The idea that evil is in the blood is an old one. Not quite as old as blood, but probably about as old as the knife. There are many religious philosophers that have put the concept of Original Sin under this heading, as representing "hereditary" evil tendencies in humankind. So here's to the fictional characters who didn't just have abusive childhoods but out right megalomaniacal parents, who in many cases were grooming them so they could later inherit a dominated world... and turned out pretty okay anyway.