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1	Familicide, or the killing of one's own family members, especially your spouse, progeny, or parents, has always been viewed poorly in most societies, though in some cases there were exceptions.
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3	For instance, in Ancient Greece and Rome the practice of leaving a newborn child to die of exposure [[BuryYourDisabled if they were born physically deformed]] was considered [[ValuesDissonance perfectly acceptable]]. It has also served as a method of gaining greater power via getting rid of competition, or for conserving resources in extreme cases during hard times (if the bodies didn't also end up [[ImAHumanitarian becoming]] the resources).
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5	Obviously, this is a sub-trope of DomesticAbuse, and is the most extreme version of it. For other (non-lethal/violent) instances of family tension, see the DysfunctionalFamilyIndex. Examples that don't fit into any of the below tropes should only be listed on their respective works pages.
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7	!!Tropes:
8	[[index]]
9	* ADeadlyAffair: When an extramarital affair results in one of the parties involved killing another.
10	** DeathByWomanScorned: When it's done by an enraged spouse as revenge for being cheated on.
11	* GenocideFromTheInside: Killing off your entire society, which would include your family by default.
12	* GrandfatherParadox: Killing one's ancestor via {{time travel}}, which may end up [[RetGone unmaking the murderer in the process]] if this happens before they have the ancestor who would eventually beget them (unless they [[MyOwnGrampa replace their own ancestor in the family tree]]).
13	* HonorRelatedAbuse: When it turns into honor-killing, killing someone for perceived "dishonor" of their family.
14	* InheritanceMurder: Murdering family members to obtain their inheritance, or murdering the proprietor of an estate to gain wealth.
15	** PrincelingRivalry: Killing off competitors to a royal throne.
16	* InsuranceMotivatedMurder: Murdering a family member (usually a spouse or parent) to collect the money from their insurance.
17	* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: When killing one's relative is considered an [[MoralEventHorizon irredeemably evil action]].
18	* OffingTheOffspring: Murdering one's own children (filicide).
19	** OneTwinMustDie: Killing one of two twin siblings for superstitious reasons.
20	** PaterFamilicide: The murder or MurderSuicide of [[FamilyExtermination an entire immediate family unit]], usually by the father, due to an inability to deal with personal failure.
21	* SelfMadeOrphan: Killing both of your parents or your sole living parent.
22	** {{Matricide}}: The killing of one's mother.
23	** {{Patricide}}: The killing of one's father.
24	* SiblingMurder: Someone kills their own brother (fratricide) or sister (sororicide).
25	** CainAndAbel: When SiblingRivalry turns into bitter hatred with murderous intent.
26	*** {{Cain}}: The BiblicalBadGuy who murdered his brother Abel.
27	* TilMurderDoUsPart: The killing of your spouse.
28	** BlackWidow: A woman who repeatedly kills her husbands (mariticide).
29	** TheBluebeard: A man who repeatedly kills his wives (uxoricide).
30	[[/index]]

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