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I had some free time today, so I may, hopefully, post the family tree of emperor Anastasius (instead of, or even in addition to Vitalian) today. It will lack most marriages but will have all the immediate members(and some great nephews) of his family descended from both his brother and sister, though everyone will be of his dynasty for the time being. I'm even adding him a son because he is mentioned of having an illegitimate son who died in 507. I'll probably add Sabinianus and Moschinianus soon after as they are brothers married to two nieces (daughters of Paulus) of Anastasius.

But for starters, some additions to a previous dynasty...

Anastasius' mother, whose name is thought to be Anastasia, was a great granddaughter of Constantine Gallus. Constantine Gallus only had one child, Anastasia. I've added a fictional son(I'll probably later change it to a daughter if I can find a possible husband based on Clearchus' name) to Anastasia so I can connect her to Anastasius through his mother, Anastasia. PLRE also gives the name of Anastasius' maternal uncle, Clearchus so I've also added him.

Code:
constantinus_new20= {
    name = "Constantine" # Fictional son to connect to Anastasius' mother Anastasia
    dynasty = 1022195 # Constantinus
    religion = orthodox
    culture = roman #
    mother = constantinus_new19 #
    375.1.1 = {
        birth = "375.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    425.1.1 = {
        death = "425.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

constantinus_new21= {
    name = "Anastasia" # Wife of Pompeius, she's a great granddaughter of Constantine Gallus
    female = yes
    dynasty = 1022195
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = constantinus_new20
    410.1.1 = {
        birth = "410.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    426.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = pompeius1
    }
    462.1.1 = {
        death = "462.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}


constantinus_new22= {
    name = "Clearchus" # Maternal uncle of Emperor Anastasius
    dynasty = 1022195
    religion = arianism # He is a known Arian
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = constantinus_new20
    413.1.1 = {
        birth = "410.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    464.1.1 = {
        death = "464.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}
 
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And there you have it, Anastasius family tree, near complete.

It's done using mostly the PLRE and the other source I've previously posted here, they complemented eachother, however where they contradicted eachother, I've generally preferred PLRE.

Some dates I'm sure I can do better but unfortunately don't have time to spare as it sometimes takes more than an hour of searching to find dates for just a single character.

There are a few characters I forgot to add and noticed just after taking the screen shot, the brothers Anastasius, Athanasius and John. There are others I'll add later on whose exact connection or whether if they are even members of the family are not known such as Probus husband of Proba and Anastasius husband of Juliana.

Proba is the daughter of Olybrius(son of Anicia Juliana and Areobindus) and Irene (daughter of Paulus and Magna) while Probus is thought to be either Anicius Probus (son of Anicius Olybrius who was the brother of Emperor Olybrius) or a son of Probus(Son of Paulus and Magna). Juliana is the daughter of Probus and Proba and Anastasius is possibly the grandson of of Paulus through one of his two unnamed daughters who married the brothers Sabinianus and Moschianus.

I may in the future seperate the descendants through the female lines when the families of their husbands are added.

I won't go explaining the family tree as the characters have notes added in history files

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Code:
pompeius1= {
    name = "Pompeius" # Father of Anastasius
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = "orthodox" #
    culture = arberian # He is an Illyrian from Dyrrachium and Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    410.1.1 = {
        birth = "410.1.1" # born c. 410
    }
    421.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = constantinus_new21
    }
    460.1.1 = {
        death = "460.1.1"
    }
}

pompeius2= {
    name = "Pompeius" # Unnnamed son of Anastasius with a mistress
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = "orthodox" #
    culture = arberian # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = 70514
    480.1.1 = {
        birth = "480.1.1" # unknown
    }
    507.1.1 = {
        death = "507.1.1" # died 507
    }
}


pompeius3= {
    name = "Paulus" # Brother of Anastasius
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = "orthodox" #
    culture = arberian # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius1
    mother = constantinus_new21
    445.1.1 = {
        birth = "445.1.1" # born c. 445
    }
    453.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = pompeius4
    }
    520.1.1 = {
        death = "520.1.1" # death unknown, after 496
    }
}

pompeius4= {
    name = "Magna" # Wife of Paulus, Anastasius' brother
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox" #
    culture = arberian # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    447.1.1 = {
        birth = "447.1.1" #
    }
    453.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = pompeius3
    }
    530.1.1 = {
        death = "530.1.1"
    }
}

pompeius5= {
    name = "Irene" # Niece of Anastasius, daughter of Paulus and Magna
    female = yes
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = "orthodox" #
    culture = arberian # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius3
    mother = pompeius4
    477.1.1 = {
        birth = "477.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    500.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = areobindus7 #Olybrius, son of Anicia Juliana and Aerobindus
    }
    532.1.1 = {
        death = "532.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius6= {
    name = "Hypatius" # Anastasius possibly had two nephews named Hypatius, one through his sister and another through his brother
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius3
    mother = pompeius4
    483.1.1 = {
        birth = "483.1.1" #
    }
    542.1.1 = {
        death = "542.1.1" #
    }
}

pompeius7= {
    name = "Probus" # Nephew of Anastasius, thought to be a son of Paulus and his wife Magna
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius3
    mother = pompeius4
    480.1.1 = {
        birth = "480.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    555.1.1 = {
        death = "555.1.1" # Still alive in 542
    }
}

