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* Played with ''Series/RavensHome''. It's a sequel to the KidCom ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' with a GenreShift towards DomCom. Raven and Chelsea are now adults, recently divorced, and raising their kids together as roommates. The protagonists are their preteen children; however Chelsea and Raven still receive a large amount of screentime and usually have b-plots centered around them.

%%* ''Film/TheFlyII'' focuses on Brundle's son.

* The ''VideoGame/MrDriller'' series stars Susumu Hori, who is the son of ''VideoGame/DigDug''s Taizo Hori and of Kissy from the little-known ''Baraduke''. Both father and son have made appearances in each other's games since the first ''Mr. Driller'' game.

* ''Film/{{Creed}}'' features the son of Apollo Creed being trained by his father's friendly rival, Rocky Balboa.

* The middle grade series ''Nyctophobia'' is positively loaded with these. Protagonist Selwyn Holmes is the son of Sherlock Holmes and original character Agatha Durie, and his adventures involve meeting at least one child of different period horror characters per book, e.g. recurring characters like his childhood friend Charlotte Watson, Seth Frankenstein, adopted son of FrankensteinsMonster, and Calliope Garnier, daughter of [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik the Opera Ghost and Christine]].

* ''{{Literature/Petaybee}}'': The second trilogy's protagonists, Murel and Ronan, are the offspring of the first trilogy's protagonist, Yana.

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a different "[=JoJo=]" for each arc, but most/all are blood relatives one way or another (to exemplify: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Jonathan]] is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Joseph]], who is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]], who is ''nephew'' to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]]!). The most straightfoward example is [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne]], Jotaro's daughter.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno]] gets the most distant relations to any other, in fact his father's side of his family is downright screwed up (his dad is Dio, no less!), but regardless he bears the birthmark [[spoiler:since Dio had stolen Jonathan's body]].

* {{Zig Zagged}} in [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3]]: Each of the six main characters look like they are the descendants of characters from the [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 previous]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 games]], with Noah looking like Shulk [[spoiler: and possibly Fiora’s]] descendant, Mio looking like Nia [[spoiler: and possibly Rex’s]] descendant, Eunie looking like Melia’s descendant, Taion looking like Zeke [[spoiler: and possibly Pandoria’s]] descendant, Lanz looking like Reyn [[spoiler: and possibly Sharla’s]] descendant, and Sena looking like Bridgid’s descendant. However, most people in this world are artificially created using PeopleJars, so they technically don’t have any biological family, or even know what a “family” is, [[spoiler: at least, until they reach The City.]] [[spoiler: However, it is eventually revealed that the people who are artificially created are actually people who once lived like normal humans long ago, but have since had their souls harvested, where they’re given a new body once they die time and time again.]] [[spoiler: The gang eventually meets Nia, and she says that there is indeed a connection towards her and Mio, which implies that before her soul was harvested, she was, in fact, Nia’s descendant, possibly even her daughter. This means that the others could very well be the descendants of the other characters after all.]]

* ''Series/That90sShow'', the sequel series to ''Series/That70sShow'', follows Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti's daughter, Leia, as she spends the summer of 1995 in Point Place with Eric's parents and a group of new friends, one of whom is Michael Kelso's son, Jay.

* ''Series/{{That 90s Show}}'', the sequel series to ''Series/That70sShow'', will center around Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti's daughter, Leia.

* ''Series/{{Willow2022}}'' is a sequel series of the [[Film/{{Willow}} the film of the same name]]. Two of the leads, Kit and Airk, are the twin children of Madmartigan and Sorsha. It's eventually also revealed that [[spoiler: Jade]] is the child of [[TheDragon General Kael]].

* The Russian film ''Film/TheIronyOfFate 2'' takes place 30 years after the original Soviet classic and features the children of the original protagonists as the leads.

