All the tropes beneath are from the website tvtropes. I did not include all of them, just the ones I found interesting.
Abandoned war child: A child who was fathered by a soldier that was killed or missing in wartime circumstances
Affection-hating kid: A child who hates expressing, and/or seeing people express, affection
Anti-nepotism: A character treats their family members coldly at work to stave off accusations of nepotism
Artificial family member: A robot or an Artificial Human that is treated as their creator's own child
Baby as payment: A family is broken apart after a parent (willing or otherwise) gives away their child in exchange for something else
Bonding over missing parents: Characters become close with each other upon finding out they both have missing/dead parents
Breaking the cycle of bad parenting: A parent or parental figure who is shown as a better parent than their own
Child of forbidden love: A child born from a forbidden romantic reunion
Clashing cousins: Cousins who either form a rivalry or dislike each other
Cool older sibling-in-law: A character who bonds with their significant other's younger sibling (usually a child
Deliberately cute child: A child uses their cuteness as a manipulation tactic
Divine parentage: A child of one or two gods
Don't split us up: Siblings are threatened with being separated from each other by divorce or foster care
Family of choice: A group of friends who don't have any blood/marital relations among themselves still treat each other as though they were family
Generational trauma: Conflict arises due to unresolved baggage passed down from generation to generation
Generation Xerox: Kids have very similar lives as their parents or even distant ancestors
I am not my father: A character actively defies becoming like their parent
Identical grandson: A character closely resembles their ancestor
Long-lost relative: A character's relative returns after having vanished a long time ago
Never grew up: A character never emotionally grows up despite chronologically and/or physically aging
Platonic co-parenting: Characters who aren't romantically involved raise children together
Promotion to parent: The oldest child takes it upon themselves to parent their younger siblings
Replacement sibling: A child is born to a couple whose previous child died
Siblings in crime: Siblings who commit crime together
Successful sibling syndrome: A character feels overshadowed by their more successful sibling
The dutiful son: The child who dedicates themselves to taking care of their family
Your tradition is not mine: A character rebels against their family's way of living
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