Members of the family have routinely sacrificed for each other and are each other's greatest weakness. Thicker Than Water: Occasionally played with, but mostly played straight.It's partly due to their heavy involvement in the supernatural, putting them in constant danger and necessitating strict parenting (especially the hunter lifestyle which requires training and discipline). Sam and Dean have both taken up the mantle. Lineage Comes from the Father: The Winchesters Men of Letters lineage, which is passed down from father to son.Heroic Lineage: Descended from Cain and Abel.Generation Xerox: Each successive generation of the Winchester-Campbells ends up repeating the mistakes of the previous generation.
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Demonic Possession: Both the Winchester and the Campbell bloodlines have the ability to be vessels for Archangels.Sam, Dean, John, Mary and Samuel all have made, or attempted to make, deals with demons.
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Deal with the Devil: A running theme in the family.Although when it comes to the Winchester's being vessels for Michael and Lucifer, it seems that Henry, John, Dean and Adam can all be vessels for Michael (although Dean is the one true vessel for Michael aka The Michael Sword) and only Sam can be the one true vessel for Lucifer, not the other members of the Winchester bloodline. This means that all of their descendants are able to be vessels for Michael and Lucifer. Cain and Abel: John's bloodline are descendants of Cain and Abel.Sam: The Winchesters and the Campbells - the brains and the brawn. Sam and Dean inherited the traits from both sides of the family. Brains and Brawn: The Campbells are an old hunting family, while the Winchesters were Men of Letters.Between demon deals, various forms of abusive, neglectful and missing parents, time travel and pretty much every member being a Cosmic Plaything, this is one messed up family. Badass Family: Almost everyone in the family is involved in hunting in some way, and is either a badass hunter or Badass Bookworm.Tropes Belonging to the Winchester-Campbells
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The Winchester bloodline goes back to Cain and Abel, making them the Winchesters' ancestors. John Winchester's wife Mary (née Campbell) came from a family of hunters, but she was determined to give her children a normal life. John Winchester raised his sons to be hunters, but his father and grandfather had been Men of Letters, a group of preceptors who study and collect information on the supernatural. Most of the members of the Winchester family were involved in the supernatural. Dean Winchester in " As Time Goes By" (S08, Ep 12)