Talk:My Family/@comment-75.179.63.37-20120608214512/@comment-3069692-20120608224805

There is no such ranking system built into the game. The family module offers only 3 'default titles'.
 * Godmother/Godfather, which is the person that created (or was handed over) control of the family.
 * Underboss, anybody that the gm/gf has promoted. Who are allowed to add/remove family members and a few other things.
 * Soldier, which is the default title given to everybody when they join the family.

However they are nothing more than arbitrary titles as far as the roster is concerned, any gm/gf or underboss can modify the title of any other family member.

What you are seeing is just your family manually changing the title of the people in the family. Many families use their own system to decide who gets what titles, while others give titles based on nicknames/reputations earned within the family. You should speak to the people that run the family you are in for details on how they manage the titles.