pompeius8= {
    name = "Caeseria" # Unnamed niece who married to Sabinianus son of Sabinianus Magnus
    female = yes
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius3
    mother = pompeius4
    484.1.1 = {
        birth = "484.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    546.1.1 = {
        death = "556.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius9= {
    name = "Anastasius" # Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius, consul of 517
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    mother = pompeius8
    497.1.1 = {
        birth = "497.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    520.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = #Married to Empress Theodora's unnamed illegitimate daughter, date unknown
    }
    556.1.1 = {
        death = "556.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius10= {
    name = "Anastasius" # Possibly son of the above, he married an illegitimate daughter of Empress Theodora
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius11
    524.1.1 = {
        birth = "524.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    545.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = #Married to Juliana, daughter of Probus consul of 525, date unknown
    }
    586.1.1 = {
        death = "586.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius11= {
    name = "Anastasia" # Unnamed niece who married to Moschianus son of Sabinianus Magnus
    female = yes
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius3
    mother = pompeius4
    486.1.1 = {
        birth = "486.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    548.1.1 = {
        death = "548.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius12= {
    name = "Magnus" # Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus, consul of 518
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    mother = pompeius11
    502.1.1 = {
        birth = "502.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    551.1.1 = {
        death = "551.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius13= {
    name = "Juliana" # Daughter of the above, married to Marcellus from Justinian's family
    female = yes
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius12
    524.1.1 = {
        birth = "524.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    578.1.1 = {
        death = "581.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius14= {
    name = "Caeseria" # Sister of Anastasius
    female = yes
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius1
    mother = constantinus_new21
    440.1.1 = {
        birth = "440.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    495.1.1 = {
        death = "495.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius15= {
    name = "Hypatius" # Consul of 500, he is the son of Caeseria and Secundinus
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    mother = pompeius14
    476.1.1 = {
        birth = "476.1.1" # Consul in 500
    }
    500.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = #Mary of the Anicii clan
    }
    532.1.1 = {
        death = "532.1.1" # Theodora ordered his execution after the Nika Riots
    }
}

pompeius16= {
    name = "Pompeius" # Son of Hypatius
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius15
    500.1.1 = {
        birth = "500.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    532.1.1 = {
        death = "532.1.1" # Theodora ordered his execution after the Nika Riots
    }
}

pompeius17= {
    name = "Ioannes" # Son of Pompeius and grandson of Hypatius, Second husband of Praeicta the niece of Justinian
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius16
    520.1.1 = {
        birth = "520.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    500.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = justinian_new2 #
    }
    582.1.1 = {
        death = "582.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius18= {
    name = "Praeicta" # Daughter of Praeicta and Ioannes
    female = yes
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius17
    540.1.1 = {
        birth = "540.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    560.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = # Strategius II
    }
    605.1.1 = {
        death = "605.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

pompeius19= {
    name = "Pompeius" # Consul of 500, he is the son of Caeseria and Secundinus
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    mother = pompeius14
    480.1.1 = {
        birth = "480.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    513.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = pompeius20 #Anastasia
    }
    532.1.1 = {
        death = "532.1.1" # Theodora ordered his execution after the Nika Riots
    }
}

pompeius20= {
    name = "Anastasia" # Wife of Pompeius, the son of Caeseria
    female = yes
    religion = arianism
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    495.1.1 = {
        birth = "495.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    513.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = pompeius19 #
    }
    532.1.1 = {
        death = "532.1.1" # Theodora ordered his execution after the Nika Riots
    }
}

pompeius21= {
    name = "Hypatius" # Pompeius and Anastasia had at least one child
    dynasty = 1022231
    religion = "orthodox" #
    culture = roman # Because Illyrian culture doesn't exist in game
    father = pompeius19
    mother = pompeius20
    515.1.1 = {
        birth = "515.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    570.1.1 = {
        death = "570.1.1" # Unknown      
    }
}
 
I've put my free time to... BAD use and came up with two more family trees

First is Vitalian's family, though I'll come back to this at a later time because his mother was a sister to Patriarch Macedonius II who was himself a nephew of Patriarch Gennadius I

Code:
Vitalian1= {
    name = "Patriciolus" # Father of Vitalian
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    450.1.1 = {
        birth = "450.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    502.1.1 = {
        death = "502.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Vitalian2= {
    name = "Vitalian" # Consul of 520, his mother was the niece of Patriarch Macedonius II
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # Of Goth and Scythian origin
    father = Vitalian1
    480.1.1 = {
        birth = "480.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    520.7.1 = {
        death = "520.7.1" # Murdered July 520
    }
}

Vitalian3= {
    name = "Venilus" # Son of Vitalian or brother of Ioannis
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    father = Vitalian2
    512.1.1 = {
        birth = "512.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    570.1.1 = {
        death = "570.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Vitalian4= {
    name = "Bouzes" # Son of Vitalian or brother of Ioannis
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    father = Vitalian2
    505.1.1 = {
        birth = "505.1.1" # Adult in 528
    }
    562.1.1 = {
        death = "562.1.1" # Last mentioned in 556
    }
}

Vitalian5= {
    name = "Coutzes"# Cutzes Son of Vitalian or brother of Ioannis
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    father = Vitalian2
    504.1.1 = {
        birth = "504.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    528.1.1 = {
        death = "528.1.1" # Possibly died in battle in 528
    }
}

Vitalian6= {
    name = "Leubovera"# Unnamed Sister to Benilus, Coutzes and mother of Domenentiolus
    female = yes
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    father = Vitalian2
    498.1.1 = {
        birth = "498.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    565.1.1 = {
        death = "565.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Vitalian7= {
    name = "Domenentiolus"# Also Dometiolus or Domnentiolus, nephew of Vitalian
    female = yes
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    mother = Vitalian6
    515.1.1 = {
        birth = "515.1.1" # Adult in 531
    }
    560.1.1 = {
        death = "560.1.1" # Last mentioned in 550
    }
}

Vitalian8= {
    name = "Bouzes" # Unnamed father of Ioannis
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    father = Vitalian 1
    490.1.1 = {
        birth = "490.1.1" #
    }
    530.1.1 = {
        death = "530.1.1" #
    }
}

Vitalian9= {
    name = "Ioannis" # Vitalian's nephew or son who married to Justina the daughter of Germanus
    dynasty =  # Because Vitalian was born in Zaldapa
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = german # No Gothic culture
    father = Vitalian8
    510.1.1 = {
        birth = "510.1.1" # Adult in 537
    }
    561.1.1 = {
        death = "561.1.1" # Last mentined in 552/552
    }
}

Second is some Arsacids., namely the ancestors of Valentinus the father in law of Constans II from Heraclius' dynasty.
I've previously added 2 members, now I've expanded on it.

