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4	All the complex ties of blood and marriage.
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6	Check that your trope doesn't belong in one of the subcategories before you add it here.
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8	Compare CohabitationTropes.
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10	!!Tropes:
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13	'''Subcategories:'''
14	+ AdoptAnIndex
15	+ DysfunctionalFamilyIndex
16	+ FamilyTwistsIndex
17	+ GenerationalTropes
18	+ GeneticTropes
19	+ IncestIsRelative
20	+ InterracialAndInterspeciesLoveIndex
21	+ MarriageTropes
22	+ MurderInTheFamily
23	+ OrphanedIndex
24	+ OurClonesAreIdentical
25	+ TheParentTrope
26	+ ParentalIssues
27	+ PaternityTropes
28	+ RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes
29	+ SiblingTropes
30	+ SonOfTropeDaughterOfIndex
31	+ ThisIndexIsNotLikeHisFamily
32	+ TwinTropes
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34	* AccentsArentHereditary: A character speaks with an accent different from the rest of their family.
35	* AdoptionAngst: A character discovers they are adopted, and don't take it well.
36	* AdoptionConflict: The biological and adoptive parents of a character fight over who's actually the characters family.
37	* AdoptionIsNotAnOption: A couple who are struggling to have children never think about adopting a kid.
38	* AdoptingTheAbused: An abused child is taken in by a healthier and much more loving family.
39	* AdultAdoptee: An adult character is adopted into a different family despite being legally of age.
40	* AlternateTimelineAncestry: A character, or an AlternateSelf, is born anyway despite their ancestry being changed.
41	* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: A character has a parental figure missing from their life without any explanation as to why.
42	* AmbiguouslyRelated: Characters' actions and similarities suggest they might be related.
43	* AmicableExes: Parents remain on good terms with each other despite being divorced.
44	* AncestorVeneration: The veneration, exaltation, and/or outright worship of one's ancestors.
45	* AntiNepotism: A character treats their family members coldly at work to avoid committing nepotism.
46	* AppealToFamilialWisdom: My relative told me this, so it must be right.
47	* ApronMatron: An imposing mother figure.
48	* AristocratTeam: A team where it is possible that certain members of rich/noble bloodlines team-up together.
49	* ArtificialFamilyMember: A robot or an ArtificialHuman that is treated as their creator's own child.
50	* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: A father tries to bond with his son, who is quite reluctant to do so.
51	* BabyAsPayment: A family is broken apart after a parent (willing or otherwise) gives away their child in exchange for something else.
52	* BabiesEverAfter: A couple is shown to have started a family at the end of the story.
53	* BadassFamily: A family who battles together.
54	* BandOfRelatives: A musical group comprised of relatives.
55	* BigScrewedUpFamily: A horribly bleak, loveless, and all around dysfunctional family.
56	* BlackSheep: A character who sticks out from the rest of their family.
57	* BlendedFamilyDrama: Tension among new stepparents and stepsiblings.
58	* BondingOverMissingParents: Characters become close with each other upon finding out they both have missing/dead parents.
59	* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: A family where the children consist of one son, one daughter, and a baby of either gender.
60	* BreakfastInBed: Family members making the first meal of the day for another as a show of love and appreciation.
61	* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: A parent or parental figure who is shown as a better parent than their own.
62	* BrotherSisterTeam: Siblings who work together.
63	* CainAndAbelAndSeth: Two well known siblings have a third sibling no one really pays much thought to.
64	* CannibalClan: A family who kills and eats their dinner guests.
65	* ChasteToons: Characters who have nieces and nephews but never any children of their own.
66	* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: The mother is plump while the father is thin.
67	* TheClan: A large extensive family, often one of nobility.
68	* CoattailRidingRelative: A character who tries to leech off their family's wealth/status.
69	* CommonLawMarriage: A family where the parents aren't legally married for some reason.
70	* CoolUncle: An uncle ([[GenderInvertedTrope or sometimes aunt]]) that is beloved by their niece/nephew.
71	* CountryCousin: A relative that lives out in the rural south.
72	* CreepyFamily: A very strange or downright scary family, often one literally of supernatural origin.
73	* CreepyUncle: The uncle (or sometimes aunt) who lusts after their niece/nephew.
