To take after means to resemble an older relative in appearance, manner, or character. It is often used for children who share a parent's looks, habits, or temperament.
Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them. Evelyn Waugh
You take after your dad, a high-functioning sociopath with an incurable organic personality disorder. It's one of the special-sauce variety, the kind with a known genetic cause. Your uncle Albert was something different, and worse: He was a man of faith. Charles Stross
I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family. Jeff Foxworthy
Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing. John Astin
It is often that a cow does not take after its breed. Irish Proverb
Often a cow does not take after its breed. Irish Proverb