Code:
arsacid_new1= {
    name = "Gregorius" # Cousin of Artabanes
    dynasty = 100685 # He is of Arsacid dynasty
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture =  armenian
    father = 159591 # to connect him to the Arsacid dynasty and make a cousin of Artabanes
    505.1.1 = {
        birth = "505.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    560.1.1 = {
        death = "560.1.1" # Still alive in 546
    }
}

arsacid_new2= {
    name = "Hovhannes" # Father of Artabanes
    dynasty = 100685 # He is of Arsacid dynasty
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture =  armenian
    father = 159590 # to connect him to the Arsacid dynasty
    480.1.1 = {
        birth = "480.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    539.1.1 = {
        death = "539.1.1" # was killed by Buzes in 539 when he tried to negotiate on behalf of Armenian rebels
    }
}

arsacid_new3= {
    name = "Hovhannes" # Artabanes' brother
    dynasty = 100685 # He is of Arsacid dynasty
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture =  armenian
    father = arsacid_new2 #
    505.1.1 = {
        birth = "505.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    545.8.1 = {
        death = "545.8.1" # died in battle of Sica Veneria in late summer 545
    }
}

arsacid_new4= {
    name = "Artawan" # Artabanes
    dynasty = 100685 # He is of Arsacid dynasty
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture =  armenian
    father = arsacid_new2 #
    507.1.1 = {
        birth = "507.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    564.1.1 = {
        death = "564.1.1" # Last mentioned in 554
    }
}

arsacid_new5= {
    name = "Ioannes Mystakon" # Husband of Placidia He's possibly the son of Artabanes and possibly the father of Valentinus the father-in-law of Constans II
    dynasty = 100685 # He is of Arsacid dynasty
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture =  armenian
    father = arsacid_new4 #
    545.1.1 = {
        birth = "545.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    591.1.1 = {
        death = "591.1.1" # Died 591
    }
}

arsacid_new6= {
    name = "Manuel" # Magistros Manuel, son of Ioannes Mystakon
    dynasty = 100685 # He is of Arsacid dynasty
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture =  armenian
    father = arsacid_new5
    585.1.1 = {
        birth = "585.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    651.1.1 = {
        death = "651.1.1" # died 651
    }
}

arsacid_new7= {
    name = "Valentinus" # Father of Fausta, wife of Constans II
    dynasty = 100685 # He is of Arsacid dynasty
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture =  armenian
    father = arsacid_new5
    590.1.1 = {
        birth = "590.1.1" # Born around 590
    }
    645.1.1 = {
        death = "645.1.1" # died 644/645
    }
}

arsacid_new8= {
    name = "Fausta" # wife of Constans II
    female = yes
    dynasty = 100685 #
    religion = armenian_apostolic
    culture = armenian
    father = arsacid_new7
    630.1.1 = {
        birth = "630.1.1"
    }
    647.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = 70508
    }
    670.1.1 = {
        death = "670.1.1" # died after 668
    }
}
 
Addition to Anastasius family, Sabinian's family, both of his sons married nieces of Anastasius. The family tree I posted yesterday will also get an update sometime and I may change some other things in addition to those I've already mentioned, such as Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius parentage as another theory suggests that he is the son of Probus (Nephew of Anastasius from his brother Paulus) and a daughter of Sabinianus (husband of an unnamed niece of Anastasius, daughter of Paulus). I liked the idea as it means adding more possible members to the family tree. Going with that, I'll probably add Probus the husband of Proba (her father Olybrius the son of Anicia Juliana and Areobindus and her mother Irene, daughter of Paulus the brother of Anastasius ) as a member of the gens Anicii instead of a son of Probus also named Probus (both are suggested as her husband)

Code:
sabinian1= {
    name = "Sabinianus Magnus " # Magister Militum per Illyricum, father of Sabinian and Moschianus
    dynasty =
    religion =
    culture = arberian # Illyrian
    430.1.1 = {
        birth = "430.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    481.1.1 = {
        death = "481.1.1" # Died 481
    }
}


sabinian2= {
    name = "Sabinianus" # Consul of 505, married a niece of Anastasius
    dynasty =
    religion =
    culture = arberian # Illyrian
    father = sabinian1
    459.1.1 = {
        birth = "459.1.1" # Unknown, possibly older than Moschianus
    }
    480.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = pompeius8 #
    }
    512.1.1 = {
        death = "512.1.1" # Still alive in 508
    }
}


sabinian3= {
    name = "Moschianus" # Consul of 512, married a niece of Anastasius
    dynasty =
    religion =
    culture = arberian # Illyrian
    father = sabinian1
    462.1.1 = {
        birth = "462.1.1" # Born 462
    }
    482.1.1 = {
        add_spouse = pompeius11 #
    }
    512.1.1 = {
        death = "512.1.1" # Died 512
    }
}
 
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All the Kometopuli I could find in the relevant time period

Code:
Kometopuli1= {
    name = "David" # Nicholas Kometopuli's son. He may also have been the grandson of Simeon through Ivan who married an Armenian
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 70381
    930.1.1 = {
        birth = "930.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    976.1.1 = {
        death = "976.1.1" #  Died 976
    }
}

Kometopuli2= {
    name = "Moses" # Nicholas Kometopuli's son
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 70381
    935.1.1 = {
        birth = "935.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    976.1.11 = {
        death = "976.1.1" #  Died 976
    }
}

Kometopuli3= {
    name = "Anna" # Unnamed daughter, Ivan Vladislav had six daughters and six sons
    female = yes
    dynasty =  702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 722
    mother = Krum23
    1000.1.1 = {
        birth = "1000.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1055.1.11 = {
        death = "1055.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli4= {
    name = "Eirene" # Unnamed daughter, Ivan Vladislav had six daughters and six sons
    female = yes
    dynasty =  702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 722
    mother = Krum23
    1004.1.1 = {
        birth = "1004.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1056.1.11 = {
        death = "1056.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli5= {
    name = "Marija" # Unnamed daughter, Ivan Vladislav had six daughters and six sons
    female = yes
    dynasty =  702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 722
    mother = Krum23
    1009.1.1 = {
        birth = "1011.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1063.1.11 = {
        death = "1063.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli6= {
    name = "Vasilka" # Unnamed daughter, Ivan Vladislav had six daughters and six sons
    female = yes
    dynasty =  702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 722
    mother = Krum23
    1011.1.1 = {
        birth = "1011.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1068.1.11 = {
        death = "1068.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli7= {
    name = "Evpraksiya" # Unnamed daughter, Ivan Vladislav had six daughters and six sons
    female = yes
    dynasty =  702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 722
    mother = Krum23
    1014.1.1 = {
        birth = "1014.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1070.1.11 = {
        death = "1070.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli8= {
    name = "Boris" # Unnamed son, Ivan Vladislav had six daughters and six sons
    dynasty =  702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 722
    mother = Krum23
    1017.1.1 = {
        birth = "1017.1.1"
    }
    1071.1.11 = {
        death = "1071.1.1"
    }
}

