The RMS Titanic disaster was especially devastating for large families. With too few lifeboats and so many children on board, many parents faced impossible choices—and many families never made it off the ship at all.

Entire families, including the Asplund, Sages, Goodwin, Andersson, and Pålsson families, were lost together. Some were last seen waiting on deck as the ship went down.

Their stories serve as a heartbreaking reminder that for many aboard, this wasn’t just a voyage—it was a shared fate that took whole families with it.