* {{Zig Zagged}} in [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3]]: Each of the six main characters look like they are the descendants of characters from the [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 first]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 games]], with Noah looking like Shulk [[spoiler: and possibly Fiora’s]] descendant, Mio looking like Nia [[spoiler: and possibly Rex’s]] descendant, Eunie looking like Melia’s descendant, Taion looking like Zeke [[spoiler: and possibly Pandoria’s]] descendant, Lanz looking like Reyn [[spoiler: and possibly Sharla’s]] descendant, and Sena looking like Bridgid’s descendant. However, most people in this world are artificially created using PeopleJars, so they technically don’t have any biological family, or even know what a “family” is, [[spoiler: at least, until the reach The City.]] [[spoiler: However, it is eventually revealed that the people who are artificially created are actually people who once lived like normal humans long ago, but have since had their souls harvested, where they’re given a new body once they die time and time again.]] [[spoiler: The gang eventually meets Nia, and she says that there is indeed a connection towards her and Mio, which implies that before her soul was harvested, she was, in fact, Nia’s descendant, possibly even her daughter. This means that the others could very well be the descendants of the other characters after all.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'' features Kuninushi, the son of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''[='=]s Susano and Kushi, teaming up with Chibiterasu, son of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''[='=]s protagonist Amaterasu [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter(as well as one of the cutest things ever).]] Also worthy of mention are the brush gods' children.

* ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'' features Kuninushi, the son of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''[='=]s Susano and Kushi, teaming up with Chibiterasu, son of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''[='=]s protagonist Amaterasu (as well as one of the cutest things ever). Also worthy of mention are the brush gods' children.

* {{Zig Zagged}} in [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3]]: Each of the six main characters look like they are the descendants of characters from the [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 first]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 games]], with Noah looking like Shulk [[spoiler: and possibly Fiora’s]] descendant, Mio looking like Nia [[spoiler: and possibly Rex’s]] descendant, Eunie looking like Melia’s descendant, Taion looking like Zeke [[spoiler: and possibly Pandoria’s]] descendant, Lanz looking like Reyn [[spoiler: and possibly Sharla’s]] descendant, and Sena looking like Bridgid’s descendant. However, most people in this world are artificially created using PeopleJars, so they technically don’t have any biological family, or even know what a “family” is [[spoiler: at least, until the reach The City.]] [[spoiler: However, it is eventually revealed that the people who are artificially created are actually people who once lived like normal humans long ago, but have since had their souls harvested, where they’re given a new body once they die time and time again.]] [[spoiler: The gang eventually meets Nia, and she says that there is indeed a connection towards her and Mio, which implies that before her soul was harvested, she was, in fact, Nia’s descendant, possibly even her daughter. This means that the others could very well be the descendants of the other characters after all.]]

* {{Zig Zagged}} in [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3]]: Each of the six main characters look like they are the descendants characters from the [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 first]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 games]], with Noah looking like Shulk [[spoiler: and possibly Fiora’s]] descendant, Mio looking like Nia [[spoiler: and possibly Rex’s]] descendant, Eunie looking like Melia’s descendant, Taion looking like Zeke [[spoiler: and possibly Pandoria’s]] descendant, Lanz looking like Reyn [[spoiler: and possibly Sharla’s]] descendant, and Sena looking like Bridgid’s descendant. However, most people in this world are artificially created using PeopleJars, so they technically don’t have any biological family, or even know what a “family” is [[spoiler: at least, until the reach The City.]] [[spoiler: However, it is eventually revealed that the people who are artificially created are actually people who once lived like normal humans long ago, but have since had their souls harvested, where they’re given a new body once they die time and time again.]] [[spoiler: The gang eventually meets Nia, and she says that there is indeed a connection towards her and Mio, which implies that before her soul was harvested, she was, in fact, Nia’s descendant, possibly even her daughter. This means that the others could very well be the descendants of the other characters after all.]]

* The 1987 ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' film features Creator/DanAykroyd as the nephew of Jack Webb's Joe Friday from the radio and TV series ([[NamesTheSame with the same name]]). Interestingly, Harry Morgan reprises his original role as Bill Gannon in the film, now as a captain.