Kometopuli9= {
    name = "Nikola" # A member of the Kometopuli, possibly son of Ivan Vladislav.He is the father of Catalina, second wife of Vazul Arpad.
    dynasty =  702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 722
    mother = Krum23
    980.1.1 = {
        birth = "980.1.1" #  Unknown
    }
    1035.1.11 = {
        death = "1035.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli10= {
    name = "Catalina" # Second wife of Vazul Arpad
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Kometopuli9
    993.1.1 = {
        birth = "993.1.1" # Born 993
    }
    1037.1.11 = {
        death = "1037.1.1" # Died around 937
    }
}


Kometopuli11= {
    name = "Theodore" # Only known legitimate son of Aron, Radomir is thought to be a bastard
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 20486
    1026.1.1 = {
        birth = "1026.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1056.1.11 = {
        death = "1056.1.1" # died 1055/56 fighting against Seljuks
    }
}

Kometopuli12= {
    name = "Andronikos" # Strategios of Thrakesia from early 1060s to 1081
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Kometopuli11 #
    1047.1.1 = {
        birth = "1047.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1090.1.11 = {
        death = "1090.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli13= {
    name = "Theodore" # Grandson of Aron through a bastard son
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 20479 # Because Radomir is thought to be a bastard
    1050.1.1 = {
        birth = "1051.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1090.1.11 = {
        death = "1090.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli14= {
    name = "Aaron" # A descendant who was a governor of Mesopotamia from 1112.
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Kometopuli13
    1066.1.1 = {
        birth = "1066.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1140.1.11 = {
        death = "1140.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli15= {
    name = "Marija" # Unnamed, Gavril Radomir is thought to have 2 sisters besides Teodora Kosora and Miroslava
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 728
    973.1.1 = {
        birth = "973.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1040.1.1 = {
        death = "1040.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli16= {
    name = "Anastasia" # Katun Anastasia, sister of Gavril Radomir. She is the first Wife of Vazul Arpad
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 728
    980.1.1 = {
        birth = "980.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1020.1.1 = {
        death = "1020.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli17= {
    name = "Miroslava" # Sister of Gavril Radomir. She is the wife of Ashot Taronites, son of Grigory
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 728
    981.1.1 = {
        birth = "981.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1024.1.1 = {
        death = "1024.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli18= {
    name = "Agatha" # Agatha the wife of Edward the Exile may have been Gavril Radomir's daughter with his Hungarian wife
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 730
    mother = 492
    999.1.1 = {
        birth = "999.1.1" # Gavril Radomir sent her Hungarian wife away around 1000
    }
    1068.1.1 = {
        death = "1068.1.1" # Still alive in 1068
    }
}

Kometopuli19 = {
    name = "Eirene" # Irene of Larissa
    female = yes
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = greek #
    father = 730
    980.1.1 = {
        birth = "980.1.1" # Possibly born around 980
    }
    1030.1.1 = {
        death = "1030.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli20= {
    name = "Samuil" # Unnamed son, Gavril Radomir and Irene of Larissa had 5 sons and 2 daughters
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 730
    mother = Kometopuli19
    1001.1.1 = {
        birth = "1001.1.1"
    }
    1057.1.11 = {
        death = "1057.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Kometopuli21 = {
    name = "Anastasia" # Unnamed daughter, Gavril Radomir and Irene of Larissa had 5 sons and 2 daughters
    female = yes
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 730
    mother = Kometopuli19
    1002.1.1 = {
        birth = "1002.1.1"
    }
    1059.1.11 = {
        death = "1059.1.1"
    }
}

Kometopuli22 = {
    name = "Ioannes" # Unnamed son, Gavril Radomir and Irene of Larissa had 5 sons and 2 daughters
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 730
    mother = Kometopuli19
    1003.1.1 = {
        birth = "1003.1.1"
    }
    1060.1.11 = {
        death = "1060.1.1"
    }
}

Kometopuli23= {
    name = "Boris" # Unnamed son, Gavril Radomir and Irene of Larissa had 5 sons and 2 daughters
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 730
    mother = Kometopuli19
    1004.1.1 = {
        birth = "1004.1.1"
    }
    1061.1.11 = {
        death = "1061.1.1"
    }
}

Kometopuli24= {
    name = "Nikola" # Unnamed son, Gavril Radomir and Irene of Larissa had 5 sons and 2 daughters
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    female = yes
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 730
    mother = Kometopuli19
    1005.1.1 = {
        birth = "1005.1.1"
    }
    1063.1.11 = {
        death = "1063.1.1"
    }
}

Kometopuli25= {
    name = "Vladimir" # Unnamed son, Gavril Radomir and Irene of Larissa had 5 sons and 2 daughters
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 730
    mother = Kometopuli19
    710.1.1 = {
        birth = "710.1.1"
    }
    770.1.11 = {
        death = "770.1.1"
    }
}

Kometopuli26= {
    name = "Peter" # Unnamed bastard brother of Gavril Radomir.
    dynasty = 702# Kometopuli
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 728
    990.1.1 = {
        birth = "990.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1054.1.1 = {
        death = "1054.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Next will be Pincius' family and after that some adjustments to Krum family, perhaps I'll move David to be Ivan's son and add a daughter to him, Make Olga of Kiev a daughter of Vladimir Rassate through a daughter of Helgi which I'll add as a brother to Rurik's wife.

Since they also have marriage connections to the Byzantines I'd also like to add many a missing members to Rurikids if you are ok with it but that is far further down the line. After Pincius' family I intend on doing smaller additions, like corrections on previous files I've sent, filling gaps in marriages etc.
 
