follow in someone's footsteps vs take after

follow in someone's footsteps

verb
  • To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's. 

take after

verb
  • To follow someone's example. 

  • To resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit. 

How often have the words follow in someone's footsteps and take after occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )