Fictional genealogy

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A fictional genealogy details relationships between members of a fictional family or set of inter-related fictional families.

While fictional genealogies are usually devised for characters original to their respective works of fiction, some may include characters from other works. One example is the Wold Newton family, created by Philip José Farmer, which includes Sherlock Holmes and Tarzan.

[edit] Examples of fictional families

• House Atreides in the Dune novels by Frank Herbert.

• Atrus's family, from the Myst franchise.

• List of Collins family members, from Dark Shadows.

• Deryni Genealogies, rulers and nobles from the Deryni Universe, created by Katherine Kurtz.

• The Duck family, The Clan McDuck, Coot Kin, and the Gearloose family, the extensive family of Walt Disney's Donald Duck

• The Glass family, featured in a number of J.D. Salinger's works.

• The Griffin family, of Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy

• The Potter, Weasley, Black and other Wizarding families from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

• The Halliwell family from Charmed

• Howard Families, from various works of Robert A. Heinlein.

• House Lannister, from George R. R. Martin's fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire.

• The Incarnations of Immortality family, from the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony.

• The Long family, created by Robert A. Heinlein.

• The Mallory and Anderson families in the series of romantic novels by Johanna Lindsey.

• The McFly family in the Back to the Future series of films. Time traveler Marty McFly interacts with his family in 1885, 1955, 1985, an alternative 1985, another alternative 1985, and 2015.

• The Mishima family from Namco`s Video game Tekken

• The Possible family from Kim Possible

• The Shannara/Ohmsford family, from Terry Brooks' Shannara fantasy novels.

• The Simpson family from Matt Groening's The Simpsons (see The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album).

• The Soprano family, from The Sopranos

• The Skywalker family, Anakin Skywalker and his descendants in George Lucas' Star Wars universe.

• House Targaryen, from George R. R. Martin's fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire.

• The Wold Newton family, created by Philip José Farmer.

• The Penvellyn family from Curse of Blackmoor Manor.

• The Titan family from the action-adventure Pulp Heroes trilogy of novels, More Than Mortal, Khan Dynasty, and Sanctuary Falls.

• The Beale family and Branning family from the UK soap opera EastEnders

• The Murry and O'Keefe families in Madeleine L'Engle's Kairos novels, and the Austins in her Chronos series

[edit] Middle-earth

J. R. R. Tolkien created many family trees for many of his Middle-earth characters, who appear in The Lord of the Rings and various versions of The Silmarillion.

• House of Fëanor
• House of Fingolfin
• House of Finarfin
• Descendants of Elwë, Olwë and Elmo
• House of Bëor
• House of Haleth
• House of Hador
• Descent of Túrin Turambar and Tuor Eladar
• Half-elven
• Line of Elendil
• House of Húrin

[edit] Dune

Frank Herbert and his successors created several fictional families for the Dune universe.

• House Atreides
• House Corrino
• House Harkonnen
• House Ordos
• House Richese
• House Vernius