And Finally, the Pincius' family
Code:
Pincius1 = {
    name = "Pincius" # Nephew of a Bulgarian King
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 718 #  Because Pincius and his family was first exiled to Mysia and Abydos, where Roman became a governor is located in Mysia
    961.1.1 = {
        birth = "961.1.1" # Unknown, already has his children in 994
    }
    998.1.1 = {
        death = "998.1.1" # Died before August 1000
    }
}

Pincius2 = {
    name = "Plesus" # Pincius' son
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius1
    980.1.1 = {
        birth = "980.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1045.1.1 = {
        death = "1045.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius3 = {
    name = "Daniele" # Sister of Plesus
    female = yes
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius1
    983.1.1 = {
        birth = "983.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1047.1.1 = {
        death = "1047.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius4 = {
    name = "Dabruc" # Plesus' son
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius2
    997.1.1 = {
        birth = "997.1.1" # After 994
    }
    1052.1.1 = {
        death = "1052.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius5 = {
    name = "Orbas" # Plesus' son
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius2
    998.1.1 = {
        birth = "998.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1052.1.1 = {
        death = "1052.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius6 = {
    name = "Ioannes" # Plesus' son
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius2
    999.1.1 = {
        birth = "999.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1054.1.1 = {
        death = "1054.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius7 = {
    name = "Petronus" # Peter, Plesus' son
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius2
    1000.1.1 = {
        birth = "1000.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1056.1.1 = {
        death = "1056.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}


Pincius8 = {
    name = "Novata" # Norata, Plesus' daughter
    female = yes
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius2
    1002.1.1 = {
        birth = "1002.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1059.1.1 = {
        death = "1059.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}


Pincius9 = {
    name = "Murca" # or Maria, Sister of Pincius
    female = yes
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 718 # Because Roman was made a governor of Abydos and Pincius and his family was first exiled to Mysia where Abydos is
    964.1.1 = {
        birth = "964.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1015.1.1 = {
        death = "1015.1.1" # Alive in 1000
    }
}

Pincius10 = {
    name = "Armonios" # Brother of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 718 # Because Roman was made a governor of Abydos and Pincius and his family was first exiled to Mysia where Abydos is
    965.1.1 = {
        birth = "965.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1019.1.1 = {
        death = "19.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}



Pincius11= {
    name = "Pollemios" # Brother of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 718 # Because Roman was made a governor of Abydos and Pincius and his family was first exiled to Mysia where Abydos is
    967.1.1 = {
        birth = "967.1.1"
    }
    1020.1.11 = {
        death = "1020.1.1"
    }
}

Pincius12= {
    name = "Joanne" # Brother of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 718 # Because Roman was made a governor of Abydos and Pincius and his family was first exiled to Mysia where Abydos is
    968.1.1 = {
        birth = "968.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1023.1.11 = {
        death = "1023.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius13= {
    name = "Celestine" # Brother of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = 718 # Because Roman was made a governor of Abydos and Pincius and his family was first exiled to Mysia where Abydos is
    970.1.1 = {
        birth = "970.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1025.1.1 = {
        death = "1025.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius14= {
    name = "Tetralus" # Nephew of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius10 # Unknown
    990.1.1 = {
        birth = "990.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1050.1.11 = {
        death = "1050.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius15= {
    name = "Martin" # Nephew of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius11 # Unknown
    987.1.1 = {
        birth = "987.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1048.1.11 = {
        death = "1048.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius16= {
    name = "Alexander" # Nephew of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius12
    991.1.1 = {
        birth = "991.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1051.1.11 = {
        death = "1051.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius17= {
    name = "Joanne" # Nephew of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius13
    996.1.1 = {
        birth = "996.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1053.1.11 = {
        death = "1053.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}


Pincius18= {
    name = "Paulinus" # Nephew of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius11
    996.1.1 = {
        birth = "996.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1051.1.11 = {
        death = "1051.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius19= {
    name = "Georgius" # Nephew of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius12
    1000.1.1 = {
        birth = "1000.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    1063.1.11 = {
        death = "1063.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Pincius20= {
    name = "Pancratius" # Nephew of Pincius
    dynasty =  8636# Krum
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = bulgarian #
    father = Pincius13
    1000.1.1 = {
        birth = "1000.1.1"
    }
    1060.1.11 = {
        death = "1060.1.1"
    }
}

This is how Krum and Kometopuli families more or less look like right now, I'm not going to explain them all since there are explanations next to each character in history files I've sent. I've spotted a few mistakes for Krum and Kometopuli like some females being male and wrong dates etc. I think I corrected them all but not posting the corrections atm so I can check again once I have time.

Anyway, Kometopuli family, there are a few additional characters here as TIP has also added a character or two but all the history files I've sent are all based on the vanilla. The family tree includes all the unnamed sons and daughters of Ivan Vladislav and Gavril Radomir, known descendants of Aaron, sisters of Gavril Radomir etc. Everyone I could find. Apart from 1-2 TIP characters, base game also has some characters that aren't known to exist such as some descendants under Aron, son of Ivan Vladislav and placed wrongly like Miroslava wife of Ashot who is placed as the sister of Ivan Vladislav when she should be Gavril Radomir's sister. History files have all the necessary explanations.


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Krum Family

Added Olga of Kiev as a daughter of Vladimir Rasate and added her a mother who is a daughter of Helgi.
Made Miroslava a man, Miroslav and made her/him a son of Gavril so Kometopuli would be descended from Gavril though I may just remove her completely. These changes weren't in the history files I've posted as I said I'll post them later on after controlling the family tree for mistakes.
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This is how Simeon's descendants look like, again all were given details in history files.

