Families

Families, usually represented by central characters descended of a specific few, are a significant element of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Hirohiko Araki has emphasized the importance of family to his characters, as have several characters within the text of the manga.

List of Main Families

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

Details
The manga primarily details the adventures of the Joestar Family, of a hereditary tendency to unlikely, unfortunate circumstances and premature death.

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 do not populate to a significant extent.