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* ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' and its sequel [[Kinnikuman Nisei]].
* ''[[Baccano]]''
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Taking a leaf from the above description, if there was ever a comic continuity that became a [[Family Saga]], it was ''[[Batman]]''.
** The entire [[DC Universe]] and [[Marvel Universe]] can be thought of as two great, big generational sagas (especially in regards to team titles like [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] or [[Justice League of America]] for the former,and the many [[X-Men]] or [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]] titles for the latter).
** Also, ''[[Hulk]]'' comics. Interestingly, generation is a bit of a fluid thing here. The first generation is Bruce Banner, [[She Hulk|Jen Walters]], and their supporting casts, then we get the second generation with Skaar and Lyra, the Hulk's son and daughter, as well as members of the first generation becoming Hulks themselves.
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* [[Older Than Print]]: This is the structure of various [[The Icelandic Sagas|Icelandic sagas]], which are the [[Trope Namer|Trope Namers]]. Good examples are ''Laxdoela Saga'', ''Eyrbyggja Saga'', ''Grettir's Saga'' and ''Egil's Saga''. These works all date from the 13th century.
* The ''Love Comes Softly'' series by Janette Oke.
* Both ''London'' and ''Sarum'' by [[Edward Rutherfurd]] trace a few families' non-consecutive generations from Stone Age England through to modern times. He's also done it for Russia (''Russka'') and Ireland (''The Dublin Saga''), among others.
* This is pretty much James Michener's stock in trade.
** Technically his novel ''[[Centennial]]'' covers residents going back essentially to the beginning of humanity, but the bulk of the narrative starts in the early nineteenth century. Such diverse characters as Mennonite farmers, French trappers, Arapaho natives, British nobility, and Scottish immigrants eventually combine into the main character set in the present day.
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* Many early [[Danielle Steel]] novels fit this type, including ''Jewels''.
* Sidney Sheldon's ''Master of the Game'' follows four generations of one family in detail and also has appearances from an earlier and later one. The significant four generations are headed by, in order: A Scottish man who ventures to late-1800s South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds; his daughter, who devotes her life to making the resultant company even bigger and more powerful; her son, who wants to be an artist instead of her heir; and ''his'' [[Cain and Abel]] twin daughters. The first and second generations are similar, the third obviously different, and the twins split the difference -- one isn't interested in the company, the other most certainly is.
* [[Harry Turtledove]]'s two long-running series do this for two or three generations.
* ''[[The Full Matilda]]'' discusses four generations of African-American servants living in [[Washington DC]] and their interactions with Matilda. The first generation is Matilda's father Jacob (only partially covered) becoming a servant during the early 20th century, the second generation discusses the [[Sibling Rivalry]] between Matilda and her brother when they start a catering company from [[The Roaring Twenties]] to [[The Fifties]], the third generation is Martin's sons David and Rodrick (who starts a food distribution company) growing up in [[The Sixties]], and the fourth is Rodrick's biracial son who is [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]] during the [[Turn of the Millennium]].
* ''[[Warrior Cats]]''. The first series follows Fireheart as he joins the Clan and eventually becomes leader. The second series is from his children's point of view; they consider themselves Clanborn and don't really think much about their non-Clan roots. The third and fourth series are from his grandchildren's point of view, and their kittypet heritage is rarely if ever mentioned.
* ''[[A Fraction of the Whole]]'' is a humorous take on the genre.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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