runs in the family
Passed down generations
Runs in the family describes traits, conditions, or tendencies that recur across generations within the same family, whether through genetics or shared environment.
Physical features, diseases, talents, and behavioral patterns all run in families: Heart disease runs in the family.
Musical ability runs in their family—everyone plays an instrument.
- patrimonialOf inherited family property
- geneticRelating to heredity
- coping mechanismsMethods for handling difficulties
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- attachment stylesCategories of relational behavior
congenital · temperament · intergenerational trauma · phenotype · nature versus nurture · ancestry · habits · mannerisms · DNA · genetic predisposition · lineage · bloodline · mimic · rituals · traditions · namesake · communication styles · customs
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- Family Resemblancespitting image, identical twins, look-alike, takes after, carbon copy
runs in the familyself-taught
Educated without instructors
acquired trait · learned behavior · learned · earned · self-made
runs in the familyone-off
Singular, unrepeated instance
anomaly · fluke · random occurrence · sporadic · mutation
runs, running, runner, runners, runny, family, families, familial, familiar