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== Anime
* In [[Hunter X Hunter]], the Zoldyck family is literally a family of assassins. {{spoiler|From the great grandfather to the youngest of the bunch.}}
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak X: Combat Racing]]'' had [[The Ugly
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* Culver's: A fast growing Wisconsin-based fast casual food chain operating all over the interior US is owned and run by the Culver family.
* This is popular among several cultures as an alternative to the more familiar corporate system. It retains a number of advantages including moral cohesion. That is The Patriarch or the Grande Dame probably won't downsize his grandson or granddaughter or even his [[Old Retainer]] and in return the later probably won't strike as they are de facto(and possibly de jure as well) shareholders and thus there will be more mutual loyalty and enthusiasm. There is also the matter of convenience. Money can be transferred internally with less red tape, and cousins can be trusted to cover each other's debts thus increasing the credit rating of the clan as a whole.
* Adam Bellow wrote the provocatively titled, ''In Praise of Nepotism''. Actually what he meant by ''nepotism'' was largely "any networking of social conections, especially blood ties to gain advantage" rather then specifically, "corruption" although he did argue that even that is not totally without advantage and at least there are more distasteful motives for untoward behavior from a person in authority. Nonetheless he felt there were good and bad ways to create and use influence.
*Yuri Slezkine in ''The Jewish Century'' described this as typical of what he called Mercurian people's, that is ethnic groupings that traditionally focus on maintaining artisanship, commerce, and similar services rather then territory(a characteristic of "Apollonian Peoples"). According to him Mercurians make up for their lack of geographical ties by firm family discipline.
* The Chinese have a fondness for "Clan corporations", effectively guilds run under the auspices of a given surname. These provide various services including making business investments, insuring loans by members, educating dependents, etc.
* The Rothschilds (who by the way come from the [[A Nice Jewish Index|most famous]] [[The Clan|clan]] of all), have bank branches in several countries. The Central European branch was destroyed by [[Those Wacky Nazis]] but several others survive. Aside from banking they maintain oddities like contributions to horticulture and viticulture, as well as patronizing one of the first Zionist settlements.
* Travelling peoples, most famously [[Roma]] often form family businesses because the most convenient marriages are traveling with the band, or a nearby one not to mention the fact that some practice very strict endogamy. Traditionally such groups provided artisanship and commerce to allow agricultural peoples to continue in their specialties. This practice is less common now then in the past though some [[Roma]] certainly spend part of the year travelling and Irish Travellers still maintain a traditional fair.
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