Brady family
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Days of Our Lives family | |
Created by | Pat Falken Smith |
Introduced by | Betty Corday and Al Rabin |
Duration | 1981— |
First appearance | December 8, 1981 |
The Brady family is a prominent fictional family on the NBC daytime TV soap opera Days of Our Lives. The Bradys are a working class Irish-American Catholic family, and have become one of the central families on the show, second only to the Hortons. The Brady family was created by Pat Falken Smith and first introduced in 1981 when Roman Brady arrives in the soap's fictional town of Salem. His parents, Shawn and Caroline, and his siblings Kimberley, Kayla, Bo, Frankie, and Max would later arrive throughout the early 1980s. The Bradys are traditionally a family of police officers, although occupations range from doctors to lawyers to businessmen. In addition, the family is also well known for its violent and long-standing feud with the DiMera family. The family is currently represented by: Roman Brady, Kayla Brady, Eric Brady, Ciara Brady, Claire Brady, Will Horton, Sami Brady, Shawn-Douglas Brady, and Arianna Horton.
Generations
Backstory generation one
- Patrick Brady (deceased)
- Nora Brady (deceased)
Backstory generation two
- Peter Brady (deceased)
First generation
- Colleen Brady (deceased 2008)
- Eric Brady (deceased)
- Shawn Brady (deceased 2008)
- Molly Murphy
Second generation
- Ryan Brady (deceased)
- Roman Brady
- Kimberly Brady Donovan
- Kayla Brady Johnson
- Bo Brady (deceased) (half-sibling)
- Frankie Brady (adopted)
- Max Brady (adopted)
- Colin Murphy (presumed deceased)
Third generation
Fourth generation
- Will Horton
- Sonny Kiriakis (2014-18)
- Johnny DiMera
- Allie Horton
- Sydney DiMera
- Grace Brady
- Claire Brady
- Tate Black
- Noah Reed
Fifth generation
In-laws
Current
- Shane Donovan Kimberly's First Husband (2010–present), ** Steve Johnson Kayla's First Husband (2017–present), ** Austin Reed Carrie's Second Husband (2006–present), ** Ej Dimera Sami's Fifth husband (2014–present), ** Belle Black Shawn's Second Wife (2007–present).
Family tree
Legend
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Patrick Brady | Nora Brady | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Brady | Shawn's mother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santo DiMera | Colleen Brady | Molly Brady | Francis Murphy | Eric Brady | Shawn Brady | Caroline Brady | Victor Kiriakis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ryan Brady | Colin Murphy | Kimberly Brady | Shane Donovan | Kayla Brady | Steve Johnson | Bo Brady (see Kiriakis) | Max Brady (adopted) | Frankie Brady (adopted) | Anna Fredericks | Roman Brady | Marlena Evans | Kate Roberts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Donovan IV | Brady Black | Theresa Donovan | Stephanie Johnson | Joey Johnson | Austin Reed | Carrie Brady | Eric Brady | Lucas Horton | Sami Brady | EJ DiMera | Rex Brady | Cassie Brady | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tate Black | Noah Reed | Will Horton | Gabi Hernandez | Allie Horton | Johnny DiMera | Sydney DiMera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Patrick Brady (deceased); married Nora Brady (deceased)
- Peter Brady; son of Patrick and Nora (deceased); married unnamed woman (deceased)
- Colleen Brady (died 2008); Peter's oldest child
- Ryan Brady (deceased); Colleen's son with Santo DiMera
- Shawn Brady (born 1922; died 2008); Peter's son; married Caroline Brady (dissolved by his death)
- Roman Brady (born 1949); Shawn and Caroline's son; married Anna Fredericks (197?–82), Marlena Evans (1983–94), Kate Roberts (2003–05)
- Carrie Brady (born 1974); Roman and Anna's daughter; married Austin Reed (1997–99, 2006–), Lucas Roberts (2006)
- Noah Reed (born 2013); Carrie and Austin's child
- Eric Brady II (born 1977); Roman and Marlena's twin son
- Sami Brady (born 1977); Roman and Marlena's twin daughter; married Austin Reed (1996–97), Brandon Walker (2003–05), Lucas Roberts (2007), EJ DiMera (2007–08, 2014), Rafe Hernandez (2010–12)
- Will Horton (born 1992); Sami and Lucas' son; married Sonny Kiriakis (2014–)
- Arianna Horton (born 2013); Will's daughter with Gabi Hernandez
- Allie Horton (born 2005); Sami's twin daughter with Lucas
- Johnny DiMera (born 2005); Sami's twin son with EJ
- Sydney DiMera (born 2009); Sami and EJ's daughter
- Will Horton (born 1992); Sami and Lucas' son; married Sonny Kiriakis (2014–)
- Rex Brady; Roman and Kate's twin son; carried by Marlena
- Cassie Brady; Roman and Kate's twin daughter; carried by Marlena
- Carrie Brady (born 1974); Roman and Anna's daughter; married Austin Reed (1997–99, 2006–), Lucas Roberts (2006)
- Kimberly Brady (born 1956) Shawn and Caroline's daughter; married Shane Donovan (1986–91)
- Andrew Donovan IV (born 1986); Kim and Shane's son
- Theresa Donovan (born 1988); Kim and Shane's daughter; married Brady Black (2014)
- Tate Black (born 2015); Theresa and Brady's son; carried by Kristen DiMera
- Kayla Brady (born 1960); Shawn and Caroline's daughter; married Jack Deveraux (1987–88), Steve Johnson (1988–89, 1990–2012, 2017–)
- Stephanie Johnson (born 1988); Kayla and Steve's daughter
- Joey Johnson (born 1998); Kayla and Steve's son
- Bo Brady (born 1962; died 2015); Shawn's legal son/adoptive son, Caroline's son with Victor Kiriakis (see Kiriakis family, married Hope Brady (1985–97, 2000–12, 2012–14), Billie Reed (1995, 1997–98)
- Shawn-Douglas Brady (born 1982); Bo and Hope's son; married Belle Black (2007–), Mimi Lockhart (2006–07)
- Claire Brady (born 1996); Shawn and Belle's daughter
- Chelsea Brady (born 1989); Bo and Billie's daughter
- Zack Brady (born 2000; died 2006); Bo and Hope's son
- Ciara Brady (born 1997); Bo and Hope's daughter
- Shawn-Douglas Brady (born 1982); Bo and Hope's son; married Belle Black (2007–), Mimi Lockhart (2006–07)
- Frankie Brady; Shawn and Caroline's adopted son; married Jennifer Horton (2006)
- Max Brady; Shawn and Caroline's adopted son
- Roman Brady (born 1949); Shawn and Caroline's son; married Anna Fredericks (197?–82), Marlena Evans (1983–94), Kate Roberts (2003–05)
- Eric Brady I (deceased); Peter's son
- Molly Brady; Peter's daughter; married Francis Murphy (deceased)
- Colin Murphy (died 2004)
- Colleen Brady (died 2008); Peter's oldest child
- Peter Brady; son of Patrick and Nora (deceased); married unnamed woman (deceased)