History Main / HereditaryHairstyle

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "The Kidney Stays In The Picture", it is revealed that Francine slept with another man right before her and Stan's wedding, meaning Hayley may not be his biological daughter. The one thing Haley and this man have in common? A bandana.

* Matt Fraction's run on ''[[ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019 Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen]]'' has the revelation that the Luthors and the Olsens [[LukeYouAreMyFather are distantly related]] from a [[StarCrossedLovers secret tryst between members of their feuding families]] in the 19th century. This is a subtle reference to the fact that Luthor had red hair just like the Olsens before he went bald.

** In a strange case, Matsuri's hair started out short and black, while his grandfather Seigen's is much longer and white with age, so they were only similar in [[SpikyHair spiky]] texture. Then Matsuri's hair was also [[RapidHairGrowth turned long]] and [[LockedIntoStrangeness white]], so he started tying it back into a tuft remarkably similar to Seigen's topknot.

* The ''Comicbook/InvaderZm'' comic has [[https://www.reddit.com/r/invaderzim/comments/kius6t/revealed_in_the_latest_issue_of_invader_zim/ a flashback]] that shows that Membrane and Dib got their iconic hairdo from Membrane's mother, while Gaz's [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple]] hair comes from his father.

* Usagi and her KidFromTheFuture Chibi-Usa both wear their hair in exaggerated {{odango}}s in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. So does Queen Serenity, Usagi's mother... ''in a past life.'' The parody [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] ''Parallel Sailor Moon'' introduces the daughters of the four Guardian Senshi, who look exactly like their mothers (hairstyles included) and have the same names.

* Done very subtly in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' to the point that you wouldn't even notice it if you didn't know that they characters in question were related, but [[spoiler:Webby is an OppositeSexClone of Scrooge, and the way that ends of her hair jut out [[CheatedAngle on the side facing away from the camera]] mimic the tufts he has on his cheeks (especially when he was younger).]]

** Billy Whizz, his dad, and his little brother Alfie are all bald except for two "antennae". Billy and his dad have stubble, indicating they shave their heads or just have very sparse hair, while Alfie doesn't, suggesting he just hasn't grown any yet.

* Literature/HarryPotter got his jet black messy hair from his father, James, as part of an overall StrongFamilyResemblance. This made his relationship with Professor Snape, who passionately detested James Potter for several very good reasons and at least one not-so-good one, strained at best.

** Billy Whizz, his dad, and his little brother Alfie are all bald except for two "antennae". Billy and his dad have stubble, indicating they shave their heads, while Alfie doesn't, suggesting he just hasn't grown any yet.

** Following an in-universe makeover, ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK's dad went from being bald to having a shorter and more controlled version of his son's distinctive spikes. (A later {{Retcon}} would make it so that this version of Dennis's Dad had been Eighties Dennis himself.)

** Following an in-universe makeover, ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK's dad went from being bald to having a shorter and more controlled version of his son's distinctive spikes. (A later SoftRetcon would make it so that he'd been Eighties Dennis himself.)

** In a strange case, Matsuri started out short and black, while his grandfather Seigen's is much longer and white with age, so they were only similar in [[SpikyHair spiky]] texture. Then Matsuri's hair was also [[RapidHairGrowth turned long]] and [[LockedIntoStrangeness white]], so he started tying it back into a tuft remarkably similar to Seigen's topknot.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Negi Springfield inherited his father Nagi's spiky red hair.

* In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' Tsuna, apart from inheriting the same powers, also has the same hairstyle as his ancient predecessor Giotto.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12023508/1/Kaitō-Kokoro Kaitō Kokoro]]'': Two of Kiku's and Feliciano's children pretty much inherit their hair colors and hairstyles.

** Suzu, her brother Ritta, and their mother all have bob cuts.

** In a strange case, Matsuri and his grandfather's hair started out similarly only in [[SpikyHair spiky]] texture, because Seigen's was much longer and white with age. Then Matsuri's hair is also [[RapidHairGrowth turned long]] and [[LockedIntoStrangeness white]], so he start tying it back into a tuft remarkably similar to his Seigen's topknot.

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': While not exactly "hereditary", Sophia's hair is basically identical to [[spoiler:her past life Atsuko, just wavy and with additional sidelocks.]]

* A flashback from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' shows that Kakyoin got his signature "hair noodle" from [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/b/bb/Kakyoin%27s_Mom.png/revision/latest?cb=20180324062845 his mom]] and most likley his red hair color as well.

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* Goku's younger son, Goten, from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as his father (from birth according to the movie ''Anime/DragonBallZBioBroly''), who has the same hair as ''his'' father, Bardock. Likewise, Vegeta and his father, King Vegeta, have identically ridiculous hairstyles. It also has a rare cross-gender example in Dr. Briefs, his daughter Bulma (when not permed), and her son Trunks. By the DistantFinale of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goten has grown his hair out specifically to look less like his dad. The NonSerialMovie ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' implies that Goku and company's hairstyle belongs to a particular genetic type common to Saiyans in Bardock's (original) power level, as unrelated character Turles is shown to have the exact same look as well.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Negi Springfield inherited his father's spiky red hair.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': Downplayed. [[spoiler: Keith and his mother, Krolia, both have the same in-the-face bangs]].
** Further more, [[BrotherSisterTeam Matt and Pidge]] have very similar haircuts.

* Goku's younger son, Goten, from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as his father, who has the same hair as ''his'' father, Bardock. Likewise, Vegeta and his father, King Vegeta, have identically ridiculous hairstyles. It also has a rare cross-gender example in Dr. Briefs, his daughter Bulma (when not permed), and her son Trunks. By the DistantFinale of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goten has grown his hair out specifically to look less like his dad. The NonSerialMovie ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' implies that Goku and company's hairstyle belongs to a particular genetic type common to Saiyans in Bardock's (original) power level, as unrelated character Turles is shown to have the exact same look as well.

* Goku's younger son, Goten, from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as his father, who has the same hair as ''his'' father, Bardock. Likewise, Vegeta and his father, King Vegeta, have identically ridiculous hairstyles. It also has a rare cross-gender example in Dr. Briefs, his daughter Bulma (when not permed), and her son Trunks. The NonSerialMovie explains Goku and company's hairstyle as belonging to a particular genetic type common to Saiyans in Bardock's (original) power level, as unrelated character Turles is shown to have the exact same look as well.

** A number of the Valois family have the same unusual shade of red hair - Tarvek, Violetta, Martellus and Xerxsephnia, and presumably also Aaronev, since someone mistook Tarvek for a younger version of him.