Jollys (Family)

The Jolly family (ジョリーファミリー Jorī famirī) is a family which originated from the Grand Line island kingdom, Aspara. Originally as large and widespread as any average family, the Jollys became fractured and torn apart during Decaden's tyrannic rule over the island. With many family members lost, disconnected or even dead, the Jollys have dwindled into a small, almost extinct family unit; however, with the adoptions of other people into the family or the adoptions into other families themselves, the Jollys have begun to regrow and flourish once more.

The family itself is mostly filled with youthful people; whether they're young in spirit, age, appearance or mentality. Because of this, many members of the Jolly family retain a child-like attitude and demeanor despite their respective ages, such as twenty-year old Jolly D. Chris. Likewise, because the family traces its roots back to Aspara, which is famed as having the greatest artists and entertainers in the world, this has resulted in many Jolly family members being highly gifted in the arts in one way or another, with the only exception being Blade D. Kris, who lacks any artistic talent aside from singing.

Additionally, the family tends to possess members who come from wildly different walks of life. So far, the family has produced a revolutionary, a Marine and a handful of pirates. As of now, many members of the Jolly family have turned to piracy at one point or another in their lives, with five members currently sailing the seas in pirate crews. Additionally, because of the suffering they received under Decaden's reign, many members of the Jolly family hold a personal resentment towards the World Government in some way, albeit not everyone in the family feels this way; one example being Kris, who decided to become a Marine in order to fight back against injustice towards others.

Members
Members of the Jolly family, for the most part, seem to posses the middle initial D. This means that due to them possessing the Will of D., the family seems to have a connection to the middle initial's legacy; albeit none of them seem to have any knowledge of what the initial stands for or means.

The family also possesses two members that have gone through adoption in some way; one being Blade D. Kris, who was adopted into the illustrious and powerful Blade family as the step-daughter and left hand woman of Vice Admiral Galaxy Blade, and the other being Rogue Strauss, who became the sworn little brother of Chris after the two joined together to defeat Decaden and save Aspara. Due to Kris' adoption into the Blade family, this has unintentionally given the Jollys a connection to the Blades through Kris. As a result, the two families are adoptive relatives, albeit they rarely, if ever meet together in person due to varying reasons, such as being on opposite sides of the law or because of the busy and/or dangerous lives certain members of either family may have.

As a running gag, a few members of the family will sometimes own names that sound similar to other members within the family, such as is the case with Chris and Kris, or they will possess names that sound like and appear similar to other family members' names, such as Jolly D. Chrissandra, who was named after her grandfather, Jolly D. Chris. So far, only two members of the family seem to have the same exact name, which is Mike. They are Jolly D. Mike, the father of Jolly D. Hope, and Jolly D. Mike, the son of Chris and father of Chrissandra.

The Jollys as a whole are also comprised of members from the Just family, due to Just being the family name of Kris' father, who married Jolly D. Mona's sister.