We don’t choose our family…

This is a two-panel side-by-side comparison meme. The left panel features the character Homelander from the live-action superhero series The Boys, standing with his hands on his hips in his signature blue, red, and gold superhero costume, labeled with the text 'My weird dad' above him. The right panel features the character Soldier Boy, also from The Boys, wearing his dark green tactical superhero suit and holding his signature shield, labeled 'My racist grandpa' above him. The joke draws on the canonical plot point from the show that Soldier Boy is Homelander's biological father, mapping the characters' established negative personality traits (Homelander's erratic, emotionally stunted, often bizarre behavior, Soldier Boy's old-fashioned, bigoted, discriminatory views) to common relatable experiences of having odd, awkward fathers and unapologetically prejudiced older grandparents. The core gag ties into the title, referencing the frustration of being related to people with unlikable traits that you have no control over.

This meme originates from Reddit meme communities, as noted in the provided source information. It uses official promotional imagery of Homelander and Soldier Boy from Season 3 of Amazon Prime Video's The Boys, which first aired in 2022 when the canonical father-son relationship between the two characters was revealed. The meme pairs the existing superhero media assets with relatable family joke text to resonate with audiences familiar with both the show and common family dynamic experiences.