Families

Families are an important part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The manga covers the adventures of a particular family, the Joestars, who seem to have a hereditary tendency to get involved in strange happenings and die at a young age.

During Part I: Phantom Blood, Jonathan Joestar, the first JoJo, begins his rivalry with Dio Brando, who also plays an important role in Part III: Stardust Crusaders and whose legacy has an indirect influence in Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable and a direct one in Part V: Vento Aureo and Part VI: Stone Ocean.


 * During Part I and Part II: Battle Tendency, members of the Zeppeli Family (William Antonio Zeppeli and Caesar Zeppeli respectively) act as mentors, colleagues and friends of the protagonists, having on both adventures and a tragic end. Stardust Crusaders tells the story of Jotaro Kujo, the first JoJo not to bear the Joestar name.


 * In Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable, another family makes an appearance, the Higashikata Family where another JoJo makes his debut: Josuke Higashikata, son of Joseph.


 * Part V: Vento Aureo contains a curious fact where Giorno Giovanna, becomes a fusion of two families, bearing the lineage of Joestar Family as well a classic personality and ambition in the Brando Family.


 * During Steel Ball Run, the counterpart universe of part 1-6, these families reappear (except the Kujo family) taking important roles as well.
 * During Part VIII: JoJolion, The Higashikata family becomes more important, where they have various new members and the Kujo Family appears to be changed with the Kira Family; when Holly married Yoshiteru Kira instead of Sadao Kujo.

Other minor families remain in the new universe, like Pendleton, Speedwagon, Hirose, Nijimura and Stroheim but don't play much of a significant role in the story.

List of Main Families

 * Joestar Family
 * Higashikata Family
 * Zeppeli Family
 * Brando Family