Ackerman clan

The Ackerman family is one of several families that live within the Walls. They were traditionally a bloodline of warriors close to the crown, but after refusing to follow the ideology of the First King, they suffered an intense persecution from the monarchy that brought them at the brink of extinction and currently there are only few living members left.

History
The Ackermans were one of the families that lived in the world prior to the appearance of the Titans. They were acknowledge as a bloodline of warriors close to the crown and acted as the monarchy's right hand entrusted with humanity's survival; probably thanks to the "awakened power" characteristic of them (see Awakened power). Some members of this family survived the predation by the Titans that started more than 100 years ago and moved within the Walls that the First King built to save the remnants of mankind.

After the First King erased the memories of the people inside, the Ackermans were one of the few bloodlines that shown immunity to this mental manipulation, the others being the Asian races and the noble families.

However, along with the Asian bloodline, they refused to follow the King's ideology of a world ruled by Titans as the true peace and gave up their status in order to turn their backs on the monarchy. Fearing his inability to control them, the King organized a persecution against them, bringing both races at the brink of extinction.

At the end, the head of the Ackerman family offered his own life to ensure the survival of the bloodline and was executed. The rest of the generation avoid telling their children about humanity's lost memory in order to protect them from the monarchy's purge. As a result, the following generations grew up without that knowledge.

Awakened power
Along with their immunity to mental manipulation, a special ability displayed by several members of the Ackerman family is a kind of "awakened power" not seen in any other bloodline so far.

This power doesn't seem to be present in all members (or at least not active), but arises when the person experiences certain moments in their life that awakens it.