this is a rumor that a certain player keeps repeating, repeatedly.

it goes like this:

what forms a shifter gets is determined by his name, i dont remember if it was dependant on the length (i think this was what he said) or the starting letter/ending letter.

i think this also held 'true' for conjie fams.

and another rumor; what fam you get is dependant on the area/time of day/mojo. personally ive had the same fam in wilderness/civ/weald/silverwood/whatever.