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"Dear ancestor! Please accept this deep bow from your unworthy descendant!"
― Cheon Yeon Woon (Nano Machine)

The condition to have the traits and talents from one's ancestors. Variation of Power Inheritance.

Also Called[]

  • Ancestral Heredity/Inheritance
  • Hereditary Mimicry

Effects[]

As a trait, the user is able to imitate/inherit the talents and/or powers from one’s ancestors, especially from birth. Some users inherit their ancestors' powers from generation to generation. Some users rarely inherit their ancestors' powers, if the genes are recessive.

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Flaws/Weaknesses[]

  • May possess the same weaknesses as their ancestors did.

Known Users[]

  • Legacies (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)
    • Octavian
    • Claudia
    • Frank Zhang
  • Bryce Quinlan (Crescent City); inherited the Starborn Fae power
  • Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
  • High-Born Atlanteans (DC Extended Universe)
  • Witches (Demon Accords
    • Declan O'Carroll
  • Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
  • Various Mutants (The Gifted)
    • Andy Strucker
    • Lauren Strucker
  • Agatha Heterodyne (Girl Genius); inherited 'Heterodyning' and the Spark in general
  • Muggle-Borns (Harry Potter); possibly
    • Hermione Granger
    • Lily Potter
  • Joestar Family (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  • Yunobo (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild); inherited Daruk's Protection from his ancestor
  • Elemental Masters (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
  • Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
  • Witches (Motherland: Fort Salem)
  • Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine)
  • Various Characters (Ninjala)
  • Hemlock Family Heads (Ordeal)
  • Syndreghasti/Peculiarly (Peculiar Children series)
    • Jake Portman
    • Abe Portman
    • Emma Bloom
    • Noor Pradesh
    • Millard Nullings
    • Alma LaFay Peragrine
  • Aelin Galathynius (Throne of Glass series); inherited the powers of her ancestor, Mala Fire-Bringer
  • Carriers of the Corvinus Strain (Underworld)
    • Michael Corvin
  • Witches (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals/Legacies)
    • Bonnie Bennett
    • Hope Mikaelson
  • Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

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