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a different "[=JoJo=]" for each arc, but most/all are blood relatives one way or another (to exemplify: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Jonathan]] is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Joseph]], who is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]], who is ''nephew'' to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]]!). The most straightfoward example is [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne]], Jotaro's daughter.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno]] gets the most distant relations to any other, in fact his father's side of his family is downright screwed up (his dad is Dio, no less!), but regardless he bears the birthmark [[spoiler:since Dio had stolen Jonathan's body]].
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'' mixes this trope with CrossOver, featuring the grandson of Literature/ArseneLupin as the title character, [[UsefulNotes/IshikawaGoemon Goemon XIII]], and Inspector Zenigata, a descendant of Zenigata Heiji.
** [[Anime/LupinIIIPartII And Ganimard III. And Lawrence III of Arabia. And Sherlock Holmes III. And...]]
** Lesser known is ''Lupin VIII'', a 1982 series centering on Lupin III's descendant five generations down the line. Only a pilot was made, due to the estate of Maurice [=LeBlanc=] (creator of the original Arsène Lupin) wanting more money than the producers were willing to pay.
** Most obscure is ''Lupin III Jr.'', a short-lived manga about Lupin III's illegitimate son.
** Albert d'Andrésy, the new recurring character introduced in Part V, was hinted to be another descendant of the original Lupin (thus kind of cousin to the current Lupin) based on his surname which was directly adapted from Raoul d'Andrésy, the famous alias of the original Lupin.
* While Chibiusa is always a main character on ''Manga/SailorMoon'', a later one-shot manga story, deliberately set in an alternate universe and timeline, starred the children of the Guardian Senshi, plus a brand new younger sibling to Chibiusa by the name of Kousagi. Almost all of the kids had the [[IdenticalGrandson same names and appearances as their parents]] except for Kousagi, who actually looked like her own character, but [[InSeriesNickname Chibiusa]] is the sibling with her mother's name.
** The manga had numerous one-shot Chibiusa stories that ran in a separate magazine.

* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid''. A SpinOff of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' (yes, a spin-off ''of'' a spin-off) starring Nanoha's adopted daughter, Vivio.
* ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' is about Kinniku Mantaro, the son of the original Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' sequel novel ''Frozen Teardrop'' takes the cast from the anime and puts them in the mentor roles while GenerationXerox versions of Duo (his son), Trowa (his student) and Quatre (his younger sister) do all the heavy lifting. [[spoiler:As does Heero Yuy, who was in cryogenic stasis the whole time.]]

* ''Manga/ShamanKingFlowers'' follows Yoh's son, Hana, as well as the next generation of Shamans.
* Ao Fukai in ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO'' is the son of the main heroes of [[Anime/EurekaSeven the first series]], Renton and Eureka.
* For the most part averted in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega''. Out of the six (later seven) main characters, only one is actually biologically related to a main character from the classic series (Ryuhou, Shiryu's son).
* ''Manga/UQHolder'' is set in the 2080s some 80 years after ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' and the main character, Touta Konoe, is the grandson of Negi Springfield. [[spoiler:In reality, he's actually a hybrid clone of Negi and Asuna]].
* For the ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' franchise, the main cast of ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' (and also ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'', and ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'') are mostly the children of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'''s cast, starring Naruto and Hinata's son Boruto and co-starring Sasuke and Sakura's daughter, Sarada, alongside Orochimaru's son Mitsuki.
* Slight variation in the ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' SeriesFranchise: because the original Angels were the stars of a [[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel dating sim]] and BishoujoSeries, it would be a little offputting if they were all shown married with kids. Instead, in ''Galaxy Angel II'' and ''Anime/GalaxyAngelRune'', they have spinoff counterparts with other connections, ranging from Milfeulle's kid sister to Forte's combat protege. Vanilla actually ''does'' have a kid, but she's adopted.
* Ami from ''Manga/HanaNoMiyako'' has the... interesting honor of being in a ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'' spinoff while also being the (biologically impossible) daughter of two ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' characters: [[spoiler: Caster and Souichirou Kuzuki]].
* This was part of ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'''s method of [[{{Macekre}} "tying together"]] the [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross three]] [[Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada unrelated]] [[Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross shows]] that were used to create it. This was done in the Masters Saga (''Southern Cross'') to tie it into the Macross Saga; the protagonist, Dana Sterling (Jeanne Francaix in the original), is portrayed as Max and Miria's daughter, and Bowie is (according to the non-canon novels, at least) the nephew of Claudia Grant ([=LaSalle=] in the original), one of Macross's BridgeBunnies.

