Flag families

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Flag families are sets of flags with similarities in their design, often based on a shared history, culture, or influence. Families listed here do not include flags with coincidental similarities. Flags may be in multiple flag families. Only twelve current national flags existed before the nineteenth century, when large-scale flag use began. Seven of these flags (Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States) are the inspiration for more than 130 current national flags and ensigns.

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