Capp family

Names
As all the other residents of Veronaville, members of the Capp family are named after characters of Shakespeare's plays; the exception is Consort Capp (see Consort's name).

Juliette and Tybalt are named after Romeo and Juliet characters, while their younger sister Hermia is named after a character from Midsummer Night's Dream. Goneril, Albany, Cordelia, Regan, Kent, and Cornwall are all characters from King Lear. Desdemona is named after a character from Othello, and Caliban, Miranda, and Ariel are named after characters from The Tempest.

Scribonia Capp, Octavius Capp, Cleopatra Capp, Antony Capp, Calpurnia Caesar, Julius Casear and Caliban Capp, who have graves in the cemetery at Capp Manor, are named after famous Ancient Romans.

Inheritance
Instead of the wife taking the husband's surname, the husband takes the wife's last name, meaning that the family is matrilineal and that the head of the House of Capp is Goneril Capp. This is also proved by Consort Capp's name - consort means spouse of the head of a royal or noble family (note that Consort's late spouse is named Contessa, which means countess in Italian, hinting that the Capp family might be noble). Capps can thus be easily married only to the Summerdreams, as they too are matrilineal, while the Monty family is patrilineal.

The line of succession to the headship of the House of Capp is as follows:


 * 1) Miranda Capp, daughter of Goneril
 * 2) Desdemona Capp, daughter of Goneril
 * 3) Ariel Capp, daughter of Goneril
 * 4) Regan Capp, daughter of Contessa
 * 5) Tybalt Capp, son of Cordelia
 * 6) Juliette Capp, daughter of Cordelia
 * 7) Hermia Capp, daughter of Cordelia

Strangly, Juliette is the heiress, even though her mother was the youngest daughter meaning either Hermia or Miranda should be the heiress.