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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Amity's face is practically identical to her mother's when she was a teenager and even now they still have a pretty StrongFamilyResemblance. That said, Amity's natural hair color, eye color, and talent for abomination magic all come from her father.

* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', baby Turvy mostly looks like bat father Fenton, but has hedgehog mother Lindesfarne's quills. Savanna mostly looks like lion mom Leona, but has rhino Dad Carl's horn (albeit retractable like feline claws) and size (which required her to be born via C-section).

* [[https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1593 Motty]], born at Britain's Chester Zoo in 1978, was the only confirmed hybrid of an African and an Asian elephant and had the physical characteristics of both his parent species. His forehead sloped back like that of an African elephant, but he also had the skull domes of an Asian elephant. He had the wrinkled trunk of an African elephant, with a single digit at the end like an Asian elephant. Whereas an Asian elephant's back is humped in the middle and an African's back is humped at the rear, his back had both a central hump and a rear hump. His ears were African. He had the long legs of an African elephant, but his toes followed the Asian pattern, with five on his front feet and four on his hind feet. Sadly, Motty died from an infection less than two weeks after he was born, but computer art enthusiast Paul Willison later created [[http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2015/02/motty-as-adult-is-this-what-worlds-only.html these photo manipulations]] to show how Motty's combined African and Asian traits might have manifested in an adult elephant.

* In the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books, Daenerys envisions a grown-up Rhaego (whose name alone is a combination of her older brother "Rhaegar" and "Drogo") as her husband Khal Drogo with Targaryen hair and eyes.

* This occasionally pops up in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' even though it's [[ArtisticLicenseBiology genetically incorrect for cats]] most of the time.
* This is why Sunny from ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' looks so weird compared to other [=SandWings=]. She's half [[spoiler:[=NightWing=]]]. She looks like a [=SandWing=] but lacks their scorpion-like tail, has a [[spoiler:[=NightWing=]]] build, and has the scale pattern of a [[spoiler:[=NightWing=]]].
* ''LightNovel/ReZero'''s Rem IF timeline has Subaru Natsuki's children with Rem look exactly like their parents, but with swapped hair colors. His son Rigel is blue haired like Rem but has his father's sharp eyes and hair style when he was a young man, but his daughter Spica is black haired with her mother's face.

* ''Literature/ATwistedTale'': Snow White is described as having her father's eyes and her mother's face.
* Two different variants show up in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
** Several of the human ethnicities in this setting have signature hair colors, which inherit fractionally. For example, one of the main characters is an Alethi (black hair), who married an Iriali (metallic gold), and their children have mixed gold and black hair.
** If a lighteyes marries (or more likely, has an affair with) a darkeyes, the child can have one eye of each color. In the Vorin kingdoms, where eye color defines social status, these half-eyes exist in a very odd social position.
* In ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', the daughter of [[spoiler: Edward]] and [[spoiler:Bella]] is said to have features of both her parents; in particular she has [[spoiler: Edward's]] reddish-brown hair and [[spoiler: Bella's]] brown eyes. [[spoiler: Edward]] remarks that he's glad Renesmee has [[spoiler: Bella's]] eyes, as otherwise they would've been lost because [[spoiler:Bella's]] eyes turned red then gold after she became a vampire.

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': In the epilogue of ''Literature/{{Mockingjay}}'', Katniss Everdeen's and Peeta Mellark's children are described as inheriting a mixture of their parents' traits. The girl has Katniss' black hair and Peeta's blue eyes. The boy has Peeta's blond hair and Katniss' gray eyes.

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' features several characters who are of mixed Neanderthal (Clan) and Cro-Magnon (Others) parentage. These "children of mixed spirits" have the combined features of both races, though how the mixture manifests varies between individuals. Typically, they have the high forehead of their Cro-Magnon parent combined with their Neanderthal parent's brow ridges. Their eyes may or may not be capable of producing emotional tears [[note]]In-universe, Neanderthal eyes only water when they are irritated.[[/note]] and their jaws often have at least a receding chin, even if the jaw itself juts out like that of a Neanderthal. They are thinner than average for a Neanderthal, but may also be more stocky than a Cro-Magnon. Most are capable of verbal speech like their Cro-Magnon parent, but there are those such as Rydag (a "child of mixed spirits" who appears in the third book) who have the limited vocal range of their Neanderthal parent and have to learn sign language in order to communicate. [[note]]At the time the first book was written, it was unknown if Neanderthals could speak verbally, so the author erred on the side of assuming they couldn't, at least not to the extent of modern humans. However, [[ScienceMarchesOn it is now known that Neanderthals were capable of full speech]].[[/note]]

* Lyra is another ComicBook/SheHulk, born to the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Thundra]] and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] of an AlternateUniverse. When [[HulkingOut Hulked Out]] (which is often, much like Jen), she's a carbon copy of Thundra but with Hulk's green skin. This is most evident with Lyra's original outfit, which was identical to Thundra's save for a few additional pieces of armor.

