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* Being born a "filthy half-human bastard", bullied and ridiculed by other werewolves since childhood, does not stop [[Fiery Redhead]] Riza Wildman of ''[[Monster Princess]]'' from '''proudly''' announcing herself before battle as "Riza Wildman, Daughter of the Werewolf Warrior Borg Wildman!!"

* ''[[Vinland Saga]]'': "I am Thorfinn, son of Thors"

** And later, {{spoiler|"I am Ohma, son of Nausicaa, warrior, arbitrator and judge."}}

 

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

{{quote| '''Kelda''': My name is Kelda. Born I was of light and sky and sunrises and wind. And you are...<br />

'''Bill''': Bill. Born of Bills. }}

 

== Fanfic ==

 

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* An overlap of this and [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]] appears in ''[[Kill Bill]] Vol. 1'' when the eleven-year-old O-Ren tells the man who murdered her parents as she guts him like a fish, "Look into my eyes. Do they look familiar to you. Do I look like someone...YOU MURDERED?!"

{{quote| '''Liu Kang:''' "I am Liu Kang, descendant of Kung Lao. I challenge you to Mortal Kombat. Do you accept, or yield?"}}

* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

{{quote| '''Legolas''': This is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance.}}

 

== Literature ==

** One of the best examples is Thorin declaring himself in Lake-town in ''[[The Hobbit]]'':

{{quote| "I am Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror King Under the Mountain! ''[[Rightful King Returns|I return!]]''"}}

* In the ''[[Redwall]]'' series, Martin the Warrior announces himself as "Martin, son of Luke" multiple times in his eponymous book. Also spoken by Martin at least once in the books Mossflower, and The Legend of Luke.

** It should be noted that at first, he introduces himself as "Martin, son of Luke the Warrior". It isn't until later that he introduces himself as "Martin the Warrior, son of Luke".

* Done a lot in [[The Bible]], sometimes with the variation of using the tribe name instead.

* In the ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]'', it's very common for characters to introduce themselves by the patronymic or matronymic. Protagonist Taran is deeply bothered by the fact that he's an orphan and can't introduce himself that way; he eventually comes to be known by many as Taran Wanderer.

* 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 (Literature)/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 (Literature)/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.

* ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' has Sandrilene fa Toren, Sandry for short, goes with this in the first book: "My name is Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, daughter of Count Mattin fer Toren and his Countess Amiliane fa Landreg. I am great-niece to His Grace Vedris IV, Duke of Emelan, and cousin to Empress Berenene of Namorn..."

* The Ogier in the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' give the names of their forbears two generations back when introducing themselves, though male Ogier give the names of their father and grandfather, while female ones give the names of their mother and grandmother.

* Dr. Tachyon's actual alien name in ''[[Wild Cards]]'' spans several thousand generations, but his first name is Tisianne brant T'sara sek Halima sek Ragnar sek Omian - "brant" probably being "son of" and "sek" being "daughter of", as his culture is matriarchal.

 

 

== Live-Action TV ==

** Since Worf was named after his grandfather (Kirk and McCoy's lawyer in ''[[Star Trek]] VI''), Lieutenant Worf's father would introduce himself as "Mogh, Son of Worf". Interestingly, Worf's own son Alexander introduces himself in a human manner (as Alexander Rozhenko), even when serving aboard a Klingon ship. Then again, he's 1/4 human and was raised by Worf's adopted human parents.

** 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).

{{quote| '''Quark''': [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|I am Quark, son of Keldar, and I have come to answer the challenge of D'Ghor, son of... whatever.]]}}

* "[[Andromeda|I am Tyr Anasazi]] of Kodiak Pride, out of Victoria by Barbarosa."

** Unlike the typical examples, the Nietzscheans always mention their mothers along with their fathers, as both genetic lines are important to them.

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

'''Earthforce Captain:''' ''"Who is this? Identify yourself."''<br />

'''Pontius Pilate:''' Pilate, Pontius Pilate, Son of--<br />

'''Jesus:''' a bitch! }}

* In ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' Teyla first introduces herself as Teyla, daughter of Tagan. Interestingly, her father's name is later said to be Torren, suggesting that Athosians use matronymics.

 

 

== Video Games ==

* "[[Final Fantasy VII|I am Nanaki]] son of Seto... I am afraid of nothing... it's all right, all right. I'm Nanaki, the son of brave Seto... I'm not afraid of Sephiroth..."

* In ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'', the first time [[The Hero|Roland]] meet [[The High Queen|Queen Sophia]]. "I am Roland, son of Sir Steven."

* In the ''[[Castlevania]]: The Dracula X Chronicles'' redub of ''[[Symphony of the Night]]'', Dracula refers to Richter as "Belmont, [[Captain Obvious|son of Belmont]]".

* Altaïr's full name in ''[[Assassin Creed]]'' is Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad, meaning "Flying One, son of Nobody". Which is strange as his father's name is revealed in a later game.

* In ''Mass Effect'', quarian names follower a similar line, though based on their ship as opposed to their parents. Tali'Zorah is, for example, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya when Shepard first meets her, which effectively is "Tali, of the family Zorah, passenger of the Rayya.", {{spoiler|and later, when she is renamed to Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, this effectively translates as "Tali, of the family Zorah, crew of the Normandy." Since the difference between a passenger (One who is provided for by their ship) and crew (one who provides and contributes to their ship) exists, the identifiers of Vas and Nar are important. Other translations for Nar can be "Child of" and for Vas can be "Citizen of" or "Contributor of". She is also identified as Tali'Zorah vas Neema during Mass Effect 2.}}

 

== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[Order of the Stick]]'', Belkar kills a kobold tracker named Yikyik, and later meets his son, who says: "[[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|I am Yokyok, son of Yikyik]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]."

** "I am Miko Myazaki, samurai of the Sapphire Guard, loyal vassal of Lord Shojo, daughter of Eyko and Paladin of the Twelve Gods of the South."

== Western Animation ==

* In the ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' cartoon, Thor introduces himself as "Thor, Son of Odin." Thing answers, "Son of Odin, eh? Thou has ticked off Ben Grimm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grimm!"

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' "My name is Zuko! Son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai! Prince of the Fire Nation, and heir to the throne!" (of course he ''was'' in the middle of a land the Fire Nation had been waging war upon for a century)