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run in the family

vb. (context idiomatic English) To be a characteristic feature that is observed in several generations of a family.

Usage examples of "run in the family".

She stepped forward to give the pimpled man a big kiss, and the Baudelaires noticed that pimples seemed to run in the family.

Their mother had died of a weak heart and thesame malady seemed to run in the family.