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Wife of Ivan Vladislav is thought to be the daughter of Boris II . I've noticed a mistake here only after posting the picture, it was supposed to be Maria who also exists as her sister, I'll change their names later on. I've added Tamar(randomly chosen as an Armenian name) as a fictional granddaughter of Ivan, to her a wife of Boris II and the mother of her daughters. Ivan was the brother of Peter( possibly he was the second son and Peter was third) who rebelled against him, when his rebellion failed he fled to Constantinople and married an Armenian noblewoman. Tamar has a fictional father, Simeon, though as previously mentioned I may remove him since two of the Cometopuli brothers (can't recall which two right now) are thought to be sons of Ivan so I can just replace it with that. Another theory is that all four brothers share the same mother with two having one father and the other two having another, though I'm not sure if I'll go with that, I try to implement as many theories as possible when they aren't contradicting eachother but I don't like changing already existing files unless necessary.

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Huge crowded group in bottom right is Pincius', his children, siblings and nephews. As I've mentioned before they are added as descendants of Roman since his castration is thought to have happened late in life and Pincius and his family was first exiled to Mysia where Roman was made a governor (of Abydos)

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Fixed and changed versions of the family trees will be added later on, I also suggest removing the Kometopuli dynasty and making them a cadet house under Krum, with also two cadets that also come from it, Aaron and Alusian. Pincius' branch should also get a cadet even though I've made them a dead branch, they probably had descendants so a few fictional members can be added to Croatia where they fled.
 

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@Pax Romana I hope you liked my contribution so far, I’ve added most of what I initially intended(the work I already had and those I was planning to do) and then some(the stuff I came along the way such as Androsalites and Pincius), I tried to go as in depth in detail as I could including all the theories as long as they didn’t contradict eachother. For the next month I’ll be in the hospital most of the day 5 days a week and have an exam after that so probably won’t have as much done. My next intended step is to, whenever I can, correct the mistakes, add the few people I forgot and the marriage/parentage connections between people already added but not connected, after that adding versions of herakleidon and justinian families based not on the mod but vanilla and after that doing other imperial families starting with Zeno and adding strategoi with known families such as Maniakes. However, if you have something else that you’d wish me to focus on, I can do that instead.

Edit: I forgot to add, I’ve some Anicii work done, a few generations of ancestors for Anicia Juliana, I’ll probably add it in a couple of days.
 
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One suggestion on Mousele family, since Alexios Mousele (the one who was betrothed or married to Emperor's daughter) is also said to be from Krenites family, but there are no mentions of any Krenites until around this time, and several Krenites after this time(Museles also live on),

On how the family tree should look, I suggest taking elements from both Settipani and Toumanoff.

Family tree should mostly look like Settipani's, with a single female Krinites as Alexios and Theodosios' mother, and apart from a daughter, Maria (who may have been the daughter of one of three Caesers around that time), Alexios should have no children but his brother Theodosios should be the ancestor of both all the later Mouseles and the Krenites, which should be a cadet under Mamikonians, so the children given to Alexios under Toumanoff should be given to Theodosios.


Edit: The name Krinites/Krenites is thought to come from Krni, a castle in Degik, so I think it is safe to move all the Krinites under Mousele since it is the name of a place and as said before, these are commonly used as surnames.
 
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I may add a Boilas house within a day or two, my priority is to make corrections etc. whenever I can spend time but there really isn't much work with Boilas and I found it interesting since the earliest member is mentioned in 799, a Konstantinos Boilas is a patrician that supports Empress Eirene. Since Boilas is a Bulgarian title he must have been of Bulgarian origin and considering that Telerig's defection and marriage to a relative of Eirene, perhaps he also defected along with him.

 
One suggestion on Mousele family, since Alexios Mousele (the one who was betrothed or married to Emperor's daughter) is also said to be from Krenites family, but there are no mentions of any Krenites until around this time, and several Krenites after this time(Museles also live on),

On how the family tree should look, I suggest taking elements from both Settipani and Toumanoff.

Family tree should mostly look like Settipani's, with a single female Krinites as Alexios and Theodosios' mother, and apart from a daughter, Maria (who may have been the daughter of one of three Caesers around that time), Alexios should have no children but his brother Theodosios should be the ancestor of both all the later Mouseles and the Krenites, which should be a cadet under Mamikonians, so the children given to Alexios under Toumanoff should be given to Theodosios.


Edit: The name Krinites/Krenites is thought to come from Krni, a castle in Degik, so I think it is safe to move all the Krinites under Mousele since it is the name of a place and as said before, these are commonly used as surnames.
A partial Krinites/Mousele family tree trying to incorporate Settipani and Toumanoff both


Code:
Mousele1 = {
    name = "Gregorious Musulakios" # Son of Musel Mamikonian
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = 70450
    741.1.1 = {
        birth = "741.1.1" # Unknown, Komes of Opsikion in 778
    }
    810.1.1 = {
        death = "810.1.1" # Unknown, still alive in 802
    }
}

Mousele2 = {
    name = "Alexios" # Alexios Musele, Drungarios of the Bigla
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele1
    765.1.1 = {
        birth = "765.1.1" # Unknown, Drungarios of the Vigla in 790
    }
    800.1.1 = {
        death = "800.1.1" # Unknown, blinded in 792/793
    }
}

Mousele3 = {
    name = "Gregorious" # Fictional son to make Alexios Mousele the grandson of Alexios Mousele
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele2
    785.1.1 = {
        birth = "785.1.1" #
    }
    835.1.1 = {
        death = "835.1.1" #
    }
}

Mousele4 = {
    name = "Alexios" # Caesar Alexios Musele, Son or Grandson of Alexios Musele, he is also a member of the Krenites family
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele3
    792.1.1 = {
        birth = "792.1.1" # Possibly born around 792
    }
    850.1.1 = {
        death = "850.1.1" # Unknown, retired to a monastery in 842
    }
}

Mousele5 = {
    name = "Maria" # Maria, she was the daughter of one of three caesars, Alexios, Petronas and Bardas.
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    female = yes
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele3
    850.1.1 = {
        birth = "850.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    910.1.1 = {
        death = "910.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Mousele6 = {
    name = "Theodosios" # Brother of Caeser Alexios
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele2
    788.1.1 = {
        birth = "788.1.1" # Unknown
    }
    851.1.1 = {
        death = "851.1.1" # Unknown, retired to a monastery in 839
    }
}

