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Our hero or heroine meets someone who they seem to be sharing a number of traits with. The story progresses, and they find themselves working together, at cross-purposes, or [[Surprise Incest|drawing together romantically]].
And then -- [[The Reveal]]. The reason our hero has found that other person [[Uncanny Valley|uncannily]] familiar or compellingly attractive is that the new person is a [[Long-Lost Relative]] they may never have known they had, or had believed gone forever. Variations include [[Separated
Often this is hinted before it happens -- thanks to [[Superpowerful Genetics]] members of the same family usually share a number of trademark traits and habits that you can easily spot them by.
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* In ''Chance Pop Session'', {{spoiler|Akari, Yuki and Nozomi all meet at Kisaragi's music school, not only becoming friends, but harmonizing together well enough to become a successful pop trio, only to learn they are all long-lost sisters, and that the woman who trained them is their mother!}}
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', a recent chapter has {{spoiler|Happy unknowingly running into his parents while escaping from the Eksheed.}}
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'', it's revealed that Emperor Neo is {{spoiler|Nadia's older brother, Venusis, brought back to life as a cyborg.}}
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** Polaris is un-retconned and re-revealed to be the daughter of Magneto thus she is the half-sister of the Scarlet Witch and her former X-Factor team mate Quicksilver (and their dead sister Anya).
** Professor X also hid the existence of Cyclops and Havok's younger brother, Vulcan.
** Since his introduction in the 1960s is full of [[Fridge Logic]] (if Cyclops had been visiting Havok all along, what was the point of: A) keeping his existence a secret from all of his friends, and B) not telling Havok that they were mutants?) Alex Summers is usually introduced as Cyclops's long-lost sibling in newer adaptations ([[X
** X-Man Storm has no siblings, but she does have a long lost branch of her family on her mother's side that was [[Retcon|RetConned]] into existence to help justify her going back to Africa so she could marry the Black Panther.
** A subversion occurs with other X-Men: Longtime teammates Nightcrawler and Rogue are step-brother and sister.
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** A lot of ''Animorphs'' fanfics feature Tobias's long lost sibling, usually his sister. It was parodied in one fanfic; Tobias complaining about having to take of so many siblings.
** A lot of [[Phineas and Ferb]] fics are about this, nearly always the missing biological parents. "[[First Contact: A Gemini Story (Fanfic)|First Contact: A Gemini Story]]", on the other hand, is one about Ferb's {{spoiler|long lost twin sister}}.
* Having Mulder's sister turn up is common in ''[[The X
* These were as common as grains of sand in the early days of the [[Sailor Moon]] fandom. They'd almost universally be either Usagi or Mamoru's long-lost sister, though once in a great while Usagi would have a brother (since apparently she doesn't get enough grief from Shingo) or one of the other senshi would suddenly sprout a sibling or two. What was particularly odd with Usagi's many sisters was how often they were her ''older'' sibling, but were still usually banished (and thus forgotten by everyone until after the canon series) for breaking the "one heir" rule. Because it makes perfect sense to banish the ''firstborn'' for being an extra child.
** On the other hand. ''[[Dance of Shiva (Fanfic)|Dance of Shiva]]'' by John Biles, crosses ''Sailor Moon'' and ''[[
* Justified example in the [[Detective Conan]] fandom. This is a popular fan theory for [[Detective Conan]]'s lead Kudo Shinichi and his [[Foil]] and [[Worthy Opponent]] the [[Phantom Thief|Kaitou Kid]]. (Who had his own very brief manga series before Aoyama started Conan and folded Kid into it.) Generally they're either twins and don't know it, or first or second cousins, but there have been considerable variations.
** This is all based on the fact that they canonically look ridiculously similar, when seen in 'normal' form. Interesting meta-use of [[Only Six Faces]], since what the manga-ka actually did was use the same basic design for two heroes and then [[Lampshade]] it--specifically, by showing that Kid, a [[Master of Disguise]] who usually relies heavily on [[Latex Perfection]], can dress as Shinichi without a mask. Just has to change his hair and body language.
*** Wasn't that just in some of the movies? Those are canon, though.
** The backstories fans produce for these [[Epileptic Trees]] can be ''epic''. One nightmare scenario from a world where they had been [[Separated
*** A few horrible shippers use this theory for [[Surprise Incest]] [[Squick]].
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*** The original idea was that Owen "Luke's uncle" Lars was Obi-Wan's brother, not Anakin's.
** And Gunn Yage is Cade Skywalker's half-sister in the comics, making this trope [[In the Blood]]. Makes me wonder if when Luke and Ben reach the Fallanassi leg of their journey, they'll discover that Akanah has a child.
* ''[[
* There have been a few variations on this with twins who were [[Separated
* ''Zorro The Gay Blade'' has a [[Separated
** Diego did know he had a brother. But he hadn't seen his brother in years since Bunny had been in the Navy. Also, Bunny's birth name was Ramone and Diego wasn't aware that he had changed his name.
