* [[Samuel A. Adams]] (1934–1988), a historian and CIA analyst.
* [[Thomas Boylston Adams (1910–1997)]], a grandson of [[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.]], an executive, writer, and political candidate
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*[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''I. Kuroda Nagamasa, 1st Lord of Fukuoka (cr. 1600)''' (1568-1623; Lord of Fukuoka: 1600-1623)
**{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''II. Tadayuki, 2nd Lord of Fukuoka''' (1602-1654; r. 1623-1654)
***{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''III. Mitsuyuki, 3rd Lord of Fukuoka''' (1628-1707; r. 1654-1688)
****[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''IV. Tsunamasa, 4th Lord of Fukuoka''' (1659-1711; r. 1688-1711)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''V. Nobumasa, 5th Lord of Fukuoka''' (1685-1744; r. 1711-1719)
****{{Tree list/final branch}}Nagakiyo, Lord of Nogata (1667-1720)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''VI. Tsugutaka, 6th Lord of Fukuoka''' (1703-1775; r. 1719-1769)
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As Tsugutaka, the sixth lord, was without heirs, he adopted an heir from a branch of the Tokugawa family to continue the line:
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*Tokugawa Munetada, 1st Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1721-1765)
**Tokugawa Harusada, 2nd Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1751-1827)
***{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''IX. Naritaka, 9th Lord of Fukuoka''' (1777-1795; r. 1782-1795)
****{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''X. Narikiyo, 10th Lord of Fukuoka''' (1795-1851; r. 1795-1834). He had a daughter:
*****{{Tree list/final branch}}Junhime (d. 1851), m. [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XI. (Shimazu) Nagahiro, 11th Lord of Fukuoka, 11th family head''' (1811-1887; r. 1834-1869; family head: 1834-1869). He had a daughter:
******{{Tree list/final branch}}Rikuhime, m. [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XII. (Tōdō) Nagatomo, 12th Lord of Fukuoka, 12th family head''' (1839-1902; Lord: 1869; Governor: 1869-1871; family head: 1869-1878)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}}'''Nagashige, 13th family head, 1st Marquess''' (1867-1939; family head: 1878-1939; Marquess: 1884)
********{{Tree list/final branch}}'''Nagamichi, 14th family head, 2nd Marquess''' (1889-1978; family head: 1939-1978; 2nd Marquess: 1939-1947)
*********{{Tree list/final branch}}'''Nagahisa, 15th family head''' (1916-2009; family head: 1978-2009)
**********{{Tree list/final branch}}'''Nagataka, 16th family head''' (b. 1952; family head: 2009-present)
**[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''''VII.(Kuroda) Haruyuki, 7th Lord of Fukuoka''''' (1753-1781; r. 1769-1781). Adopted by the sixth Lord of Fukuoka. He adopted an heir, the eighth lord:
**{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''''VIII. (Kyōgoku) Harutaka, 8th Lord of Fukuoka''''' (1754-1782; r. 1782)
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