74	* CriminalFoundFamily: A gang of outlaws treat each other like family.
75	* CrossoverRelatives: A work combining two franchises makes characters from one related to those of the other.
76	* DaddyDNATest: A DNA test done to figure out who a child's father is.
77	* DadsOffFightingInTheWar: A character's parents are off fighting in a war.
78	* DenyingTheDeadParentsSins: A character refuses to believe that their deceased parent has a dark past.
79	* DidNotDieThatWay: A family member's death turns out to be not what a character thought it was.
80	* DinnerAndAShow: When dysfunctional families eat together, fights are likely to break out.
81	* DisappearedDad: A character's mother is accounted for, but their father isn't so much as mentioned.
82	* DisneylandDad: A divorced parent who spoils their children.
83	* DisownedParent: A child of any age disowns at least one of their parents.
84	* DontSplitUsUp: Siblings are threatened with being separated from each other by divorce or foster care.
85	* DontTellMama: A character doesn't want their family to know about their criminal activities.
86	* DotingGrandparent: A grandparent who's affectionate and spoils their grandchildren.
87	* DoubleInLawMarriage: Two pairs of siblings are married to each other.
88	* DreadedKidsTable: During large family meals, kids who aren't quite adults are forced to sit with smaller children, much to their dismay.
89	* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: When a family has a young daughter, it's inevitable that one of the members will be subjected to one of her pretend tea parties.
90	* DyingAlone: Someone dies without the presence of family, friends, or anyone else who personally cares about them to give them final comforts.
91	* DysfunctionalFamily: The family where everyone behaves as though they don't like each other.
92	* ElderAbuse: A character treats their elderly family members horribly, either by physical abuse or FinancialAbuse.
93	* EmancipatedChild: A child who splits off legally from their parents.
94	* EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: A relative becomes staff at a child's school, and humiliates them.
95	* EmptyNest: A home where a couple's children have grown up and left the house.
96	* EstrangedSoapFamily: Family members never show up for their relative's important life events.
97	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Evil characters have their mother as their MoralityPet.
98	* EvilMatriarch: A mother or mother figure who is terribly wicked to her children.
99	* EvilNephew: The villainous nephew who plots to murder his uncle.
100	* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Villainous characters who become parents strive to raise their children to be model citizens.
101	* EvilUncle: The wicked uncle (or sometimes aunt) that mistreats their niece/nephew.
102	* FamilialBodySnatcher: A BodySnatcher who only possesses members of their own family and/or descendants.
103	* FamilialChiding
104	* FamilyBusiness: A business such as a store or a restaurant that's owned by a family.
105	* FamilyDisunion: Family reunions are a source of major drama.
106	* FamilyEyeResemblance: Family members with the same, distinctive-looking eyes.
107	* FamilyHonor: Families with a huge degree of honor and respect expect their members to live up to it.
108	* FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends who don't have any blood/marital relations among themselves still treat each other as though they were family.
109	* FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization: A family portrait tells us something about the members.
110	* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: A family of murderers or other kinds of rogues.
111	* FamilyVersusCareer: How ''dare'' a woman be good at her career job '''''[[FalseDichotomy and]]''''' have a family, too!
112	* FamousAncestor: A character is a descendant of someone famous.
113	* FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: A child expresses an innocent desire to marry a family member.
114	* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: A mother is more traditionally feminine than her daughter, which may cause conflict.
115	* FeudingFamilies: Families who despise each other to the point of actually going to war.
116	* FinancialAbuse: A character abuses their family member by using money to control them.
117	* FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: Character is inspired by their relative and decides to take up the same job.
118	* FormerlyFriendlyFamily: Family members were once close, but grew to hate each other.
119	* FoundFamilyViaWork: A group of coworkers treat each other like family.
120	* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: A character has a bad relationship with their family but a good relationship with their friends.
121	* GenerationalTrauma: Conflict arises due to unresolved baggage passed down from generation to generation.
122	* GettingMyOwnRoomPlot: A family member wants their own room.
123	* GiftForAnOutgrownInterest: A gift-giver's idea of what the recipient would like is based on ''very'' outdated memories.
