphunga'', son of ''Boff''!"
* In ''Adventure Comics #420'' Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} visits another planet. When she meets one of the local inhabitants, the man says: "Welcome, traveler! I am Togran, son of Vorko!"

* ''Film/{{Supergirl}}'': When Selena attempts to threaten Supergirl, she responds, "I am Kara of Argo City, daughter of Alura and Zor-El, and I don't scare easily."

* Interesting variation in the ''Winds of the Forelands'' series with the [[WitchSpecies Qirsi]] who introduce themselves as the child of their opposite-gender parent. For example, the main Qirsi character, Grinsa, has the full name Grinsa jal Arriet, or "Grinsa, whose mother is Arriet". His sister Keziah, on the other hand, uses their father's name- which comes in handy later in the series, since even though the BigBad has met both and knows both their names, he has no way of knowing that they're related.

* Moses does this several times in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''. "I am Moses, son of Amram and Yoshabel".

Until the latter half of the 20th century, it was generally accepted that openly bearing your father's or culture's good name as a badge of honor was perfectly acceptable behavior, as it showed [[ThickerThanWater filial loyalty to one's roots]]. Not only was "Son of Y" basically your surname in ancient times, but UsefulNotes/{{Patronymic}} surnames are also where many modern last names come from ("Jacob'''son'''," "'''Mac'''Donald," "Alexey'''ev'''," "Ivan'''ovich'''," "'''bin''' Tariq" and "Gonzál'''ez'''", for example).

Expect any Proud Warrior Race Guy (or Gal) who enacts this trope to be TheStoic and [[HonorBeforeReason admirably honorable]] person who is loyal to the traditions of his or her culture. They might even be the [[RightfulKingReturns Heir to the Throne]] of said culture.

An increasingly common '''Variant B''' is a character who bears the name of his father and culture as a badge of pride, despite being an outcast from said culture. Bastards and children of (often wrongfully) dishonored parents are of this variant.

* A slight tweak are the "Fitz" names, which originally meant "son of" (it's a Norman variation of the French word ''fils'') but was later appropriated to mean "''illegitimate'' son of." Please note that this use came into play ''after'' most of the larger families, such as the Fitzgeralds of Ireland, were founded, so no, there wasn't some Gerald who was sleeping around a ton.[[note]]Well, he was almost certainly a Norman knight in the 11th-12th century, so he probably ''did'' sleep around a ton, but that's just what Norman knights did in Ireland in the 11th and 12th centuries and is nothing to do with his descendants' being called Fitzgerald.[[/note]] On the other hand, someone named [=FitzRoy=] is almost certainly a descendant of an illegitimate child of a king, very probably [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart Charles II]], who ''did'' sleep around a ton; the most famous of this lot are the Dukes of Grafton and their family, including Captain Robert [=FitzRoy=] (the commander of HMS ''Beagle'', who hired UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin essentially as a conversation partner, putting Darwin on the voyage of his lifetime). For another example, anyone named "[=FitzClarence=]" or "Fitzclarence" is very probably a descendant of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover William IV]], who was Duke of Clarence before ascending to the throne; he did ''not'' sleep around a lot, but rather had a steady mistress whom he couldn't marry because she was an Irish actress and he was, well, the Duke of Clarence in 1791 (they had ''[[MassiveNumberedSiblings ten]]'' children).

* A slight tweak are the "Fitz" names, which originally meant "son of" (it's a Norman variation of the French word ''fils'') but was later appropriated to mean "''illegitimate'' son of." Please note that this use came into play ''after'' most of the larger families, such as the Fitzgeralds of Ireland, were founded, so no, there wasn't some Gerald who was sleeping around a ton.[[note]]Well, he was almost certainly a Norman knight in the 11th-12th century, so he probably ''did'' sleep around a ton, but that's nothing to do with his descendants' being called Fitzgerald.[[/note]] On the other hand, someone named [=FitzRoy=] is almost certainly a descendant of an illegitimate child of a king, very probably [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart Charles II]], who ''did'' sleep around a ton; the most famous of this lot are the Dukes of Grafton and their family, including Captain Robert [=FitzRoy=] (the commander of HMS ''Beagle'', who hired UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin essentially as a conversation partner, putting Darwin on the voyage of his lifetime). For another example, anyone named "[=FitzClarence=]" or "Fitzclarence" is very probably a descendant of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover William IV]], who was Duke of Clarence before ascending to the throne; he did ''not'' sleep around a lot, but rather had a steady mistress whom he couldn't marry because she was an Irish actress and he was, well, the Duke of Clarence in 1791 (they had ''[[MassiveNumberedSiblings ten]]'' children).

