The first question is how your site copied were created? If it was made by some kind of a plugin, then it seems like it doesn't link pattern properly.
If you copied sites manually, you must not forget about copying patterns as well and setting appropriate pattern IDs after that. Example of doing it programmatically you can find in this tutorial: https://rudrastyh.com/wordpress-multisite/sync-patterns-and-template-parts-across-sites.html
Maybe it can also be resolved the simple way:
If there are not patterns copied to the child site, check the guide I provided the link above.