#TSC family tree

[fairdale]

i know there were multiple wrong dates in the family tree, but nothing will take away the pain i felt when i saw sophie outliving her whole family. her husband. her three kids. that shit hurt more than you can imagine.

[moonyscoffeestains]

the blackthorns, jace, alec, and izzy all being descended from the same person is crazy

[the-dark-artifices-trees]

I fully believe that any and all person with the last name “Herondale” would be obsessed with The Tortured Poets Department 🤍🍂☕️📚 🌬

[garvalhaminho]

btw here is a list of every blackthorn ever mentioned (that i wrote down) either by blood or marriage/name

eva

felix

john

adelaide ‌

annabel‌

abner‌

jerome‌

ezekiel

rupert‌

tatiana

grace ‌

jesse ‌

lucie ‌

andrew ‌

arthur‌

eleanor‌

helen ‌

mark‌

julian‌

livia‌

tiberius‌

drusilla‌

octavian

[wessasbitch]

do you ever stop what you're doing, think about how complicated the shadowhunters family tree is, shook your head and then go on with your life? or is it just me?

[helenofblackthorns]

I know everyone wants an updated family tree, and I do too. however I can't help but pity whoever will end up designing that thing because there is no way to make that monstrosity look good. like that job from hell is awaiting someone & I feel bad them already

[queenhelenblackthorn]

[allthestories]

Okay but Cassie can we please get an updated family tree?

I need to know what path was taken to get to the modern day Fairchilds.

[kaitcreates]

Shadowhunter families and their place of living.

England

Bridgstock(1903, London)

Baybrook(1903, London)

Branwell(1878, London)

Featherstone(1903, London)

Greenmantle(1903, London)

Hardcastle(1903, London)

Highsmith(1903, 2012, London)

Gladstone(1903, London)

Mayhew(1903, London)

Mayburn(1878, London)

Pangborn(1878, London)

Pouncey(1903, London)

Ravenscar(1878, London)

Townsend(1903, London)

Wentworth(1903, London)

Hayward(1903, York)

Starkweather(1878, York)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Acosta(2012)

Breakspear(2012)

Gonzales(2012)

Romero(2012)

New York, USA

Graymark(1920)

Safar(2010)

Whitelaw(1984)

Mexico City, Mexico

Delgado(2012)

Mendoza(2012)

Rocio(2012)

Rosales(2012)

Velez(2012)

Brazil

Carvalho(2012, São Paulo)

Pedroso(2012, Rio de Janeiro)

Spain

Casales(2012, Madrid)

Castel(2012, Barcelona)

Villalobos(2012, Madrid)

India

Chaudhury(2007, Mumbai)

Joshi(2012, Mumbai)

China

Ke(2012, Shanghai)

Lieu(2010, Hangzhou)

Wang(2012, Shanghai)

Germany

Grunwald(1721)

Kriegsmesser(2007, Berlin)

Morgenstern(1878, *May be form other german speaking country, also mentioned to be from Sweeden)

Vogelspritz(2010, Hamburg)

Von Mainz(1832, Prusia)

Rome, Italy

Di Aneglo(1903)

Maletesta(2007)

France

Beausejours(2012,*May be from another french speaking country)

Montclaire(1989, Paris)

Pontmercy(2007, Marseilles)

Verlac(2007, Paris)

Portugal

Monteverde(2007, Lisbon)

Rosewain(2007, Cumbria)

Australia

Makepeace(2002, Melbourne)

Sedgewick(2007)

Other

Jahanshah(1903, Persia)

Keo(2012, Cambodia)

Larkspear(2012, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Lindquist(2012, Umea, Sweden)

Lovelace(2008, Glascorw, Scotland. 1878, London, England)

Maduabuchi(2012, Lagos, Nigeria)

Kaidou(1878, Tokyo, Japan)

Ashdown(2012, Los Angeles, California, USA)

Theorised

Nightshade(Los Angeles, Califiornia, USA, *Vampire with same last name lives there)

Solcedo(Spanish country, *Taken on by Marisol, who's previous last names were both spanish)

Malhotra(India, *name originates from India)

Tokugawa, Satõ(Japan, *names originates from Japan)

[streettealee]

We as TSC fans are all aware that Emma Carstairs... is not a descendant of Cordelia Katāyoun Carstairs, right? The Cordelia that is Emma Carstair's mother is a Townsend (don't ask why she is then named Cordelia, I don't know the ties there).

