They are descendants of former popes and high ranking Jesuits of the Vatican and descendants of the Feudal Lords of Europe on the Protestant side, which would comprise of the Saxe-Coburg Gothe family (otherwise knowns as British Royal Family. The Queen's family had direct descendant ties to one particularly brutal feudal lord called Vlad the Impaler. Lots of these families are largely unknown but very rich and powerful, I had a really good site bookmarked with the details, but some of the top families in Hollywood making those movies, they are descendants of power Vatican elites from the dark ages.