family

Family, a.k.a "The Filipino family", "FilaMafia" is an East Coast organized street gang, mainly spread across Southern Virginia's Hampton Roads Area which consist of the 7 cities mainly Virginia Beach. They are mainly composed of Filipino Americans. The origin of the gang is unknown, but many believed that it was formed in various high schools in Hampton Roads mainly Salem High, Norview High, Lake Taylor High, Green Run High and Granby High School. The gang was mainly formed to help defend Filipino's from harm at schools. The gang then gained a strong reputation for violence in some schools, particularly those located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Almost all the of the gang members are still very active in the Filipino-American Communities they live in or have settled in and several of them have post-graduate degrees and or are very successful in bussiness in Hampton Roads also a few have migrated to California, Texas, Florida, Nevada and Washington-DC/Baltimore Area. The were well known in the late 80's to early 90's as the "The Filipino Mafia." Several gangs have formed after the first generation grew older such as BMC and LMC which have lineage from the original founding members of Family.