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Shouldn't we have this in two forms: the "dynastic clan"(tight-knit extended family holding a lot of assets), and the "tribal clan"(large coalition named after a real or mythical patron, and possessing enough members to wage war independently). Because those are really two concepts.

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• Just about every American soap opera revolves around these - for instance, the Walshes and Snyders in As The World Turns, or the Forresters in The Bold And The Beautiful. Most British soap operas have them as well: the Dingles in "Emmerdale" (who normally have two or three new cousins moving to their farm every year to take the place of those killed or forced to disappear) or the Mitchells in "Eastenders".

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[[folder:Western Animation]]

• Gargoyles uses it by name.

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]

• The inbred Whateleys from Deadlands.

[[folder:Live TV]]

• Gossip Girl has the Vanderbilts.
• Highlander: The Clan Macleod.

[[folder:Literature]]

• The Buchanons from the Maggody mysteries. Oh boy, the Buchanons.

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• For that matter, only the Hyuga and Uchiha have been actually shown to be full clans; with everyone else we have seen are part of the rookie nine or their direct relatives.
• More recently, we've seen other members of the Nara, Akimichi, Aburame and Yamanaka clans besides Shikamaru, Chouji, Shino, Ino and their fathers, suggesting these clans may be full clans as well.

We don't need extended notes on Real Life in a trope article — not what the article is about. Not quite enough stuff here for a Useful Notes page, but that's where this would go.

Of course, what separates this from extended families and other forms of 'clan' in much of Real Life is that actual families rarely resemble one another — physically or in mannerisms — to the extent of The Clan. Coming in closest might be royal lineages... although perpetually unreliable thanks to those pesky inbreeding problems... and crime families (which seem pretty willing to adopt non blood kin, under the right circumstances).