Family 1 was discovered in 1902, when Kirsopp Lake (1872–1946) published Codex 1 of the Gospels and its Allies (118, 131, 209), and established the existence of a new textual family.
Famili 1 ditemukan pada tahun 1902, ketika Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946) menerbitkan Codex 1 of the Gospels and its Allies (118, 131, 209), dan menyatakan keberadaan suatu "keluarga tekstual" baru.