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Public families

Open family books, drawn from the public record — five, six, seven generations, with the brothers, sisters and children who belong on the page. No account needed.

• South Africa The Musk family Two public lines — Haldeman of Saskatchewan and Musk of Pretoria — meeting in Maye and Errol, then running through Elon, Kimbal, Tosca and the children who grew up in California. 35 people
• Brazil The Brazilian imperial family From João VI’s court in Rio to Pedro I, Pedro II and Princess Isabel — then the split into the Vassouras and Petrópolis branches of Orléans-Braganza, with Pedro Henrique’s thirteen children. 50 people
• United Kingdom The British royal family Ten public generations of the House of Windsor, from George III to George, Charlotte and Louis — Victoria’s nine children, the working family, and the cousins still on the page. 107 people
• United States The Kennedy family From a cooper who left County Wexford, through Honey Fitz’s Boston and Joseph and Rose’s nine children, to a president, an attorney general, eleven children of Ethel, and the generation still in public life. 69 people
• United States The Obama family A Kenyan Luo line and a Kansas line, a South Side Chicago line, meeting in Honolulu and Chicago — six public generations around Barack and Michelle Obama. 28 people
• South Africa The Mandela family A Thembu family of the Eastern Cape: from Gadla of Mvezo through Nelson Mandela, Evelyn, Winnie and Graça, to Mandla, Zoleka and the children who carry the name in public life. 27 people
• Japan The Japanese imperial family Six public generations of the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy, from Emperor Meiji through Shōwa, Akihito, Naruhito, and the Akishino children. 40 people
• Spain The Spanish royal family Seven generations of the restored Bourbons: from Isabel II and Alfonso XII through Alfonso XIII, the Count of Barcelona, Juan Carlos, Felipe VI, and Princess Leonor. 33 people
• Netherlands The Dutch royal family Seven generations of Orange-Nassau: William II and Anna Pavlovna, Wilhelmina, Juliana and her four daughters, Beatrix, Willem-Alexander, and the children of three brothers. 37 people
• Sweden The Swedish royal family Eight generations of the House of Bernadotte: from Oscar II through Gustaf V and Gustaf VI Adolf to King Carl XVI Gustaf, the Haga princesses, Crown Princess Victoria, and Princess Estelle. 39 people
• Norway The Norwegian royal family A Glücksburg line chosen in 1905: from Christian IX of Denmark through Haakon VII and Maud of Wales, Olav V, King Harald, and Princess Ingrid Alexandra. 29 people
• Denmark The Danish royal family Seven Glücksburg generations in Denmark: Christian IX to Frederik VIII, Christian X, Frederik IX, Queen Margrethe II, King Frederik X and Queen Mary, and Prince Christian. 38 people
• Monaco The House of Grimaldi Six public generations of Monaco: from Albert I through Charlotte and Rainier III, Grace Kelly, Albert II, Caroline and Stéphanie, to Jacques, Gabriella and the Casiraghi cousins. 39 people
• Belgium The Belgian royal family Seven generations of the House of Belgium: from Leopold I, the first king, through Albert I, Leopold III, Baudouin and Albert II, to King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth. 45 people
• Greece The Greek royal family Six Glücksburg generations in Greece: from George I, the Danish prince elected king, through Constantine I, Paul and Constantine II, to Pavlos and the children of Marie-Chantal — and Prince Philip of Edinburgh. 39 people
• Italy The House of Savoy Seven generations of Italy’s royal house: from Charles Albert of Sardinia through Victor Emmanuel II, Umberto I and Victor Emmanuel III, to Umberto II, Vittorio Emanuele and Emanuele Filiberto. 28 people
• Jordan The Hashemite family Six generations of the Hashemites: from Sharif Hussein of Mecca through Abdullah I, Talal and King Hussein, to Abdullah II, Queen Rania, and Crown Prince Hussein — with the Iraqi cousin line of Faisal. 39 people
• France The Bonaparte family Seven generations from Carlo and Letizia of Ajaccio through Napoleon, the brothers who wore crowns, Napoleon III, and the imperial line that runs to Jean-Christophe. 28 people
• Russia The Romanov family Seven generations of the last imperial house of Russia: from Catherine the Great through Paul, Nicholas I, Alexander II and Alexander III, to Nicholas II, Alexandra, and the five children killed at Yekaterinburg. 33 people
• Austria The Habsburg family Seven generations of the last imperial Habsburgs: from Franz Karl and Sophie of Bavaria through Franz Joseph and Sisi, Rudolf, Franz Ferdinand, Charles I, Otto, and Karl von Habsburg. 35 people
