It should mean something like "If the ancestors are cruel, so would their offsprings" right?
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Hm, if you're asking about English, wouldn't the English language SE be more appropriate?
「酷い」 here does not mean "cruel", but more like "terrible" or "awful".
The closest English equivalent I can think of would be:
Like father, like son.
Though note that the English can have either a good meaning or a bad meaning, unlike the phrase you posted.
That aside, the phrase you have posted is rather uncommon. The idiom used in Japanese is:
蛙｛かえる｝の子｛こ｝は蛙｛かえる｝
Note that this phrase is used in a negative way only.
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