Cordelia is Jace's ancestor, his direct ancestor. We can still say Emma and Jace are connected via her through the family tree, because Cordelia's the sister of Zachary, who carries on the Carstairs line, but it feels rather inaccurate to say Emma is descended from Cordelia, if that makes sense. And Cortana easily could have still passed on through the Carstairs if the sword chose one of them over Cordelia's child and grandchildren.

I don't know, just, without Cordelia's descendants, that line of Herondales doesn't exist and I think her tie to them overrides the idea that any Carstairs are descended from her. I'm just voicing this because I've seen a few things that seem to imply Emma is Cordelia Katāyoun Herondale née Carstairs' descendent when I'm not sure it's very accurate. The definition I found of a descendent includes being of blood, and I suppose you could say Emma shares that with Cordelia, but do you see where I'm getting at? Zachary shares Cordelia's blood because they're of the same parents and family, but it's Zachary's line that Emma comes from, not Cordelia's. Emma and Cordelia are family, but not... in the way where she's descended from her. She's like a great great great aunt. Who has her own descendants, especially because she also married into another family.

Then again, I suck at family trees, I probably have this all wrong. Feel free to give your own takes or correct mine, I'm trying to make sense of where we're at with this.

Maybe the only difference is between descendants and direct descendants that I'm getting muddled up and it's not that big of a deal.

[darcyolsson]

actually re: that post about jonathans in tsc, why is christopher lightwood called christopher. because there's already a christopher (kit) in tsc (four christophers if we're counting middle names too) and like, okay, i guess it's implied to be a common shadowhunter name but still why would you give two of your main characters (who do not belong to the same family) the exact same name..... and nickname???? what was that all about. why are kit and kit both called kit

[fairdale]

headcanon where clary dreams about a man with blond hair and green eyes smiling at her while she's painting. she can't help but notice the slightly faded parabatai rune, can't help but notice the nostalgic beauty that man carries.

"it's beautiful." he says, looking at her drawing.

clary can't help but wonder if the man were an artist too.

must run in the family, he thinks, the love for art.

when clary wakes up that morning and looks at herself in the mirror, green eyes stare back at her. she smiles, turning around to see the painting drying.

a blond and a dark haired man, their backs to her. one carried a gun; the other, a chakram.

it's beautiful, she thinks.

[send-up-my-heart-to-you]

no but “esme hardcastle being the reason the family tree is fucked up” is the laziest excuse ever like what

esme if i remember correctly was friends w jamie in the shadowhunter academy and she was a mundie who ascended, but she wasnt mentioned since then until chain of thorns ??? like what ??? she wasnt even with the group of girls in chain of gold

plus i remember cassie hinting that it had to do w the silent brothers since thats where the archives are, tf happened to that

it woulda been so dramatic if smth happened and jem changed the records bc of it, but noo. apparently they used a family tree completed by an obviously unreliable girl, and they kept using that for over a century and its still in use ??? surely someone wouldve noticed that alastair didnt have any kids and it was zachary who was continuing the carstairs line

like did no one in 1910 say “wait a second christopher and barbara lightwood both died years ago why does the family tree not say that they are dead”

not saying i coulda done better but i havent written five series w seventeen main books, one more series on the way, and four books left to be written

cassie youre so talented dont waste it like this it makes me angry

[tisajest]

I am doing so good with my fic 🥰 *has 4 docs, 2 spreadsheets, 1 family tree, a couple rough drawings for physical appearances, and 0 sentences of the actual fic written*

[caterpillarinacave]

Me, when someone brings up Cassandra Clare’s world building:

[helenofblackthorns]

my toxic trait is knowing & understanding how cousin naming conventions work (I just read an old ask where CC said Jem & Emma are 6th cousins once removed)