124	* GrandparentalObliviousness: A grandparent left in charge of their grandchildren is too senile to keep a proper eye on them.
125	* GrandparentFavoritism: A grandparent who shares a close bond with/had a preference for their children's offspring that they don't (or didn't) have with their children.
126	* GruesomeGrandparent: A grandparent who is abysmal to their grandchildren.
127	* HappilyAdopted: A character lives a happy life with their adoptive family.
128	* HereditaryCurse: A curse is passed on through a family.
129	* HereditaryHairstyle: A hairstyle that's passed down through a family.
130	* HeroicLineage: Heroism is passed down through the family.
131	* TheHilariousTable: Family members are shown laughing and joking with each other around a table.
132	* HippieParents: Former flower children that have become parents.
133	* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: Two historical domain characters are related differently in HistoricalFiction, or aren't related at all, or the dynamic of their relationship is changed.
134	* HonorRelatedAbuse: A character is mistreated or killed by their family for the sake of preserving the family's honor.
135	* HonoraryUncle: A character who is considered an honorary member of their friend's family.
136	* HowDadMetMom: A character tells their children the story of how they met their spouse.
137	* IAmNotMyFather: A character actively defies becoming like their parent.
138	* IHaveAFamily: A character pleads for their life by mentioning they have a family to care for.
139	* IHaveNoSon: A character is disowned by their family.
140	* IdenticalGrandson: A character closely resembles their ancestor.
141	* IllegalGuardian: A wicked relative of a character gains guardianship of them through unscrupulous means in order to get their money.
142	* IntrafamilialClassConflict: Class conflict between relatives.
143	** HumbleParentSpoiledKids: One or both parents in a family are down to earth people while their kids are [[SpoiledBrat Spoiled Brats]].
144	** RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling is wealthy and/or showered in love and praise; the other is degraded and impoverished.
145	* InterracialAdoptionStruggles: A kid is adopted by a family with a different race or ethnicity, struggles and cultural clashes ensue.
146	* InTheBlood: Family members tend to have similar personalities, behaviors and/or moralities.
147	* ItRunsInTheFamily: Insanity and quirkiness runs in the family.
148	* LamarckWasRight: A character inherits a non-genetic trait from their parents.
149	* LivingDistantAncestor: An ancestor many generations removed (usually an immortal) is still alive.
150	* LongLostRelative: A character meets someone that's later revealed to be related to them.
151	* LoveFatherLoveSon: The child of a character's unrequited crush marries said character
152	* LoveObstructingParents: The parents of the protagonist's LoveInterest make their love life difficult.
153	* LukeIAmYourFather: A character finds out their parentage in a plot twist.
154	* MageBornOfMuggles: Two non-magical characters give birth to a child who has magic.
155	* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The family of a criminal denies that their child could ever be such a thing.
156	* MeetTheInLaws: A character is introduced to their future spouse's relatives.
157	* MissingMom: A character's father is present, but their mother is never accounted for.
158	* AMistakeIsBorn: A character is unwanted by their family or the character is unplanned.
159	* MotherhoodIsSuperior: Mothers tend to love the children more than their fathers do.
160	* MuggleBornOfMages: Magic using characters have a non-magical child.
161	* MultigenerationalHousehold: A home where a character lives with their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc.
162	* MyGrandsonMyself: An immortal passes themselves off as their own descendant.
163	* {{Nephewism}}: A character lives with another relative (often an aunt or an uncle) without any explanation on where their parents are.
164	* {{Nepotism}}: A character shows favoritism towards a relative at work.
165	* NotActuallyHisChild: One character is believed the biological parent of another. Turns out they were wrong.
166	* NuclearFamily: The standard issue family consisting of a mother, a father, and their children.
167	* ObnoxiousInLaws: A character is hated on/mistreated by their spouse's relatives.
168	* OdeToFamily: A song about family relationships.
169	* OffingTheOffspring: A character kills or tries to kill their child.
170	* OneNormalNight: An embarrassing family pretends to be normal when meeting their child's date.
171	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: A character's children die before they do.
172	* PaidForFamily: A character pays some strangers to pretend to be their family.
173	* ParentalAbandonment: Neither the character's mother or father is seen or mentioned.