* ''Manga/MajorSecond'' is a sequel to ''Manga/{{Major}}'' starring Goro and Kaoru's 6th grade son Daigo. The series is about Daigo as he joins his dad's old Little League team. When he grows up, Daigo wants to be a professional baseball player like his dad.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'''s 2020 anime-only sequel ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'' stars Sesshomaru's half-demon daughters Towa and Setsuna, along with Inuyasha and Kagome's daughter Moroha.
* ''Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift'' is a spinoff set in the same world as ''Manga/KenganAshura''. Several of the cast members are relatives of characters from ''Kengan Ashura'', not just children and nieces/nephews, but also parents, siblings, and ancestors that weren't originally seen in the main story.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' has a 3-volume sequel called ''Fruits Basket Another'', which features many of the main characters' children, including: Kyo's son Hajime, Yuki's son Mutsuki and Hatsuharu's twin children Sora and Riku. However, the protagonist, Sawa Mitoma, isn't related to any of the characters from the previous series.
* ''{{Manga/Fuuka}}'' is the sequel to ''{{Manga/Suzuka}}'', with the titular character being the daughter of Yamato Akitsuki and Suzuka Asahina.
* ''Tetsujin 28 FX'', the sequel to the original ''Tetsujin 28-Go'' (a.k.a. ''Gigantor'' in the united states), featured Masato Kaneda, the son of the original hero Shotaro Kaneda, as a main protagonist. Shiori Nishina, one of the main cast, was supposed to be the granddaughter of Inspector Otsuka, the sidekick of Shotaro, according to the series bible.

* ''Film/TronLegacy'': Sam Flynn proves to take after his dad.
** The AlternateContinuity of ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]'' plays it a bit sideways - Jet Bradley is the son of Flynn's friends Lora and Alan. [[note]] Which, from a certain point of view, makes him a ''younger brother'' of Tron and Yori. There's also a [[WildMassGuessing fan theory]] that he may be [[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Beck's]] User, which would bring it full circle.[[/note]]
* Ultraman Zero, the main character of [[Franchise/UltramanZero a series of films]], is the son of Series/UltraSeven.

* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey:
** ''Literature/ToRidePegasus'', the start of the Talents series, features a number of characters getting married. Dorotea Horvath is the only child that we see in the first book (the daughter of two powerful Talents), but in ''Literature/PegasusInFlight'', Dorotea is one of the characters who introduces us to the children of other characters, like Daffyd's granddaughter Rhyssa or Vsevolod Roznine's grandsons, Boris and Sascha Roznine.
** ''Literature/TowerAndTheHive'', part of the Talents series, begins with ''{{Literature/Rowan}}'', the titular character being an orphaned Prime Talent. The first sequel, ''{{Literature/Damia}}'' features her daughter as the title character. The next three books, ''[[Literature/DamiasChildren Damia's Children]]'', ''[[Literature/LyonsPride Lyon's Pride]]'', and ''The Tower and The Hive'' feature Damia's children as the protagonists.
** ''{{Literature/Petaybee}}'': The second trilogy's protagonists, Murel and Ronan, are the offspring of the first trilogy's protagonist, Yana.
* The last two books in the ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' series revolve around the adventures of Anne and Gilbert's children.
* Since the ''Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark'' series is spread out over centuries and is (mostly) focused on members of the same family, this trope is in effect with almost every new title. The protagonist of the second book is the godson of the protagonist of the first book. The protagonist of the third book is the great-grandson of the second book's protagonist. The next book's protagonists are his son and daughter (well, mostly the son). Averted in book 5, as one of the two POV characters is book 4's protagonist, while the other one is his sister's ex-husband. Book 6 jumps forward and makes the protagonist a descendant of book 4's protagonist's sister and her ex.
* The ''Literature/AToZMysteries'' has the ''Calendar Mysteries'', following the adventures of Bradley and Brian Pinto (Josh's younger brothers), Nate Hathaway (Bradley's friend), and Lucy Armstrong (Dink's cousin).
* The original Felix Salten ''{{Literature/Bambi}}'' novel had a sequel ''Bambi's Children'' focusing on the title character's fawns, Geno and Gurri. Curiously, Disney, despite their aforementioned affinity for the trope (see above) and even setting up the same SequelHook in their first ''{{WesternAnimation/Bambi}}'' film, never got round to making an AnimatedAdaptation, though they did produce a ComicBookAdaptation shortly after the first film was screened.
* ''Literature/TheCustardProtocol'' stars Prudence from ''Literature/TheParasolProtectorate'' all grown up, and accompanied by several other now-adult characters from that series (namely Quesnel Lefoux and the Tunstell siblings).
* Susan Sto Helit, star of several ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, is the daughter of Mort, star of [[Literature/{{Mort}} the book of the same name]]. Quite how old that makes Rincewind and Granny Weatherwax is unclear. [[AWizardDidIt Blame the History Monks]].
** Cohen the Barbarian's daughter (well, one of them) is a minor character in a couple of books. When Cohen is introduced, he's ''already'' very old so it's not terribly surprising that he's got a few full-grown children running around (what with all the ravishing).
* Gail Carson Levine's ''[[Literature/DisneyFairies Fairies and the Quest for Never Land]]'' is another sequel to ''Peter Pan'', in which modern-day Wendy descendant Gwendolyn gets her turn.

