History Main / HereditaryHairstyle

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

* Komachi from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' sports an identical hairstyle to that of her older sister Madoka ([[NamesTheSame no, not]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica that Madoka]]).

* 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? [[LamarckWasRight A bandana.]]

** Suzu, her brother Ritta, and their mother all have bob cuts. In a flashback, Suzu shows off her current haircut for the first time and points out how it makes her resemble her mother.

* In ''Videogame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' a fair of the characters are heavily implied to be distant ancestors of characters in the "Modern" era of Pokemon by lieu of having identical hairstyles.

** [[spoiler:Hayasaka's]] hairstyle didn't really resemble either of their parents' at first, though [[spoiler:she]] starts doing so after an ImportantHaircut, [[spoiler:mimicking her mother's bobcut with a slightly different fringe in the front. It's also revealed near the end of the series that the black wig she wears for her [[DisguisedInDragon Haysaca-kun]] disguise was modeled after her father.]]

** [[spoiler:Hayasaka's]] hairstyle didn't really resemble either of their parents' at first, though [[spoiler:she]] starts doing so after an ImportantHaircut, [[spoiler:mimicking her mother's bobcut with a slightly different fringe in the front.]]

* ''Franchise/KagerouProject'': All of the gorgons (Azami, daughter Shion, granddaughter Marry) have the same hairstyle - wavy RapunzelHair, which sits separately, like snakes - with some slight variation (mainly Shion, who lacks a fringe). The snake-like appearance of their hair is actually plot-relevant, as it's how the villagers identify them as 'monsters' and justify attacking them.

* Infamously, the Osborn family of ComicBook/SpiderMan (seen above), who all have the same... "unique" hairstyle (stylized waves?). The one exception is Gabriel Stacey, the son of ComicBook/NormanOsborn and Gwen Stacey, and even in that case, it's likely because his father was originally intended to be Spider-Man himself.

* ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'': The Robinsons all have exactly the same flick in their hair, even most of the women.

* The ''Mallen Trilogy'' by English novelist Catherine Cookson was a saga about a family whose patriarch had a genetic white streak in his hair and passed on the same trait to his many children, both legitimate and illegitimate.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen|2013}}'': Downplayed. Elsa and her mother both wear their hair in the exact same braided bun... until Elsa lets her braid down during ''Let it Go''.

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[[caption-width-right:251:[-For the record, the third generation male had the same hairstyle as well.-]]]

* The ''Mallen Trilogy'' by English novelist Catherine Cookson was a saga about a family whose patriarch had a [[SkunkStripe genetic white streak]] in his hair and passed on the same trait to his many children, both legitimate and illegitimate.

** Ned's cousin Egbert is shown to have the same blonde hair and "[[HornedHairdo devil horns]]" hairstyle, only much cuter-looking.

* The ''Comicbook/InvaderZim'' 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.

** Downplayed with the [=McDougal=] family. Ace and his sister Becky have similar but not identical hairstyles to their father and mother respectively, but in [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair different colors]].

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': The ''Parallel Works 8'' video shows that Lordgenome as a child had the same MulticoloredHair as his daughter Nia, and in the same style as when she had it cut short (as opposed to now, where he has no hair at all).

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': The ''Parallel Works 8'' video shows that Lordgenome as a child had the same MulticoloredHair as his daughter Nia, and in the same style as when she had it cut short (as opposed to now, where he has [[BaldOfEvil no hair]] [[BaldOfAwesome at all]]).

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** Claudia has a bob cut similar to her mother's but with small girlish pigtails.
** Ned's cousin Egbert is shown to have the same blonde hair and "devil horns" hairstyle, only much cuter-looking.

** Claudia has a bob but similar to her mother's but with small girlish pigtails.

** Ace and his sister Becky have similar hairstyles to their father and mother respectively, but in [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair different colors]].
** Ned's cousin Eggbert is shown to have the same blonde hair and "devil horns" hairstyle, only much cuter-looking.

* ''Anime/IlSolePenetraLeIllusioni'': Akari and her mother Hinata don't have the ''exact'' has hairstyle, but they both have this odd hair-crescent thing. It sounds weirder than it looks.

* Enforced in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. While her siblings have more naturally blended dark-green hair, Amity--the youngest child with the most pressure and expectations put on her--is compelled to keep her brown locks (which she got from Alador) dyed to the exact green shade of Odalia's and styled near identically to when she was her age, symbolizing her mother's domineering attitude over both her and her father. [[spoiler:When she dyes her hair lavender and cuts it in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins", it serves as an expression of individuality and rebellion]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'': Ace and his sister Becky have similar hairstyles to their father and mother respectively, but in [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair different colors]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim,'' Dib bizarre hairstyle includes a two-foot cowlick that grows up and back in a "scythe" pattern; his father has the same thing, except it bends twice like a lightning bolt. "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom" shows Dib's hair growing the same way when he gets older.