Mousele7 = {
    name = "Eupraxios" # Strategos of Sicily during Basil's reign
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele6
    835.1.1 = {
        birth = "835.1.1" # Unknown, Strategos in 880
    }
    880.1.1 = {
        death = "880.1.1" # Died in 880
    }
}

Mousele8 = {
    name = "Nikephoros" # Nikephoros tu Eupraxe, possibly the son of the above
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele7
    860.1.1 = {
        birth = "860.1.1" # Unknown, adult in 908
    }
    920.1.1 = {
        death = "920.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Mousele9 = {
    name = "Alexios" # Droungarios of the fleet in 920
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele7
    860.1.1 = {
        birth = "860.1.1" #
    }
    922.1.1 = {
        death = "922.1.1" # Died 922
    }
}

Mousele10 = {
    name = "Romanos" # Possibly the son of the above
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele9
    880.1.1 = {
        birth = "880.1.1" # Unknown, adult in 908
    }
    922.1.1 = {
        death = "922.1.1" # Died 922
    }
}


Mousele11 = {
    name = "Prokopios Krenites" # Prokopios  Krenites
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele7
    863.1.1 = {
        birth = "863.1.1" # Unknown, fought against Bulgars in 894
    }
    920.1.1 = {
        death = "920.1.1" # Died after 894
    }
}

Mousele12 = {
    name = "Georgios" # Georgios Krenites
    dynasty = 23006 # Mamikonian
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Mousele7
    867.1.1 = {
        birth = "867.1.1" # Unknown, Adult in 904
    }
    930.1.1 = {
        death = "930.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}
 
I may add a Boilas house within a day or two, my priority is to make corrections etc. whenever I can spend time but there really isn't much work with Boilas and I found it interesting since the earliest member is mentioned in 799, a Konstantinos Boilas is a patrician that supports Empress Eirene. Since Boilas is a Bulgarian title he must have been of Bulgarian origin and considering that Telerig's defection and marriage to a relative of Eirene, perhaps he also defected along with him.

Yeah, perhaps not. So Saint Ioannikios' family name was also Boilas and he was born in 762 in Bithynia, more than a decade before Telerig seeking refuge, his father's slavic name and the name Boila being a Bulgar title would still suggest at the family's origins, but apparently they were there earlier, who knows perhaps they were asia minor slavs or defectors like Kuber's commander Mauros (who defected as part of a plan to take Thessalonike).


With the above added, I decided to put Boilas to a halt until I can decide how to deal with them, perhaps I'll make seperate families carrying the same name or would probably add some more (some were needed to fill the gaps between members in 900s) fictional characters so the family would branch into two lines with Konstantine and Ioannikios being on seperate ones.
 
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I'm posting this as a reminder for myself to post about the house of Jaqeli/Chorchanelli
So, I totally forgot about this, don't have much time right now, but unless I forget about it again, apart from stuff that are fairly easy/less time consuming, my priority would be to at least get a partial family tree that would include all three brothers along with their mother, their maternal uncle who is the last male member of their dynasty and some members, real or fictional in 867 start.
All the Kometopuli I could find in the relevant time period
I've since found out about the existence of some more unnamed (and unnembered amount of) members and the names of some members.
Edit: I forgot to add, I’ve some Anicii work done, a few generations of ancestors for Anicia Juliana, I’ll probably add it in a couple of days.

I somehow lost this but no big deal, as it only went up to Anicia Faltonia Proba because the family name came from her and not her husband and her name also came from her mother, not from her father.

 
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So something I've noticed that I finished but didn't post. I was unsure whether to post as it is or alter it and would like your input on it, there are two points that will change depending on your answer.

Plinta, the relative of Ardabur Aspar (most likely as Ardabur Aspar's father in law) had a son, Armatus/Armatius. In 450 Constantius the secretary of Attila married either to Plinta's daughter or the widow of Armatus. This is the first one, I'm unsure whether I should add a second sister to him or not.

The second one is, around the same time Emperor Basiliscus (died 476) had a nephew, named Harmatius/Armatus, in the family tree his father's name isn't given (Aelia Verina and Basiliscus is mentioned to have another sister married to a man named Zuzus but Harmatius isn't their child, so it should be his relation should be through a father). In several places both Armatus/Armatius and Harmatius/Armatus are mentioned to be the consul of 476, however nowhere have I seen of a connection of Plinta-Armatus-Basiliscus, and if it was Armatus' widow that married to Constantius in 450 and not a sister, he couldn't have been a consul over two decades later.

So the question is, should I accept the two Armatuses as the same person and make one family tree for both and add him two sisters or take them as seperate people and break it into two families.
 

A family tree for some of the Anicii if you are interested. I intend of going enough into the family tree to so that Anicia Juliana (34) and Anicius Hermangianus Olybrius (46) are shown as cousins in the game and also Proba's husband Probus, but no more, and don't intend to add non Anicii spouses, parents.
 
One more from my notes:

Melias. Melias family exists in game but only in name. Melias was possibly the grandson of Mleh Varazhnuni who died in 853 fighting against the Arabs.

So, I'm not sure if it's from the mod I use or the vanilla game but in 1066, there's a Varajnuni family. The Varazhnuni family may have had different branches considering there are more than one places with their name

There's a Meles in Bari, who I think may have been a descendant considering his son's curious name, Argyros. It was thanks to Eusthatios Argyros that Mleh(Melias) was pardoned.

Considering the name and location, another Meles in Bari, mentioned a few decades before him could also be related.

Since this is fairly short work, I may send a family tree even tomorrow, though it won't go as far as 555 when the first recorded member Hmayaek lived, I would start with the grandfather who died in 853 to add as few fictional members as possible.
 
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So, I'm not sure if it's from the mod I use or the vanilla game but in 1066, there's a Varajnuni family. The Varazhnuni family may have had different branches considering there are more than one places with their name

There's a Meles in Bari, who I think may have been a descendant considering his son's curious name, Argyros. It was thanks to Eusthatios Argyros that Mleh(Melias) was pardoned.

Considering the name and location, another Meles in Bari, mentioned a few decades before him could also be related.

