Fictional genealogy
A
fictional genealogy is an elaborate fictional family or set of inter-related fictional families. One early version is the vast
genealogy of gods and heroes in Greek mythology. One recent example is
J.R.R. Tolkien who created many family trees for his
Lord of the Rings characters. The
Wold Newton family, created by
Philip Jose Farmer, includes many fictional characters from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries like
Sherlock Holmes and
Tarzan.
Other fictional families: