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Who are the 13 bloodlines that run the world?
Fritz Springmeier's 1991–1995 writings, later compiled as 'Bloodlines of the Illuminati,' are the taxonomic source of the specific list of 13 families. The theory functions as a genealogical map overlaid on real concentrations of dynastic wealth — some documented, some speculative. Serious researchers in the geopolitical tradition largely bypass the occult-genealogy framing in favor of documented institutional networks. The 13-bloodlines schema is best treated as a popularized entry point, not a primary document.
Evidence
- Springmeier named Astor, Bundy, Collins, DuPont, Freeman, Kennedy, Li, Onassis, Rockefeller, Rothschild, Russell, Van Duyn, and the Merovingian line — the last treated not as a living surname but as an ancient Frankish genetic strain he called the 'Satanic House of David.'
- Carroll Quigley's 'Tragedy and Hope' (1966) and 'The Anglo-American Establishment' document an overlapping power network in strictly archival terms — no occult claims, but a documented Round Table / Rhodes Trust / Milner Group nexus involving Rockefeller and Rothschild-adjacent banking houses.
- G. Edward Griffin's 'The Creature from Jekyll Island' documents the Rockefeller, Morgan, Rothschild, Warburg, and Kuhn-Loeb interests as the founding coalition of the Federal Reserve — a verifiable 1910 Jekyll Island meeting.
- Catherine Austin Fitts uses the term 'Mr. Global' to describe the control structure — deliberately avoiding named bloodlines because, she argues, the operational layer rotates personnel while the financial architecture remains constant.
- Notably, the CIA's own reading room hosts a digitized copy of 'Bloodlines of the Illuminati,' a fact cited by researchers as curious institutional preservation rather than endorsement.