Talk:Lo Po Bia Family/@comment-67.170.161.21-20160822222141/@comment-26484417-20160822224652

Technically speaking, Angel isn't "in" any Family, she is a bastard child.

Nitpicking aside, it's difficult to tell. We know that there can be Anima with no apparent relation to the Lo Po Bia family, so it's quite likely that there are Anima among other Great Families and even outside of the Great Families. In fact, the specialities of the Great Families are rarely unique to the Great Family in question; they merely tend to have greater concentration of top-grade users as well as some very unique and powerful variation(s) of that speciality (e.g., Yeon family doesn't have monopoly on Hwayeomsa, but--unlike other users--they *are* the fire; Arie Swordsmanship isn't the only way to properly wield swords, but they "can do anything with swords"; etc.). So it's safe to assume that the same goes for Anima and Lo Po Bia family, where they have the greatest concentration of top-grade Anima who also apparently possess a (related?) special talent associated with their branch (e.g., Kaiser's wolf, Alphine's Shadow Fox, etc.).

Apologies, I got a bit sidetracked, the point was that Angel being an Anima doesn't necessarily connect her to the Lo Po Bia family. Her no-name mother could have had the ability (possibly even dormant version), and / or the Ranker father could have had the ability regardless of his blood ties.