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* Ada Lovelace from ''[[The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage]]'' inherited a poetical disposition from her father, Lord Byron. Ada's mother taught her mathematics to hold back this pernicious influence.
* In ''[[Misfile]]'' the main reason Cassiel is treated as being dangerous and untrustworthy is because her uncle is [[Satan|Lucifer]]. One wonders how much of her [[Jerkass]] nature is precisely because of this treatment, certainly both Vashiel and Rumisiel bring up her family tree at every opportunity.
* Agatha of ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has seemingly inherited much of her father and uncle's heroism, despite having been raised in secret away from anything that would particularly require her to be heroic. Othar even lampshades this when he mentions that she ran straight at danger without thinking twice, despite her claims that she wants to stay normal and hidden. Their ancestors were [[Not So Different]] in fearless and charismatic part, but expressed it in the ways usually associated with barbarian warlords (apparently they didn't even bother to conquer a proper empire for themselves, just extracted tribute).
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070219 Various] other [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110314 characters] speculate about ''which'' lot of relatives she's going to take after.
** Sometimes she
{{quote|'''Agatha''': I believe another [[Ludicrous Precision|forty-five point three seconds]], and i would have ''exploded'' or something.
'''{{spoiler|Castle Heterodyne}}''': ...or something. Under the [[Dramatic Stutter|circir/circumstances]] I/I am forced to admit that yo/you are most most likely oneoneone of the family...
'''Agatha''': Oh, ''yeah''... I have ''got'' to try [[Super Serum|that]] ''again!''
'''{{spoiler|Castle Heterodyne}}''': yesss... ''most'' likely, in/in/in''deed''. }}
** On the upside, people don't worry about Agatha too long, unless they are more concerned with the Mongfish line -- the Heterodynes (with but one known exception) weren't ''sneaky''.
{{quote|'''Lord Womble''': ...and the lack of screaming, ranting, and egregious violence ''has'' been ''noted''. }}
* Invoked, then subverted in [[Everyday Heroes]] by Jane Mighty; originally from a family of villains, she follows her best friend and joins an [[Anti-Villain]] team [[Just Like Robin Hood|who find stolen items and steal them back for their rightful owners]]. She quit villainy after her friend is killed {{spoiler|by her [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|backstabbing boss]].}}
* Cited by name, then later [[Justified]] in ''[[Narbonic]]'': Helen notes that she didn't always want to be a mad scientist, but then notes the trope name. Justified later in that {{spoiler|[[Cloning Blues|Helen is a clone of her mother]] -- so it wasn't just in the blood, but likely during the whole child-making process}}.
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