* A slight tweak are the "Fitz" names, which originally meant "son of" (it's a Norman variation of the French word ''fils'') but was later appropriated to mean "''illegitimate'' son of." Please note that this use came into play ''after'' most of the larger families, such as the Fitzgeralds of Ireland, were founded, so no, there wasn't some Gerald who was sleeping around a ton. On the other hand, someone named [=FitzRoy=] is almost certainly a descendant of an illegitimate child of a king, very probably [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart Charles II]], who ''did'' sleep around a ton; the most famous of this lot are the Dukes of Grafton and their family, including Captain Robert [=FitzRoy=] (the commander of HMS ''Beagle'', who hired UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin essentially as a conversation partner, putting Darwin on the voyage of his lifetime). For another example, anyone named "[=FitzClarence=]" or "Fitzclarence" is very probably a descendant of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover William IV]], who was Duke of Clarence before ascending to the throne; he did ''not'' sleep around a lot, but rather had a steady mistress whom he couldn't marry because she was an Irish actress and he was, well, the Duke of Clarence in 1791 (they had ''[[MassiveNumberedSiblings ten]]'' children).

* Every Armenian surname translates to "Son of--" whatever the name may be.

->Belial: "Who are you?"
->Zero: "[[MyHeroZero Zero]], Ultraman Zero. The Son of [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Seven]]!"

* In the ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie:

** "I am Tyr Anasazi]] of Kodiak Pride, out of Victoria by Barbarossa." Unlike the typical examples, the Nietzscheans always mention their mothers along with their fathers, as both genetic lines are important to them.

* In [[VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense Bloons Tower Defense]] 6 Quincy parodies this tropes by saying ""I am Quincy, son of Quincy" This is also played with his skins

** Cyber Quincy Skin has "I am Quincy, evolved from Quincy!", and his Wolfpack has "I am Quincy, of pack Quincy"

* DC's ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' features Ibn al Xu'ffasch, the son of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] and Talia Al'Ghul. "Ibn al Xu'ffasch" is Arabic for "Son of bat".

* In Jewish Torah services and certain blessings, people will be called by "[Hebrew Name], (female)bat/(male)ben [Name of Father]". Traditionally, converts called to the Torah give their parents' names as Abraham and Sarah, the first ancestors of the Jewish people. Just to make this complicated though, this is reversed if someone is sick, then they are prayed for as the child of their mother. Originally, it was exclusively male, but after the Romans came through, that was ... not feasible. When you have a reasonable fraction of the population born to single mothers, rules like that just have to go. However, they haven't totally given up the male-line issues. For example, you're Jewish if your mother's Jewish, but you inherit your Biblical tribal affiliation from your father.

* In WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019, adult Simba utters the phrase "I am Simba, son of Mufasa" after meeting Rafiki and conversing with his father's spirit.

* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': The Shin use their father's name as part of their full name, so it would be for example Gashash-son-Navammis. Women use their mother's instead, for example Ali-daughter-Hasweth. The main Shin character Szeth, though, is a dishonored Truthless and does not use his father's name, since he doesn't want to disgrace him by association. He uses his dead grandfather's name instead. Therefore, rather than Szeth-son-Neturo (what his name would normally be), he goes by Szeth-son-son-Vallano. Several people call him Szeth-son-Neturo over his objections, as they believe that he was named Truthless incorrectly.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' "I am Zeetha, Daughter of [[UnfortunateName Chump!]] Yes, [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike I know what it means in your language.]]" [[spoiler:As it happens, according to WordOfGod, it would be more correct to say, "Zeetha, daughter of Klaus Wulfenbach, and rightful heir to the Empire of Europa." Not that she knows this, at least when she first says it.]]

** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he greets [[spoiler:Black Widow and Hawkeye as "Natasha daughter of Ivan, and Clint, son of Edith." Hawkeye dismisses this as a parlor trick, but Black Widow is shaken since she didn't even ''know'' her father's name]].

* "Connor, Duncan and Colin Macleod of the Clan Macleod" all bear their Franchise/{{Highlander}} heritage with pride, despite the fact that the first two are cast out from their families for being demons and the third being an adopted Briton.