Another thing to consider is that the "dad angle" works both ways. I've been watching a lot of Let's Plays of God of War (incidentally mostly from black and female youtubers) and I've heard more comments along the lines of "Kratos reminds me of my dad" rather than "Atreus reminds me of my son".
I related to the game in both ways. Kratos does remind me of my dad and at the same time Atreus reminds of my baby brother.