* ''Son of Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name suggests]], about Tom-Jon and Talea's son going on an adventure with Mudge's pups.
* ''Sons of the Oak'', a {{continuation}} of David Farland's ''The Runelords [[strike:Trilogy]] Saga'' that focuses upon the son of the Earth King battling an [[BigBad even bigger Bad]].

* ''The Lucy Wilson Mysteries'' are a spin-off of Candy Jar Books' ''Lethbright-Stewart'' series (which themselves are a spin-off of ''Series/DoctorWho'') featuring the Brig's granddaughter.
* ''Hawk'' is a sequel to the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series, focusing on Max and Fang's daughter as she tries to survive in a post-apocalyptic city.
* ''The Fire'' by Katherine Neville is a sequel to ''Literature/TheEight'' that focuses on Alexandra Solarin, daughter of ''Eight'' protagonists Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin.

* ''Series/That90sShow'', the sequel series to ''Series/That70sShow'', will center around Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti's daughter, Leia.

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' got a sequel called ''LightNovel/WolfAndParchment'', which stars Kraft Lawrence and Holo's daughter Myuri.

* Page quote example: ''[[Series/{{Degrassi}} Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'' originally featured Emma Nelson, daughter of Spike Nelson from ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh''.

* In the ''[[Series/QuantumLeap2022 Quantum Leap]]'' revival, [[spoiler:Janice Calavicci]] is the daughter of [[spoiler:Al]] from the original series.[[note]]One of four according to the ending of "Mirror Image"[[/note]]

** In ''VideoGame/FableIII'', you play the child of Fable II's player character.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' played around with this on occasion. The fourth game, ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', had the main characters at the start of the game [[spoiler:die off halfway through and]] be replaced with their children. Many (though not all) of the characters in ''The Binding Blade'' were the children of characters in ''The Blazing Blade'', which is actually an ''inversion'' of the trope since ''Binding Blade'' was made first. (A couple of characters from ''Binding Blade'' were the parents of characters in ''Blazing Blade'', and grandparents of other characters in ''Binding Blade''.)

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has a 19-year timeskip between ''2'' and ''3'', during which time Kazuya Mishima (by then the series' central character) and Jun Kazama have an affair and give birth to a son, Jin Kazama, who replaces his father as protagonist from ''3'' onward. Kazuya later shows up again, but as an [[ArchnemesisDad antagonist]].

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a different "[=JoJo=]" for each arc, but most/all are blood relatives one way or another (to exemplify: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Jonathan]] is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Joseph]], who is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]], who is ''nephew'' to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]]!). Then double subverted with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne]], Jotaro's daughter.

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a different "[=JoJo=]" for each arc, but most/all are blood relatives one way or another (to exemplify: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Jonathan]] is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Joseph]], who is grandpa to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]], who in a subversion, is ''nephew'' to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]]!). Then double subverted with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne]], Jotaro's daughter.

* ''That '90s Show'', the sequel series to ''Series/That70sShow'', will center around Eric Forman's daughter.