Since Irony is the wrong word...what is the correct term?

I think it might be situational irony -- you never expected that you'd have a kid who would annoy you the same way you annoyed your mom, so it is ironic, in a sense.

"karmic retribution" sounds a little too dramatic. So does "cosmic revenge". Or the cosmic justice of DNA (-:. (-: Sins of the father/mother revisited would be funny, but backassward.

I'd go with irony.

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poetic justice?

What goes around comes around? (that would require re-wording)

I think the closest is poetic justice

facetious

deservedness

Entertainment value

Edit: I have seen "irony" used in a blank space like yours before. It's not precisely correct, but itt's close, would be understood, and most people wouldn't even give it a second look.

I'd say it is definitely ironic, and the type of irony that every parent experiences.

man·ner·ism

1. A distinctive behavioral trait; an idiosyncrasy.

He's like a chip off the old block. You share characteristics; or inherited mannerisms.