The 'Sweet Home Alabama' meme is a long-standing internet trope derived from the 1974 Southern rock anthem by Lynyrd Skynyrd. In modern meme culture, the song—specifically its iconic opening guitar riff—is used as a punchline for jokes involving incest, 'hillbilly' stereotypes, or awkward family revelations. The meme gained massive traction on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, where users play the music over videos of people who look too similar to be a couple or reveal surprising biological relations. It has transitioned from a regional tribute to a global shorthand for family-based humor, often used ironically to highlight the absurdity of specific rural stereotypes or close-knit lineage jokes.