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{{quote|'''Kim Possible:''' Drakken had an ancestor there ''too?''
'''Ron Stoppable:''' Okay, you know what, [[Lampshade Hanging|this is just getting ludicrous!]]<ref>The only proper response after learning that the heroine, her two sidekicks, her coach, her arch-villain, and [[The Dragon]] are all covered by this trope.</ref>
|"Rewriting History", ''[[Kim Possible]]''}}
A character's descendant or ancestor is physically identical (or would be, except for small cosmetic changes) to the character himself, and often has the same name. A subsection of [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]. Of course, he might just be [[My Own Grampa|his own ancestor]].
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This is normally the result of budget considerations when casting [[Time Travel]] stories, the consequence of having a long-term contract for a star when a show permanently jumps generations for some reason, or an excuse to do an [[Elseworld]] story with essentially the same character in a different setting.
If the character and descendant are actually one and the same, then that's [[My Grandson, Myself]].
Despite the name, the trope is limited to neither males nor grandchildren.
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This trope gets somewhat disturbing if you over-think it. Having one's grandparents look ''exactly'' like their grandchild and said grandchild's mate has pseudo-incestuous imagery.
Usually an [[Averted Trope]] by this point. Compare with [[Visions of Another Self]]. When it's the life story that's identical, the character is a member of [[Generation Xerox]]. In live-action productions is almost always the result of [[Acting for Two]].
Generally the result of one of three things: A) It's simply cheaper to have an actor play their own ancestor than try to get a new actor to play them, B) Executives assume [[Viewers are Morons|people are too dim to recognize that someone is a character's ancestor and thus a precursor to that character]] if you don't find some way to constantly remind them, or C) Both.
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