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* In ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'', the [[Big Bad]] is tracking down the descendants of the Seven Sages who originally [[Sealed Evil in a Can|sealed him away]], as their deaths are the only way to release his original body. The game establishes that only one descendant in each most recent generation is the heir (as Jessica's brother Alistair held the bloodline whereas Jessica just received magical strength), but that all goes to hell when it comes to Marta. She's still the holder of the bloodline even though she has ''a freaking son''. [[Plot Hole|It really makes no sense]].
* In ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'', the [[Big Bad]] is tracking down the descendants of the Seven Sages who originally [[Sealed Evil in a Can|sealed him away]], as their deaths are the only way to release his original body. The game establishes that only one descendant in each most recent generation is the heir (as Jessica's brother Alistair held the bloodline whereas Jessica just received magical strength), but that all goes to hell when it comes to Marta. She's still the holder of the bloodline even though she has ''a freaking son''. [[Plot Hole|It really makes no sense]].
* Inverted in ''[[Fable|Fable 3]]'', only the ''youngest'' of the Hero of Bowerstone's two children gets any Hero powers.
* Inverted in ''[[Fable|Fable 3]]'', only the ''youngest'' of the Hero of Bowerstone's two children gets any Hero powers.
* In the final expansion for ''[[The Sims| The Sims 3]]'' ''Into the Future'' a Sim can go to the future and meet their decedents, but the only way a Sim will ever have more than one household descended from them is to have multiple children in the present, who will produce one line of children each. "The future" is only one city, but it houses descendents of all Sims in the currently active neighborhood (even the gay or loveless loser ones).



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