The Families


 * For the gang featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, see Grove Street Families.

The Families is a large African-American street gang in Grand Theft Auto V. Franklin, one of the game's main protagonists is associated with the gang. The Families have territory in whole Chamberlain Hills and Strawberry. They hold a bitter rivalry with the Ballas gang and the Los Santos Vagos gang on the southeast side in Rancho. Their signature green attire comes from support of the colours of the Los Santos Corkers Baseball Team and the Feud Baseball Team, as well as the San Andreas Magnetics as seen by Lamar's general attires, also it is highly possible that they support Dust Devils due to many Families members wearing attire with their logo.

Territory
The Families control the entire neighborhoods of Chamberlain Hills and Strawberry. However, Forum Drive and the Crystal Heights projects are particular hotspots for activity. Members are often seen driving vehicles, walking dogs, and hanging out on the sidewalks. They usually stand in groups of 3-5. Weapons of choice include Micro SMGs, Pistols, and knives. They are often seen drinking Pißwasser lager and smoking cigarettes.

Members

 * Franklin Clinton - Forum Gangster
 * Lamar Davis - Forum Gangster
 * Harold "Stretch" Joseph - OG (formerly)
 * Tavell Clinton - Forum Gangster (formerly)
 * Damarcus Bradley - OG
 * Stanley - OG
 * Leroy - OG
 * Slim Skills - Forum Gangster  (deceased)
 * Tone Sampson
 * Lil Rhino (deceased)
 * Benton Cox


 * Associates
 * Gerald - drug dealer
 * Trevor Philips - Leader of Trevor Philips Enterprises and friend of Lamar and Franklin
 * Online-Player - associate of Lamar

Sets
There are at least four distinct sets of the Families in Grand Theft Auto V. The Chamberlain Gangster Families are the largest set. Founded by former Grove Street members. Their territory consists of the entire Chamberlain Hills neighborhood. They are also referred to as "The Hills" or "Killer Hills". Members of this set often sport attire with the letter "C" for Chamberlain, which also stands for "Corkers", the baseball team supported by the gang. They hang around the Crystal Heights project buildings. It is possible, that Chamberlain Gangster Families is also called "26 Set", because this tag often can be seen near other set's tags. Their territory consists of Forum Drive, Strawberry. It is a small sub-set of the CGF mostly consisting of Franklin and Lamar, due to their frustration with the CGF's OG's not caring about the other members of The Families. This can be heard in conversations between Franklin, Lamar, and Stretch during the missions Chop and The Long Stretch. During the friendship activity Franklin also reveals, that the whole idea of creating Forum Drive sub-set is denial of numbers of oldschool gangsta traditions, such as flipping signs, maddoging and shooting brothers just for wearing clothes of different colors. Franklin says, that he's just interested in money and it looks like, that talking about creating their own set in The Families is more like his first project to earn some. Lamar, on the other side, still respects traditions and calls them "reality". At war with the Chamberlain Gangsters. Their territory consists of the Strawberry section of Carson Avenue. As the name implies, the gang's territory was originally in Davis, but in 2013 it belongs to the Ballas. Due to this they can mostly be seen in Chamberlain Hills. Unlike the rest of The Families, members of the set don't wear green attire; they prefer white, grey, and black sport clothes with the the word "Davis" on the back, or two D's on the front, which stands for "Dust Devils" - a local sports team. Sometimes, when starting a fight with someone from the set, they can be heard screaming: "Davis Gang, bitch!" or "DNFG". Their territory was consists of Grove Street. It is stated by Lamar that the OGs in this set eventually moved on with their lives and abandoned the gangbanging lifestyle to become rich CEOs. This led to the Ballas taking over Grove Street.
 * Chamberlain Gangster Families (CGF):
 * Forum Gangsters (FG):
 * Carson Avenue Families (CAF):
 * Davis Neighborhoods Families Gang (DNFG):
 * Grove Street Families (GSF) (formerly) :

Terms/Slang

 * Balla-Killa/Ball-Eaters/Ball-Suckers are disrespect terms used against the Ballas, because they are their major enemy.
 * Va-Hoe/Va-gina/Taco Boys/Vago-Killa are disrespect terms used against the Vagos gang, as they are also an enemy of The Families.
 * Toad/Frog/Family are respect terms used towards each other, Toad and Frog are used because of the gang's color.

Trivia

 * The Chamberlain Gangsters, Carson Ave, and the Forum Drive Sets are probably distinct sets like the Temple Drive Families and the Seville Boulevard Families were in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and because of Grove Street under control of the Ballas gang, they were made the main distincts instead of Grove Street.
 * If you are playing as Franklin and wander into Families territory with the Police chasing you, the Families' gang members will sometimes shoot the police to aid you. However, this only works at 1 and 2 stars, at 3 or more stars the gang members will just run away.
 * The Families own their unique bright green and black coloured and highly modified versions of their gang cars. They can usually be found parked beside sidewalks or rarely driving around Chamberlain Hills and Strawberry (especially in Forum Drive).
 * According to Lamar during the mission Hood Safari, The Families used to own Grove Street. This conversation only happens if Franklin escapes with Lamar during the mission. Also a Ballas gang member can be heard mentioning this during the shoot out.
 * When listening to phone conversations in Chamberlain Hills, some members of The Families can be heard saying "What's good, CJ?"
 * In The Underbelly Of Paradise, it is implied that the Families have territory in Davis. This suggests that Families are supposed to have territory in Davis, however they are not programmed to spawn there. It is also implied that there are various other sets in addition to the known ones.
 * The gang outfit for Xbox 360 Avatars is oddly called "Grove Street Families Outfit". This may be a reference to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
 * Franklin has a picture of dead Chamberlain Gangster Families member Slim Skills in his room.
 * Franklin may not have a positive viewpoint of the morals of The Families, After mentioning that he wants to die with something that matters, Franklin says that's what Forum Gangsters should really be about, dying with something that matters.
 * In one of the dialogue used by random Families members, they mention "OG Johnson", whose surname is used by Carl Johnson and his family in GTA SA.