The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree

Meaning:
A child grows up to be very similar to its parents in the way they act and in their physical abilities.

This picture is titled "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree".
It's a little freaky, don't you think?

Origin:
One site says this phrase came from Sir Isaac Newton. I think this might be a joke.
The earliest German citation of the phrase stems from 1582 when it is quoted by Johann Fischart in his novel Geschichtsklitterung precisely as "Der Apffel fellt nicht weit vom Baum". By 1585 the proverb appears in Michael Neander's important German proverb collection Ethice vetus et sapiens as "Der Apffel fellt nicht gerne weit vom Baume". And by 1598 the German chapbook entitled Das Lalebuch (Die Schildbºrger) includes the common variant "Der Apffel felt nicht weit vom Stammen", where the "Baum" (tree) has been replaced by "Stamm(en)" (stem). The German proverb is thus well established by the end of the 16th century, and it appears with considerable frequency in later collections and literary works of the German language right up to the present day.





Sources:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_apple_doesn%27t_fall_far_from_the_tree
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_exactly_does_the_quote_the_apple_doesn%27t_fall_far_from_the_tree_come_from
http://www.deproverbio.com/display.php?a=3&r=6