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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