• United Kingdom The Tudor family Seven public generations from Margaret Beaufort and Edmund Tudor through Henry VII, Henry VIII and his six wives, to Mary I, Elizabeth I, Edward VI, and James VI and I. 43 people
• United States The Roosevelt family Six generations of a New York family that gave the United States two presidents: from Isaac Roosevelt through Theodore at Sagamore Hill and Franklin and Eleanor at Hyde Park. 31 people
• United States The Rockefeller family Six generations from William Avery Rockefeller through John D. and Standard Oil, John D. Jr and Abby Aldrich, to Nelson, David, Jay and the cousins still in public life. 30 people
• United Kingdom The Churchill family Six generations of Spencer-Churchills: from the 6th Duke of Marlborough through Lord Randolph and Jennie Jerome, Winston and Clementine, to Nicholas Soames and the grandchildren still in public life. 28 people
• United States The Bush family Six generations from Samuel P. Bush of Ohio through Prescott, George H.W. and Barbara, to George W., Jeb, and the grandchildren still in public life. 29 people
• Germany The German imperial family Seven public generations of Hohenzollern: from Wilhelm I, first German Emperor, through Friedrich III and Queen Victoria’s daughter, Wilhelm II and the last court at Doorn, to Georg Friedrich, the present head of the house. 35 people
• Liechtenstein The princely family of Liechtenstein Six public generations of Europe’s last surviving monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire: from Johann II through Franz Joseph II and Gina, Hans-Adam II, Hereditary Prince Alois, and Prince Joseph Wenzel. 28 people
• Luxembourg The Grand Ducal family of Luxembourg Seven public generations of Nassau-Weilburg: from Adolphe, first grand duke of the present house, through Charlotte and Jean, to Grand Duke Henri, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, and Prince Charles. 35 people
• France The House of Orléans Eight public generations of the French royal house in exile and return: from Louis-Philippe, the Citizen King, through the counts of Paris, to Jean, present Count of Paris, and his children Gaston and Josephine. 44 people
• Iran The Pahlavi dynasty Five public generations of Iran’s last imperial house: from Reza Shah, the Cossack officer who crowned himself, through Mohammad Reza and Farah, to Reza Pahlavi and the daughters raised in American exile. 28 people
• Thailand The Chakri dynasty Six public generations of the Thai royal house: from Mongkut and Chulalongkorn through Mahidol and Srinagarindra, Kings Ananda and Bhumibol, to King Vajiralongkorn, Princess Sirindhorn, and Prince Dipangkorn. 29 people
• Saudi Arabia The House of Saud Six public generations of the Saudi royal house: from Faisal bin Turki and Abdul Rahman, through Abdulaziz who founded the kingdom, the six kings who followed him, to Mohammed bin Salman. 29 people
• United States The Vanderbilt family Seven public generations of an American railroad fortune: from Cornelius the Commodore through the Breakers and Biltmore, Consuelo the Duchess, Gertrude Whitney, Gloria Vanderbilt, to Anderson Cooper. 38 people
• United States The Ford family Six public generations of the Dearborn automobile house: from William Ford, an Irish immigrant farmer, through Henry and Clara, Edsel, Henry II and William Clay, to the cousins who still sit on the Ford board. 27 people
• United States The Disney family Six public generations from a carpenter in Missouri to the brothers who built a studio: Elias and Flora, Walt and Roy, Lillian, Diane and Sharon, Roy E., and the grandchildren who kept a seat on the company board. 32 people
• United States The Adams family Seven public generations of the first American political dynasty: from Deacon John of Braintree through John and Abigail, John Quincy, Charles Francis, Henry and Brooks, to the twentieth-century Charles Francis Adams III. 28 people
• United Kingdom The Mountbatten family Six public generations of Battenberg made Mountbatten: from Julia Hauke and Alexander of Hesse, through Prince Louis and Victoria of Hesse, Alice of Battenberg and Lord Mountbatten, to Patricia Knatchbull and the cousins of the late Duke of Edinburgh. 35 people
• United States The Lincoln family Six public generations of an American prairie family: from Abraham Lincoln’s grandparents through Thomas and Nancy, the President and Mary Todd, the four sons, Robert Todd Lincoln and the last of the direct line, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith. 29 people
• India The Nehru–Gandhi family A Kashmiri Pandit family of Allahabad that gave independent India three prime ministers, from Gangadhar and Motilal Nehru through Indira, Rajiv, Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka. 22 people