* Spock's touchy-feely half-brother Sybok in ''[[Star Trek V:
* {{spoiler|Penny Priddy}} was the unknowing long lost twin sister of [[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension|Buckaroo Banzai]]'s wife, [[Disposable Woman|Peggy]]. Tragically, the sisters never had the opportunity to meet.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito portray the titular long lost brothers in the comedy film ''Twins''. In an unusual departure from the twin trope, they are [[Captain Obvious|fraternal twins]].
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* In the movie ''Soapdish'', soap opera costars Lori and Jeffery nearly kiss before Celeste breaks them up to reveal that Lori is his daughter. Ew.
* In ''[[Desperado]]'', [[Cain and Abel|El Mariachi and Bucho]] are brothers.
* In ''[[Scaramouche (
** In [[Scaramouche|the original book]], the villain was the hero's father.
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* The Baudelaire siblings encounter two of a set of triplets in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' -- the third triplet is a [[Long Lost Sibling]] who eventually reunites with his brother and sister.
* Arthur Spiderwick is the long lost [[Disappeared Dad]] of ''The Spiderwick Chronicles''. The same is true for [[The Movie]].
* In the first book of ''[[
* ''[[The Kite Runner]]'' reveals that {{spoiler|Hasaan is Amir's half-brother}} in a climactic reveal.
* In ''[[Havemercy]]'' Thom eventually realizes that {{spoiler|Rook}} is his brother, leading to a lot of protest among fans who ''insist'' that their UST is undeniable (and it really is....)
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* In ''The Vampire Diaries: Midnight'' it is revealed to Meredith Sulez, by her parents no less, that she has a twin brother who was kidnapped by [[Big Bad|Klaus]] when she was just a baby. {{spoiler|She also discovers that she is a type of vampire with kitten teeth.}}
* Played to a ridiculous level in the [[Wuxia]] ''[[wikipedia:Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils|Demi Gods and Semi Devils]]'' with the protagonist's father, Duan Zhengchun, being a big case of [[Casanova]]. ''Every single'' [[Love Interest]] his son, Duan Yu, meets in his journey turns out to be his half-sisters. {{spoiler|Though this is subverted later on as Duan Yu isn't Zhengchun's son, thus resulting in a [[Tenchi Solution]].}}
* In the eleventh ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* On ''[[24]]'' the nemesis who appears to have orchestrated most of the events of the fifth season is revealed in the sixth to be Jack Bauer's estranged (and never before mentioned) brother Graem who was also being manipulated by their father.
* In ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', {{spoiler|a married couple who grew up next door to each other learn that they are in fact half-siblings. Not quite long-lost, but close...}}
** Something similar happened in [[Law and Order SVU]], where a teenager found out he'd been dating/sleeping with his (now-murdered) half sister. He was originally a suspect, but Stabler considered him innocent when the revelation actually made him throw up. {{spoiler|His mother did it.}}
* On ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', Ned's [[Disappeared Dad]] started a new family after abandoning Ned at boarding school, then pulled the [[Disappeared Dad]] thing again. As a result, the Pie Maker has twin half-brothers.
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** A straighter use of the trope occurs in the [[Cut Short|not-really-a-finale]]: {{spoiler|Cassidy is Kyle's brother, although born naturally and thus lacking any of Kyle's powers.}}
* ''[[Due South]]'''s Constable Benton Fraser meets his half-sister in the show's penultimate episode.
* On ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' two opposing factions played on {{spoiler|Gabriel Grey's}} mental issues to manipulate him. The vehicle they used to do this? [[Subverted Trope|They lied]], telling him he was a long lost family member.
** A better example lies in Alice, {{spoiler|Angela Petrelli}}'s [[You Didn't Ask|never-before-mentioned]] sister.
* ''[[Monk]]'' discovers he has a long lost brother.
* ''[[Star Trek:
** And a couple of his brothers have shown up too. One is evil, the other just dumb.
*** Worf's long lost brother Kurn also shows up as well as his long lost son Alexander. Picard visits his estranged brother Robert and meets his nephew Rene for the first time. Riker's estranged father visits. Troi finds out she had an older sister who drowned that she never knew existed. Tasha Yar's sister also visits the Enterprise after her death.
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** Presumably this revelation also makes Mulder's long lost sister Samantha his half-sister.
** And that Scully had a daughter she never knew about thanks to some ova-stealing.
* On ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', Sydney discovers a long-lost sister, Nadia, at the end of season 3. Said sister goes on to: {{spoiler|become a series regular at the start of season 4, fall into an [[Put
* Turns out that ''[[Dexter]]'' has {{spoiler|a brother he never knew about, who turns out to be the Ice Truck Killer of the first season}}.
