List of Terran families

Since the Foundation, there have been a number of Terran families which emerged as prominent political dynasties. The majority of them trace their roots to the Unification Wars, in particular the families of the Committee. This is a non-exhaustive list of the most prominent families:
Family 	Founder 	Year of founding	Areas of prominence 	Notes
Cosmopolitans 	The Custodian 	2090 	Science, technocratic branch 	
Abrams familly 	Tanya Abrams 	2073 	Politics 	
Frijkstadt family 	Felix Frijkstadt 	1874 	Business, politics 	
Callaghan family 	James R. Callaghan 	2057 	Business, politics 	
van Rijsewijk family	Royce van Rijsewijk	2044 	Politics, military, technocratic branch	
Veers family 	Maximilian A. Veers	2356 	Military 	Cadet branch of the van Rijsewijks
Gao family 	William C. Gao 	2147 	Business, science 	
Kobayashi family 	Hinata J. Kobayashi	2209 	Business, politics 	The current Chancellor of the Republic, John W. Ashikaga is a relative of the Kobayashis