* Literature/HarryPotter is frequently described as looking exactly like his father, but with his mother's eye color.

* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', baby Turvy mostly looks like bat father Fenton, but has hedgehog mother Lindesfarne's quills.

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' features several characters who are of mixed Neanderthal (Clan) and Cro-Magnon (Others) parentage. These "children of mixed spirits" have the combined features of both races, though how the mixture manifests varies between individuals. Typically, they have the high forehead of their Cro-Magnon parent combined with their Neanderthal parent's brow ridges. Their eyes may or may not be capable of producing emotional tears [[note]]In-universe, Neanderthal eyes only water when they are irritated.[[/note]] and their jaws often have at least a receding chin, even if the jaw itself juts out like that of a Neanderthal. They are thinner than average for a Neanderthal, but may also be more stocky than a Cro-Magnon. Most are capable of verbal speech like their Cro-Magnon parent, but there are those such as Rydag (a "child of mixed spirits" who appears in the third book) who have the limited vocal range of their Neanderthal parent and have to learn sign language in order to communicate. [[note]]At the time the first book was written, it was unknown if Neanderthals could speak verbally, so the author erred on the side of assuming they couldn't, at least not to the extent of modern humans. However, [[ScienceMarchesOn it is now known that Neanderthal were capable of full speech]].[[/note]]

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' features several characters who are of mixed Neanderthal (Clan) and Cro-Magnon (Others) parentage. These "children of mixed spirits" have the combined features of both races, though how the mixture manifests varies between individuals. Typically, they have the high forehead of their Cro-Magnon parent combined with their Neanderthal parent's brow ridges. Their eyes may or may not be capable of producing emotional tears [[note]]In-universe, Neanderthal eyes only water when they are irritated.[[/note]] and their jaws often have at least a receding chin, even the jaw itself juts out like that of a Neanderthal. They are thinner than average for a Neanderthal, but may also be more stocky than a Cro-Magnon. Most are capable of verbal speech like their Cro-Magnon parent, but there are those such as Rydag (a "child of mixed spirits" who appears in the third book) who have the limited vocal range of their Neanderthal parent and have to learn sign language in order to communicate. [[note]]At the time the first book was written, it was unknown if Neanderthals could speak verbally, so the author erred on the side of assuming they couldn't, at least not to the extent of modern humans. However, [[ScienceMarchesOn it is now known that Neanderthal were capable of full speech]].[[/note]]

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' features several characters who are of mixed Neanderthal (Clan) and Cro-Magnon (Others) parentage. These "children of mixed spirits" have the combined features of both races, though how the mixture manifests varies between individuals. Typically, they have the high forehead of their Cro-Magnon parent combined with their Neanderthal parent's brow ridges. Their eyes may or may not be capable of producing emotional tears [[note]]In-universe, Neanderthal eyes only water when they are irritated.[[/note]] and their jaws often have at least a receding chin. They are thinner than average for a Neanderthal, but may also be more stocky than a Cro-Magnon. Most are capable of verbal speech like their Cro-Magnon parent, but there are those such as Rydag (a "child of mixed spirits" who appears in the third book) who have the limited vocal range of their Neanderthal parent and have to learn sign language in order to communicate. [[note]]At the time the first book was written, it was unknown if Neanderthals could speak verbally, so the author erred on the side of assuming they couldn't, at least not to the extent of modern humans. However, [[ScienceMarchesOn it is now known that Neanderthal were capable of full speech]].[[/note]]

** Naruto's canonical children, Manga/{{Boruto}} and Himawari, are a mix of their parents. Himawari in particular has her mother's eyes and looks but her father's whiskers.

* In ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', Ryuho, the new Dragon Saint and son of Shiryu and Shunrei, mostly takes after his mother in physical appearance, but possesses his father's strong, water-elemental Cosmo (this in spite of initially being an IllBoy) and, as pointed out by Libra Genbu, [[FamilyEyeResemblance "honest eyes"]].

For example, Alice and Bob have a daughter who inherits her mother's freckles and exact hair style, along with her father's eye colour and big feet. Other examples might include a child that has [[MultiColoredHair two-toned hair]] or heterochromia, so that both parents' most recognisable characteristics are represented simultaneously.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia,'' the Quirks in Todoroki's family seem to be tied to hair color--his mother is AnIcePerson with white hair, his father is a literal FieryRedhead. Todoroki can produce each power from opposite sides of his body, so, sure enough, he has MulticoloredHair. Two of his siblings have white hair flecked with bits of red, implying that they got more ice than fire. [[spoiler: The eldest sibling, Touya, was born with his father’s red hair, but his hair gradually turned to his mother’s pure white by the time he was 13; while he had a stronger variation of his father’s quirk, he inherited his mother’s constitution, meaning his ability to handle his flames was very limited.]]