* In ''[[True Blood]]'', Vampire Bill discovers {{spoiler|after he's already started sleeping with one of them}} that the Bellefleur siblings are his great-great-great grandchildren.
* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Shawn runs into his long-lost half brother Jack when Jack arrives in Philadelphia to go to college. Shawn knew he existed before this but they were so estranged that none of the other main characters (or the audience) knew about him.
* Has reached epidemic levels in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''; there's been Morgana's long-lost sister Morgause, Merlin's long-lost father Balinor, Guinevere's long-lost brother Elyan, and Arthur's long-lost uncle Agravaine ([[Remember the New Guy?|who has apparently been there all along]]).
== [[Myth and Legend]] ==
* [[Oedipus the King
* Morgan le Fay, who comes with extra disturbing quotient in the form of their mutual child he just sort of forgot about.
== [[Theatre]] ==
* Siegmund and Sieglinde find this out at the end of the first act of ''[[
* ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'': {{spoiler|Miles Gloriosus and Philia. Thankfully revealed before their arranged marriage can take place, let alone be consummated.}}
* An interesting aversion of sorts in ''[[Into the Woods]]'', where the baker and Rapunzel are these, but neither realises and nor does their being related have any effect on the plot.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* {{spoiler|Apollo and Trucy}} in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]''
** Oh boy, ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Trials and Tribulations.]]'' In the last case not only do we find out that {{spoiler|victim Elise Deauxnim was Mia and Maya Fey's long-lost mother (and Pearl's aunt), but serial killer Dahlia Hawthorne is Morgan Fey's long-lost daughter and Pearl's half-sister...as is Dahlia's twin sister Iris.}}
* {{spoiler|The Masked Man}} in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* Almost everybody with a sibling in ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Fire Emblem Rekka no Ken]]'' seems to have been separated, but {{spoiler|Rebecca and Dan/Dart}} are the ones who fit this trope best.
** Also, Arthur and Tinny in ''Seisen no Keifu''. And Leaf and Altenna in the same game. In both cases, the latter has to be convinced by their brother to do a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Finally, we have a particularly sad case with Leen and Corple, who don't even ''know'' they're brother and sister.
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* Hoo boy, ''[[Ever 17]]''. {{spoiler|1=Of the people on LeMU, Sara and the Kid are fraternal twins. And they're the children of Tsugumi, on LeMU at the same time, and Takeshi, who's the other main character.}}
* Non-protagonist example: In ''Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches'', it turns out that the guy you exchange e-mails with is {{spoiler|the long-lost son of a previous victim of the curse, who is reunited with his sister (off-screen) if you succeed}}.
* Subverted (!) with Ivan in ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** Homer also has a long-lost half-sister in England.
* Hank of ''[[King of the Hill]]'' was revealed to have a Japanese half-brother.
* From the standpoint of every other toon on The Warner Lot, ''[[
* Motor Ed turns out to be Dr Drakken's cousin in the first episode of season 3 of ''[[Kim Possible]]''. Not so much a long lost sibling as a wish he were still lost cousin, but it still counts, especially after Drakken starts taking Motor Ed's fashion advice.
* 4Kids editing of ''[[Winx Club]]'' provides an example of this trope being [[Executive Meddling|undermined by editing]]: The Trix exposit about the Dragonfire to Bloom. {{spoiler|Of their ancestors' attempt to take it, they say, "Your sister ruined everything by saving your life." This prompts Bloom to say, "Daphne?" But in the dub, the Trix never mention this, instead referring to Daphne as "the guardian of the flame", with Bloom saying "Daphne?" being cut out. It's rather awkward, since the first time it's indicated that they're sibs in the dub is when she's looking at her family tree in S2.}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URC8YXge7hc Video.]
* In s more recent episode of ''[[
* In ''[[
* Kevin's stepfather shows up in the finale for season 1 of ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' -- he's been with Kevin's mother since the ''Ben10'' days, but this is the first time he appears onscreen.
* The [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Hey Arnold]]'' features the {{spoiler|reunion of Mr. Hyunh and his long-lost daughter.}}
* [[He-Man and
* Hank Venture from the Venture Bros finds out that his best friend Dermott Fictel is the illegitimate son of his father Rusty Venture and Nikki Fictel. Nikki Fictel was a teenager when Dermott was born and Dermott was raised to believe Nikki was his sister and his grandmother was his mother. Hank finds this out shortly AFTER losing his virginity to Nikki but has his memory wiped.
* Eric Cartman from ''South Park'' finds out his old ginger nemesis Scott Tenorman is his half-brother in the episode 201. Eric had previously orchestrated the murder of Scott's parents (and thus Eric's own father) and tricked Scott into eating their remains at the Chili Con Carnival. When Eric finds out he becomes depressed...at the thought of being half-ginger.
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