Everyone on the Lion King family tree
| Portrait | Person | In the story | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | MasegoBirth father of Mufasa | 2024 film | He dies in the flood that carries Mufasa away. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
| A | AfiaBirth mother of Mufasa | 2024 film | She survives the flood. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
| KO | King ObasiFather of Taka | 2024 film | He tests Mufasa with a race. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
| QE | Queen EsheMother of Taka | 2024 film | She takes Mufasa into the pride. | Find on the chart |
 | MufasaKing of the Pride Lands | 1994 and 2024 films | Killed by Scar in a wildebeest stampede. | Find on the chart |
 | SarabiQueen, mother of Simba | 1994 and 2024 films | Mufasa’s love interest in 2024 and his queen in 1994. | Find on the chart |
 | ScarBrother of Mufasa, born Taka | 1994 and 2024 films | He kills Mufasa and is killed by the hyenas. | Find on the chart |
 | SimbaSon of Mufasa, later king | 1994, 1998 and 2004 films | He grows up in exile and returns to take the throne. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | NalaMate of Simba, queen | 1994, 1998 and 2004 films | Simba’s friend from childhood. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| S | SarafinaMother of Nala | 1994 film | She appears briefly. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | KiaraDaughter of Simba and Nala | 1998 and 2024 films | She becomes Kovu’s mate. | Find on the chart |
| Z | ZiraLeader of the Outsiders | 1998 film | Scar’s most loyal follower, she falls into the river. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| N | NukaEldest son of Zira | 1998 film | He dies in the fighting. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| V | VitaniDaughter of Zira | 1998 film | Sister of Nuka and Kovu. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| K | KovuYoungest son of Zira | 1998 film | Scar’s chosen heir but not his son. | Find on the chart |
 | RafikiMandrill, friend of Mufasa | All four films | He tells Mufasa’s story to Kiara. | Find on the chart |
 | TimonMeerkat who raises Simba | 1994 and 2004 films | He tells his own side of the story in 2004. | Find on the chart |
 | PumbaaWarthog who raises Simba | 1994 and 2004 films | Timon’s friend and partner. | Find on the chart |
| M | MaMother of Timon | 2004 film | She leaves the colony to look for her son. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| UM | Uncle MaxUncle of Timon | 2004 film | He digs tunnels to defeat the hyenas. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 11). The Lion King family tree, film by film. https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/lion-king-family-tree
- MLA“The Lion King Family Tree, Film by Film.” Genogram Builder, 11 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/lion-king-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Lion King Family Tree, Film by Film.” Last modified November 11, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/lion-king-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Lion King Family Tree, Film by Film. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/lion-king-family-tree (Accessed: 11 November 2026).
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Sources and credits
The films are under copyright, so this page quotes none of them and shows no stills of them. The portraits are Disney’s official character art from its pages for the films, two of them cut from character posters, and each is credited at the foot of the page. Each fact was checked on 11 November 2026 in the references below. The plot summaries are those of the film articles on Wikipedia, and SlashFilm is the press guide that ranks for this search. The television series The Lion Guard is named once for Kion and is otherwise outside the chart.
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Picture credits
The portraits are the rights holder’s official character art, each cut to the face from a picture on the official site of the work and credited below. Each name leads to the official page the picture comes from, and each line names the rights holder. No stills, screenshots or fan art are used.
- Mufasa, Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Scar, Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Nala, Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Simba, Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Rafiki, Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Timon, Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Pumbaa, Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Sarabi, from her character poster for Mufasa, The Lion King (2024), Disney, official art of the rights holder.
- Kiara, from her character poster for Mufasa, The Lion King (2024), Disney, official art of the rights holder.