174	* ParentChildTeam: Parents work together with their children.
175	* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Parents are able to recognize their children even when they're in disguise.
176	* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Parents have a habit of walking in on their children hanging out with their LoveInterest.
177	* ThePatriarch: A man who is the head of his family.
178	* PaterFamilicide: A man murders his family.
179	* PlatonicCoParenting: Characters who aren't romantically involved raise children together.
180	* PlayingCatchWithTheOldMan: A (possibly surrogate) parent and their child's relationship is efficiently explained by showing them playing catch.
181	* ThePowerOfFamily: Members of a family share unbreakable bonds.
182	* PursuingParentalPerils: A character decides to take up their dead parent's occupation.
183	* QuirkyHousehold: A family that looks out for each other, in spite of having wacky moments.
184	* RaisedByGrandparents: A character is raised by their grandparents rather than their parents.
185	* RealMenHateAffection: The men in the family refuse to openly show affection for each other.
186	* RefusedReunion: Upon discovery, a character who's missing or presumed dead by their family chooses to remain missing and presumed dead.
187	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Two or more characters are related in a derivative work when they weren't in what said work is based on.
188	* RelativeRidicule: Making fun of someone's family members, or mocking them for whom they are related to.
189	* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: A character claims to be the main character's relative.
190	* ReplacementSibling: A child is born to a couple whose previous child died.
191	* RoboFamily: Robots depicted as being related to one another, or built and programmed so as to resemble a family.
192	* RoyallyScrewedUp: Royal families that are prone to breeding mentally ill/evil members.
193	* RulingFamilyMassacre: A nation's royal family is murdered when an enemy nation seizes control.
194	* SatelliteFamilyMember: A character defined by their familial relationship to another character.
195	* SearchingForTheLostRelative: A character is searching for a lost relative.
196	* SecretLegacy: TheHero discovers his extraordinary family legacy.
197	* SecretOtherFamily: A character has another family that's unbeknownst to their other one.
198	* SharedFamilyQuirks: Family members tend to have similar behavioral traits.
199	* SharedSignatureMove: A BadassFamily or family consisting of action heroes can have a SignatureMove that multiple members use.
200	* ShedTheFamilyName: A character changes their family name in order to disassociate themself from a hated family member.
201	* SingleSexOffspring: A family produces exclusively (or nearly so) male or female children.
202	* SmallParentHugeChild: A character is noticeably larger than one or more of their parents.
203	* SteppingStoneSpouse: A partner sacrifices for their spouse only to be left behind when fortunes increase.
204	* StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Super strict parenting causes the children to become good at hiding things from their parents.
205	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Children closely resemble their parents.
206	* StrugglingSingleMother: An unwed/widowed mother who deals with the stress of raising children on her own.
207	* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: A character feels overshadowed by their more successful sibling.
208	* SuperFamilyTeam: A superhero team who happens to be a family.
209	* SupportYourParents: A child decides to financially support their parents.
210	* TangledFamilyTree: A family tree with a little too much incest going on.
211	* TeasingParent: Parent(s) teasing their children and/or playing jokes on them.
212	* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: A character refuses to consider a clone or artificially created person made from their DNA to be their family member.
213	* ThickerThanWater: Loyalty to family members always comes first.
214	* ThreeSuccessfulGenerations: Successive family members that have achieved success.
215	* TokenHouseguest: Someone who lives with a family, even though they might not be related.
216	* TurnOutLikeHisFather: A character ends up becoming like their parent.
217	* UnknownRelative: A relative is unknown.
218	* UnpleasantParentReveal: A character meets their missing parent, only to find out that they're not anything like the child had hoped they would be.
219	* VillainousLineage: When characters are born into an evil family, they run the risk of becoming evil themselves.
220	* WackyParentSeriousChild: The parent is spontaneous and goofy while the child is more sensible and TheStoic.
221	* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: A parent to be worries about their child inheriting their negative traits.
222	* WhiteSheep: A non-evil member of an evil family.
223	* WoobieFamily: A family that's prone to misfortune.
224	* WrestlingFamily: A family of professional wrestlers.
225	* YourTraditionIsNotMine: A character rebels against their family's way of living.
226	[[/index]]

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