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* ''[[Darkover]]'': A Renunciate of Darkover (aka Free Amazons) takes oath to become known only as the daughter of her mother such as Jaelle N'ha Melora -- Jaelle, daughter of Melora.

* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series, this form of introduction is common in the Mid-World. In ''[[The Dark Tower/Wizard and Glass|Wizard and Glass]]'', Roland adresses the [[Wicked Witch]] Rhea as "Rhea, daughter of none", as he doesn't know who her father was. In ''[[The Dark Tower/Wolves of the Calla|Wolves of the Calla]]'', Eddie, who [[Disappeared Dad|never met his father]], introduces himself as "Eddie Dean of New York, son of Wendell", while thinking: "At least that's what Ma always claimed."

* The mountain clansmen in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Gunthor son of Gurn of the Stone Crows, Timmett son of Timmett of the Burned Men, Chella daughter of Cheyk of the Black Ears... and, when he introduces himself, Tyrion son of Tywin of the Clan Lannister (actually a noble house). The Dothraki are also fond of this; Drogo son of Bharbo et cetera.

* The Outskirters, the Proud Warrior Race of ''[[The Steerswoman]]'' series, have three-part names of the form "X, Ysdotter (or Ysson), Z", where Y is one's mother and Z is one's great-great-...-great-grandmother, sixty-some generations back, at the inception of the culture. One is also expected to know all the intervening names, and to be able to trot out the full list from memory at appropriate ceremonial occasions. The character who gets the most page time is Bel, Margasdotter, Chanly.

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* Even though his family have become dispossessed outcasts in the Klingon Empire due to his conflicting loyalties to the Federation, The First Klingon in Starfleet '''still''' calls himself [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|"Worf, Son of Mogh"]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9WsvaCP6Cg YouTube]

** Klingon females always introduce himself as "daughter of <father's name>", never "daughter of <mother's name>", implying that male heritage is more important (same as human patronymics).

* In ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'':

{{quote|'''Ivanova:''' ''"This is the White Star Fleet. Negative on surrender...we will not stand down."''

'''Earthforce Captain:''' ''"Who is this? Identify yourself."''

* Parodied in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' with 'Njorl's Saga' in which the narrator spends so much time explaining the family relationships of the characters that the story never starts.

* A fake trailer for a "retelling" of [[The Bible|Jesus Christ]]'s life, by French comedians ''[[Les Inconnus]]'', had this dialogue:

 

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