Nikšić area, today number 52 families. The most notable brotherhoods (bratstva) of the clan are the Abazović, Šljivančanin, Cerović, Karadžić, Malović, Čupić, Kosorić, Jauković and Zarubica families. The brotherhoods of Vulovići, Đurđići, Kosorići, Tomići and Cerovići, were established when they settled in the Drobnjak from Banjani in the 17th century. The clan was originally formed by five related brotherhoods: Cerović, Đurđić, Kosorić, Tomić and Vulović (of whom are the Žugićs). The Drobnjaci are Orthodox in majority, the notably mixed Muslim/Serb family is Kalabić, the Muslim families are Selimović and Džigal. Abazović Barać Brajković Cerović Čupić Drobnjak Đukić Đurđić Đurđević Jotić Jakić Jauković Jakšić Kankaraš Parušić Pavićević Karadžić Kosorić Malović Mandić, starinci, tribe's oldest family, originate from Old Serb Milešević. Memedović Ninković Novaković Radojević Tomić Vemić Vujović Selimović Ovčine Džigal Kalabić Grbović Janjić Janković Lasica The Uskoci and Šaranci clans are also regarded as part of, or kin to, the Drobnjaci. Notable people People from Drobnjaci Novica Cerović (1805–1895), warrior, senator and Drobnjak chief; born in Tušina, Šavnik By ancestry Mladen Milovanović (c. 1760-1823), one of the leaders in the First Serbian Uprising; father fled Tušina after a blood feud Veselin Šljivančanin (born 1953), Yugoslav officer; born in Palež, Žabljak Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist; parents from Drobnjaci Jovan Kursula (1768–1813), Serbian vojvoda (commander) from First Serbian Uprising; parents from Drobnjaci See also Montenegrin clans References Sources Konstantin Josef Jireček, Geschichte der Serben I, III; Jovan Cvijić, Насеља, И; Ljubomir Stojanović, Стари записи и натписи. I, II, III, Народна енциклопедија 1927 г., Светозар Томић Dimitrije-Dimo Vujovic, Prilozi izucavanju crnogorskog nacionalnog pitanja /The Research of the Montenegrin Nationality/ (Niksic: Univerzitetska rijec, 1987) Tribes of Montenegro Regions of Montenegro