FAMILY TREE OF
SUPERMAN

By E. Nelson Bridwell
with assistance from
Nick Pascale

Dotted lines ( : )
indicate one or
more generations
omitted from chart.

m. = married


FELN
  |
RUGAD                          UVED
  |                            Bethgar of
TOMNU                          North Urrika
  |                              |
EROK-EL_____________________m.__MILIA
First Bethgar               |
of all Urrika               |
Took the name El            |
when his son was born	    |
                            |
                          KAL-EL
                          2nd Bethgar
                            :
                            :
                          WAB-El
			  Tyrant
                            |
                   VAD-EL___|___HYR-EL
                   Tyrant       Fled after
                                quarrel
                                with Vad-El
                                   |
                        JAF-EL_____|____TIO-EL
                        Prophet         Naturalist     KIL-GOR
                                           :           Inventor
                                           :              |
                                         BUR-EL__m.__WENDA KIL-GOR
                                                 :
                                                 :
                                                 :
                                      VAL-EL_____:___TRO-EL
                                      Explorer       Founder of Bokos
                                         :           Isle of Theives
                                         :
                                      SUL-EL
                                      Astronomer
                                         |
                                     HATU-EL
                                     Master of
                                     Electricity
                                         :
                                         :
                                      WIR-El
                                      Inventor
                                         :
                                         :
                                      SHU-EL
                                      Mathematician
                                         |
                         FEDRA SHU-EL_________THAR-EL
                         Legislator           Jurist
                                                |
                                            PLEN-EL
                                            Novelist
                                                |
                                             NOX-EL
                                             Entertainer
                                                |
                                             FIL-EL
                                             Surgeon
                                                :
                                            SORN-EL
                                            Agriculturist
                                                :
                                              IM-EL
                                              Physicist
                                                :
                                                :
                                  YU-EL_________:___PIR-EL
                                  Priest of Rao     General in
                                                    Final War
                                                       |
                                                   TALA-EL
                                                   Writer of the
                                                   Constitution
                                                       |
                                                       |
                                            GAM-EL_____|____PYM-EL
                                            Architect       Detective
                                               :
                                               :
                                            VAR-EL
                                            Scientist
                                            Transported to
                                            Earth, where
                                            he perished
                                            during an
                                            experiment
                                               |
                                               |
                          JOR-EL I________KAYLA VAR-EL______ZIM-EL

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ZIM-EL________m.____BYMA RUTH-AR
Scientist     |
              |
           KRU-EL
           Phantom Zone
           Villian

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		KYLA VAR-EL_____m._____NIM-ZEE
               			|      Member of Kandor's
               			|      Science Council
               			|
             GEM-ZEE____________|_____________VAN-ZEE_______m.___SYLVIA 
DEWITT
                |                             Scientist;    |    of Earth
AK-VAR____m.__THARA GEM-ZEE___RAD-ZEE         Secretly      |
Van-Zee's                     Scientist now   Nightwing,    |
partner;                      living in       Kandor's      |
secretly                      Kandor          "Batman"      |
Flamebird,                                                  |
Kandor's                                      LYLE-ZEE___[Twins]__LILI 
VAN-ZEE
"Robin"

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                 JOR-EL I____m.____NIMDA AN-DOR
                 Scientist   |
                             |
              JOR-EL II__[Twins]__NIM-EL__ZOR-EL

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NIM-EL____________m._______DONDRA KLU-TA
Scientist         |
in charge of      |
Kandor's armory   |
                  |
               DON-EL
               Police Chief
               of Kandor


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ZOR-EL________m.___ALURA IN-ZE
Scientist of  |
Argo City     |
              |
          KARA ZOR-EL
          Supergirl

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LOR-VAN____m.___LARA ROK-VAR
            |
       LARA LOR-VAN_________m._________JOR-EL II
       Astronaut            |          Scientist
                            |
                         KAL-EL
                         Superman