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Throughout the [[Transformer]]s multiverse are many Transformers who consider themselves family and refer to each other as such. The most common case is when two Transformers regard each other as siblings: "brothers" (e.g. G1 [[Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker]], or ''Robots In Disguise'''s [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]) or "sisters" ([[Roulette]] and [[Shadow Striker]]). 

Given that Transformers are not organic life and do not [[reproduction|reproduce sexually]], the origin, distinction, and exact meaning of many of these terms is frequently unclear. 


== Possible Explanations ==

[[Image:Bros.gif|thumb|right|150px|The Doublemint Twins they're not.]]

The [[Dreamwave]] [[More than Meets the Eye]] Guide provides a partial possible answer. According to the guide, when a spark naturally splits as it's being introduced to a protoform, it creates two robots who are "brothers" such as Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. When such a spark division is artificially induced, the less balanced and self-reliant pair created are referred to as "clones". (This definition of "brother" may or may not apply to RID Prime and Magnus, whose brotherhood was said to result from the special circumstance of having been created simultaneously by Alpha Trion).

However, the "[[Beast Era]]" widened the issue of reproduction with Rattrap referring to his "great-aunt" [[Arcee]] and in general the practice of Maximals and Predacons referring to the Autobots and Decepticons as their respective "ancestors", as well as themselves as being their "descendants", implying a direct genetic (for want of a better term) lineage. Various sources of debatable canonicity suggest that [[Optimus Primal]] is specifically descended from [[Optimus Prime]], usually through the phrase "his ancestor Optimus Prime" (though the events of [[Optimal Situation]] seem to prove that all Maximals could reasonably consider Optimus Prime their ancestor).  
In the absence of sexual reproduction, the use and meaning of these genealogical references is difficult to explain. One possible explanation might be a situation such as when [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is brought to life in Beast Wars. Her [[spark]] and [[protoform]] are heavily damaged, and Cheetor allows some of his parts to be used as replacements while [[Rhinox]] guides the procedure. To compare to humans, this is something like assisting with childbirth and donating blood or organs. It is unlikely that this happened enough to cause "descendants" as they are described, however. 

Other family designations exist as well. [[Wheelie]] has "parents" who were lost in his crash on [[Quintessa]], according to some background material. The Mini-Con Twirl very specifically calls Falcia her "mother" (which Falcia ''hates'') and seems to treat Redline like a father, since the two's spark frame energies went into constructing her physical form. In the Armada cartoon, [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] refers to [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] as his brother after Hot Shot saves his life, indicating at least an understanding of the concept. The [[Unicron Trilogy]] universe has also used the term "cousin" for certain Transformers on occasion. The Japanese Generation 1 Victory manga features Decepticon wives and children. Even the live-action movie features an Optimus and Megatron who are brothers, and it is mentioned in the related Nintendo DS game that Megatron "took the spark" of their father.


==Notable siblings==
===G1/Beast Era===
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker]]
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
*[[Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]
*[[Blaster]], [[Karmen]] and [[Toaster]]
*[[Decibel]] and [[Legout]]
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Grand Maximus]] in Japanese G1 continuity.
*[[Leozack]] and [[Lyzack]]
*[[Sixliner]] and [[Sixtrain]]
*[[Roulette]] and [[Shadow Striker]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in Dreamwave G1 continuity.
*[[Clamp Down]] and [[Deep Cover]]
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|BW 2 Galvatron]] and [[Megastorm]]
*[[DJ]], [[Motor Arm]] and [[Gimlet]]

===Car Robot/Robots in Disguise===
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|God Magnus]]
*[[X-Brawn|Wildride]], [[Prowl (RID)|Mach Alert]] and [[Side Burn (RID)|Speedbreaker]]
*[[Gas Skunk]], [[Dark Scream|Guildo]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Gushar]] (Only in the toy catalogs)

===Unicron Trilogy===
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Overcast (Energon)|Overcast]]
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]]
*[[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and [[Six Shot]]
*[[Superion Maximus]] and his brother
*[[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]] and [[Offshoot (Energon)|Offshoot]]
*[[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]] and [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]]
*[[Undermine]] and [[Repugnus (Cybertron)|Repugnus]]

==Parents and children==
[[Image:Yourmom.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Stimmy, eat your roast carrot before it becomes cold.]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] may have a mother.<ref>In an advertisement for [[Pepsi Convoy]] that shows him in a refrigerator (along with [[Destron Pizza]]), a note attached to a nearby piece of tupperware reads:

:''Dear Convoy''
:''Warm it before you eat''
:''Mom''

:Although the ad itself is for Pepsi Convoy, he is a separate character, and it can be assumed that the note was left for Convoy/Optimus Prime himself.</ref>.
*[[Quickswitch]] is [[Sixshot]]'s son.
*[[Lio Junior]] is the “son” of [[Lio Convoy]].<ref>Lio Junior was created by the influence of pure energy upon Lio Convoy’s [[Energon Matrix]].</ref>
*[[Stampy]] has parents.
*[[Cohrada]] and his father.
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] and his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-gran......, too many to be listed.<ref>Most of the main Maximals have families in the [[Beast Wars Neo (manga)|Beast Wars Neo manga]] because they spring from whole races of rabbit, cobra, giraffe, etc.. Transformers created from actual organic animals.</ref>
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==Cousins==
===Unicron Trilogy===
*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] 
*[[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] and [[Zapmaster]]
*[[Bulkhead]] and [[Quickstrike (Energon)|Quickstrike]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] and [[Brushguard]]

==Other relatives==
*[[Rattrap]] calls [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] "Great-Aunt".<ref>Rattrap said "What in the name of my great-aunt [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is going on!?" This is an in-joke referring to [[Susan Blu]], who was not only voice director on ''Beast Wars'', but the voice of Arcee in the Generation 1 cartoon series and [[Transmutate]] in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. {{storylink|Transmutate (Beast Wars episode)|Transmutate}}</ref>
*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Artfire]] and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] are relatives.

==See also==
*[[Reproduction#Familial relationships|Familial relationships]]

==Footnote==
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