follow in (one's) footsteps

To pursue something that someone else (often a family member) has already done. My father was an engineer, and I plan to follow in his footsteps and study engineering in college. I am following in my sister's footsteps and joining her old sorority.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Basilio	bah-ZEE-lyo (Italian), bah-SEE-lyo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Katerina	-	Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
Raphael	ra-fa-EL (French), RAF-ee-el (English), RAY-fee-əl (English)	German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
MÅRten	MOR-ten	Swedish
Rutherford	['rʌðəfəd]
Anapa	-	Egyptian Mythology