Since this is fairly short work, I may send a family tree even tomorrow, though it won't go as far as 555 when the first recorded member Hmayaek lived, I would start with the grandfather who died in 853 to add as few fictional members as possible.
Small update while I have some time, I've found some more members, Rustom and Varazshapuh who fought together with Mleh against Arabs around 890, Rustom was later given land in Vaspurakan and there's a Sahag/Isaac who was it's lord who died in 1000/1001. Also an Arshak, but couldn't find date for him.

Unless I find more information, I intend of making a branch of Rustom ending with Sahag, which will have some fictional members, a branch of Mleh that ends or branches with the above mentioned people in Bari due to their names and a branch of Varazshapuh that continues with Philaretos Brachamios (Vahram Varajnuni), who exists in game.

There's also a Saschakios Brachamios, an ancestor of Philaretos perhaps?

 
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Since this is fairly short work, I may send a family tree even tomorrow, though it won't go as far as 555 when the first recorded member Hmayaek lived, I would start with the grandfather who died in 853 to add as few fictional members as possible.
Unfortunately, or rather, fortunately, I won't be able to send a complete work on this for some time because I've found out several more people with the surnmae Brachamios, which is good news(!) but apart from the Saschakios above, only vague dates for them so I'll add them later on.




For now, a family tree that starts with Strategos of Lykandos Mleh's grandfather Mleh and ends with Melias, domestic of the schools of the east. Due to a lack of information, Mleh, Rustom and Varazshapuh are currently brothers but even if I can't find anything I'm thinking of distancing them some more, making them at least cousins.

Code:
Varajnuni1 = {
    name = "Mleh" # Grandfather of Mleh Strategos of Lykandos
    dynasty = 20063# Varajnuni
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    810.1.1 = {
        birth = "810.1.1" # Unknown,
    }
    853.1.1 = {
        death = "853.1.1" # Killed by Arabs in 853
    }
}

Varajnuni2 = {
    name = "Hmayeak" # Fictional son to Mleh to connect him to Mleh strategos of Lykandos
    dynasty = 20063# Varajnuni
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Varajnuni1
    835.1.1 = {
        birth = "835.1.1" # Unknown,
    }
    890.1.1 = {
        death = "890.1.1" # Killed by Arabs in 853
    }
}


Varajnuni3 = {
    name = "Mleh" # Founder of the theme of Lykandos, possibly the Grandson of Mleh
    dynasty = 20063# Varajnuni
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Varajnuni2
    865.1.1 = {
        birth = "867.1.1" # Unknown, came to Constantinople between 886 and 896
    }
    940.1.1 = {
        death = "940.1.1" # Died after may 934 and before De Thematibus
    }
}

Varajnuni4 = {
    name = "Rustom" # A member of the Varazhnuni who fought together with Mleh and later became
    dynasty = 20063# Varajnuni
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Varajnuni2
    864.1.1 = {
        birth = "864.1.1" # Fought together with Mleh in 890s
    }
    930.1.1 = {
        death = "930.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Varajnuni5 = {
    name = "Varazshapuh" # A member of the Varazhnuni who fought together with Mleh and later became
    dynasty = 20063# Varajnuni
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Varajnuni2
    867.1.1 = {
        birth = "867.1.1" # Unknown, Fought together with Mleh in 890s
    }
    939.1.1 = {
        death = "939.1.1" # Unknown
    }
}

Varajnuni6 = {
    name = "Argyros" # Fictional son to Mleh to make Melias his grandson
    dynasty = 20063# Varajnuni
    religion = "armenian_apostolic"
    culture = "armenian"
    father = Varajnuni3
    890.1.1 = {
        birth = "890.1.1" #
    }
    930.1.1 = {
        death = "930.1.1" #
    }
}

Varajnuni7 = {
    name = "Melias" # Domestikos ton Scholon of the East, a relative, possibly the grandson, of Strategos of Lykandos Mleh
    dynasty = 20063# Varajnuni
    religion = "orthodox"
    culture = "greek"
    father = Varajnuni6
    910.1.1 = {
        birth = "910.1.1" # Unknown, adult in 936
    }
    976.1.1 = {
        death = "976.1.1" # Died 976
    }
}
 
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Some small things
One for Heraclius' dynasty, They may have descended from Arsacids


Two for Bardanes Tourkos aand his family

There's a Patrician Turkos in 816, thought to be from his family but not him.


Bardanes himself is thought to be of mixed Khazar and Armenian origin due to his name and that a parent of his may have belonged to Empress Irene of Khazaria's entourage.

 
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With the above added, I decided to put Boilas to a halt until I can decide how to deal with them, perhaps I'll make seperate families carrying the same name or would probably add some more (some were needed to fill the gaps between members in 900s) fictional characters so the family would branch into two lines with Konstantine and Ioannikios being on seperate ones.
An update on Boilas, although they are not explicitly stated, I've found the connections I need.

Saint Ioannikios, as mentioned, is a Boilas


I've also mentioned Konstantinos Boilas who is a patrician that supported Empress Eirene, the connection between the two are unknown but there's also a Patrician Peter who was born during the joint reign of Eirene and her son Emperor Constantine, although the family name is not stated, it is stated that he was the son of a Patrician named Konstantinos. This Peter the Patrician was taking a captive in 811 and after "miraculously" escaping captivity and became a monk along with, guess who... Saint Ioannikios from the Boilas family. Although the exact connection is not known Saint Paulus of Latros' mother Eudokia is also related to Ioannikios. Peter is known to have a son so I'll probably add her as a granddaughter to Peter's son.


So this earlier part of the family will probably I'll probably make Konstantinos either the uncle or cousin of Ioannikios, Eudokia will probably be a great granddaughter of Peter and all the later Boilas will descend from Peter's son.

I've finished up to Peter's son, so I hope to be sending it in a couple of days if I can find time to finish the rest.
 
Another small update to Boilas, it is coming along nicely btw, there's a people called Mauroi near the Latros Mountains, it is uncertain whether it was an ethnic name or the surname of a family of magnates there but the latter is thought to be more likely. Although here it says that it is very unlikely to have anything to do with Mauros, the nobleman of Kuber, he was a boilas, not as surname but as title, so perhaps the two families can be made two branches coming from this Mauros.

 
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