See SuperpowerfulGenetics for superpower heredity, and HalfHumanHybrid when one of the parents isn't human (and the hybrid tends to exhibit both traits of the parents). FanCreatedOffspring frequently strongly take after both parents.

* In ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', Ryuho, the son of Shiryu and Shunrei, mostly takes after his mother in physical appearance, but possesses his father's strong, water-elemental Cosmo (this in spite of initially being an IllBoy) and, as pointed out by Libra Genbu, [[FamilyEyeResemblance "honest eyes"]].

* In ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', Ryuho, the son of Shiryu and Shunrei, mostly takes after his mother in physical appearance, but possesses his father's strong, water-elemental Cosmo and, as pointed out by Libra Genbu, [[FamilyEyeResemblance "honest eyes"]].

* One of the VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}} virtual pet toys, specifically the Tamagotchi m!x, uses this as its primary gimmick (this feature is extended to the later Tamagotchi On as well). If you marry your Tamagotchi with another, it will have a child that has a random mix of features from both of its parents (so, for example, it could have the body of its mother and the facial features of its father).

* ''LightNovel/ReZero'''s Rem IF timeline has Subaru Natsuki's children with Rem look exactly like their parents, but with swapped hair colors. His son is blue haired like Rem but has his father's sharp eyes and hair style when he was a young man, but his daughter Spica is black haired with her mother's face.

* [[https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1593 Motty]], born at Britain's Chester Zoo in 1978, was the only confirmed hybrid of an African and an Asian elephant and had physical characteristics of both his parent species. His forehead sloped back like that of an African elephant, but he also had the skull domes of an Asian elephant. He had the wrinkled trunk of an African elephant, with a single digit at the end like an Asian elephant. Whereas an Asian elephant's back is humped in the middle and an African's back is humped at the rear, his back had both a central hump and a rear hump. His ears were African. He had the long legs of an African elephant, but his toes followed the Asian pattern, with five on his front feet and four on his hind feet. Sadly, Motty died from an infection less than two weeks after he was born, but computer art enthusiast Paul Willison later created [[http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2015/02/motty-as-adult-is-this-what-worlds-only.html these photo manipulations]] to show how Motty's combined African and Asian traits might have manifested in an adult elephant.

* Motty, born at Britain's Chester Zoo in 1978, was the only confirmed hybrid of an African and an Asian elephant and had physical characteristics of both his parent species. His forehead sloped back like that of an African elephant, but he also had the skull domes of an Asian elephant. He had the wrinkled trunk of an African elephant, with a single digit at the end like an Asian elephant. Whereas an Asian elephant's back is humped in the middle and an African's back is humped at the rear, his back had both a central hump and a rear hump. His ears were African. He had the long legs of an African elephant, but his toes followed the Asian pattern, with five on his front feet and four on his hind feet. Sadly, Motty died from an infection less than two weeks after he was born, but computer art enthusiast Paul Willison later created some [[http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2015/02/motty-as-adult-is-this-what-worlds-only.html photo manipulations]] to show how Motty's combined African and Asian traits might have manifested in an adult elephant.

* Motty, born at Britain's Chester Zoo in 1978, was the only confirmed hybrid of an African and an Asian elephant and had physical characteristics of both his parent species. His forehead sloped back like that of an African elephant, but he also had the skull domes of an Asian elephant. He had the wrinkled trunk of an African elephant, with a single digit at the end like an Asian elephant. Whereas an Asian elephant's back is humped in the middle and an African's back is humped at the rear, his back had both a central hump and a rear hump. His ears were African. He had the long legs of an African elephant, but his toes followed the Asian pattern, with five on his front feet and four on his hind feet. Sadly, Motty died from an umbilical infection less than two weeks after he was born, but computer art enthusiast Paul Willison later created some [[http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2015/02/motty-as-adult-is-this-what-worlds-only.html photo manipulations]] to show how Motty's combined African and Asian traits might have manifested in an adult elephant.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'', the very first thing Achilles's codex notes about Zagreus is that "any questions of his parentage are soon resolved" just by looking at him, and it's not wrong. Zagreus is such an even mix of his parents (his father's coloring, his mother's features and hairstyle) that he even winds up with [[MismatchedEyes each of their eyes]] instead of inheriting a pair from one. This is partly why Hades was so adamant about keeping the Olympians from learning of him--[[spoiler:it's much more difficult [[IWasNeverHere to pretend Persephone never set foot in the Underworld]] when its crown prince is so clearly her son as much as his own]].