Family Line

Refers to the string of LBs, LB^s, and so on that can be traced back to one individual person, similar to a family tree. The numbering style for determining the relation of someone to someone else used in Iota Phi is dependent on superscripts:

• BB: your big bro

• BB^2: your big bro's big bro

• BB^3: your big bro's big bro's big bro

Likewise,

• LB: your lil bro

• LB^2: your lil bro's lil bro

• LB^3: your lil bro's lil bro's lil bro

And so on... Because a family line will continue to build as long as you have active members, some family lines can be fairly large (see Minh's line).

Other chapters may use a different system of determining relations. One example is as follows:

• Big: your big bro

• Grand big: your big bro's big bro

• Great grand big: your big bro's big bro's big bro

• Great great grand big: your big bro's big bro's big bro's big bro