Saltzman Family

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## Family Heritage

### Species

* Human
* Enhanced Original Vampire (Formerly)
* Witch
* Siphoner
* Ghost (Formerly)
* Vampire

### Notable Family Members

* Alaric Montague † (Human)
* Minerva Adams † (Human)
* Cassidy Montague † (Human)
* James Saltzman † (Human)
* Ed Saltzman (Human)
* Dianne Saltzman (Human)
* Alaric Saltzman (Human, Former Enhanced Original Vampire)
* Isobel Flemming †
* Josette Laughlin † (Witch, Alaric's former fiancée)
* Lizzie Saltzman (Siphoner)
* Josie Saltzman (Siphoner)

## Relationships

### Related Families

* Gilbert Family
* Petrova Family
* Labonair Family
* Claire Family
* Parker Family
* Flemming Family
* Forbes Family

## Affiliation

### Property

* Alaric's Apartment

The **Saltzman Family** is one of the main families featured in *The Vampire Diaries*; its most notable family member, Alaric Saltzman, is involved in supernatural conflicts throughout the entire series.

## History

Not much is known about the Saltzman Family, but Alaric once said that the name "Saltzman" is of German origins and his family immigrated to the US in 1755 and settled in Texas. Alaric, however, was born and raised in Boston.

## Family Members

* **Alaric Montague****:**
* **Minerva Adams****:**
* **Cassidy Monatgue****:**
* **James Saltzman****:**
* **Ed Saltzman****:**
* **Dianne Saltzman****:**
* **Alaric Saltzman****:** The patriarch of the family and the girls' father. He's a vampire hunter who is part of the Mystic Falls Gang. He's also an Occult professor, which helps him understand the supernatural species he comes across.
* **Isobel Flemming****:** Alaric's ex-wife who abandoned him to become a vampire. Eventually she was compelled to kill herself.
* **Josette Laughlin****:** The twins' biological mother who was killed while pregnant with them by her twin brother Kai.
* **Lizzie Saltzman****:** A siphoner named in honor of Caroline's late mother, Liz. Lizzie was also saved from certain death before she was even born.
* **Josie Saltzman****:** A siphoner named after her late mother who was saved from death by her mother's former coven by making Caroline her surrogate mother.

## Relatives

* **Elena Gilbert****:** Elena is Alaric's stepdaughter through his ex-wife Isobel Flemming and part of the Petrova doppelgänger line. She was adopted by Grayson Gilbert, her biological uncle and his wife Miranda, her adoptive mother and aunt by marriage. After the sacrifice, Alaric became Elena, Evelyn, and Jeremy's legal guardian alongside Jenna.
* **Evelyn Gilbert****:** Evelyn is Alaric's stepdaughter through his ex-wife Isobel Flemming and part of the Petrova doppelgänger line. She was adopted by Grayson Gilbert, her biological uncle and his wife Miranda, her adoptive mother and aunt by marriage. After the sacrifice, Alaric became Elena, Evelyn, and Jeremy's legal guardian alongside Jenna.
* **Leonidas Toussaint:** Leonidas is Alaric's stepson through his ex-wife Isobel Flemming. He was raised by his biological father Armand Toussaint in New Orleans. He finally met Alaric on June 23, 2013 at his and Jo's wedding.
* **Jeremy Gilbert****:** Jeremy is a medium and a supernatural hunter who lived in Mystic Falls with his older adoptive sister and biological cousin Elena. He is the biological son of Grayson and Miranda Gilbert and the biological nephew of Jenna Sommers and John Gilbert. After the sacrifice, Alaric became Elena, Evelyn, and Jeremy's legal guardian alongside Jenna.

## Name

* **Saltzman** is an Ashkenazic Jewish occupational name for a "producer" or "seller of salt", from German Salz "salt" + Mann "man". Altered spelling of German Salzmann.