Buchanan family

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Bo (Robert S. Woods), Clint (Clint Ritchie), and Asa Buchanan (sitting, Philip Carey), 1980

The Buchanan family are a fictional family on the American soap opera One Life to Live, first introduced in the fall of 1979.

History

Clint Buchanan arrives in Llanview, Pennsylvania in 1979, soon followed by his brother Bo and later their father Asa in 1980. Clint marries central heroine Victoria Lord Riley in 1982, cementing the family's prominence in the series.

Clint adopts Viki's sons Kevin and Joey, and in 1986 discovers he has an adult son, Cord Roberts, with old flame Maria. Clint and Viki have a daughter of their own, Jessica, that same year. In 2001 it is revealed that Viki had been pregnant with twins, one fathered by Clint and the other by Viki's nemesis Mitch Laurence; Jessica turns out to be Mitch's daughter, and Clint and Viki's child — kidnapped at birth — is a young woman named Natalie.

In 1983, Bo and Becky Lee Abbott have a son they name Drew, who ultimately becomes a police officer and dies in the line of duty in 1998. In February 1999, Bo fathers a son (later named Matthew) with wife Nora, though Matthew is thought to be Sam Rappaport's biological child until 2003.

Patriarch Asa marries multiple women during his decades in Llanview, and in 1999 Viki's husband Ben Davidson turns out to be Asa's biological son. Ben is shot and slips into a coma in 2002; he eventually dies in 2004. Asa passes away on August 16, 2007,^[1] and it is revealed that he had believed con-man David Vickers is his son. David is ultimately proven to be Bo's biological child in 2009.

In 2010, it is revealed that Rex Balsom, the man who was raised with Natalie by Roxy Balsom, is actually Clint's son with Echo DiSavoy, who was conceived after an affair in 1983.

Generations

Ancestors

• Buck Buchanan (father)
• Dorothy "Blaize" Pardee Buchanan (mother)

First generation

• Asa Buchanan (born October 31, 1924; died August 16, 2007)
• Pike Buchanan (deceased)
• Jeannie Buchanan Garretson (deceased)
  • Miguel Garretson (deceased)

Second generation

• Clint Buchanan (born 1945)
• Bo Buchanan (born April 18, 1948)
  • Nora Hanen Buchanan
• Ben Davidson (born March 27, 1961; died May 27, 2004)
• Austin Buchanan (deceased)
• Rafe Garretson (is the son of Miguel Garretson and unnamed 1st wife and was raised by Jeannie Buchanan)

Third generation

• Cord Roberts (born November 1, 1961)
• Kevin Buchanan (born September 12, 1976; changed to 1970)
• Joey Buchanan (born January 8, 1980; changed to 1976)
• David Vickers Buchanan (born 1965; changed to 1969)
  • Dorian Lord Buchanan
• Rex Balsom (born 1983; changed to 1979)
• Jessica Buchanan (born September 23, 1986; changed to 1978)
• Natalie Buchanan (born September 23, 1986; changed to 1978)
• Drew Buchanan (born September 23, 1983; changed to 1976; died September 16, 1998)
• Matthew Buchanan (born February 22, 1999; changed to 1994)

Fourth generation

• Clinton "C.J." Roberts (born April 3, 1987; changed to 1981)
• Sarah Roberts (born February 6, 1991; changed to 1985)
• Duke Buchanan (born June 29, 1992; changed to 1986; died May 12, 2006)
• Kevin Buchanan, Jr. (stillborn; March 23, 2004)
• Megan Buchanan (stillborn; June 1, 1999)
• Bree Brennan (born May 1, 2006)
• Chloe Brennan (stillborn; November 6, 2008)
• Shane Morasco (born March 25, 1998; changed to 1996)
• Liam McBain (born January 11, 2011)
• Ryder Ford (born January 11, 2011)

Fifth generation

• Sammi Garretson (Sammi and her father Rafe were not biologically part of the Buchanan family) (born May 16, 1985; changed to 1979)
• Zane Buchanan (born October 31, 2006)

Buchanan Enterprises

Buchanan Enterprises, founded by billionaire Asa Buchanan, is a multinational, family-owned corporation with offices worldwide. After visiting in Llanview in 1979, Texas-born Asa moves the headquarters of his company to Llanview in 1980 to stay close to sons Clint and Bo. As ruthless in business as he is devoted to his family, Asa's machinations (and attempts to both protect and control his family members) drive much of the drama in the series over the next two decades.In 1997, Clint's son Cord Roberts leaves Llanview for the London office of Buchanan Enterprises, and in 1998 Clint follows him. Clint returns to Llanview for good in 2005, and his adopted son Kevin later succeeds him in London in late 2006. Clint's daughter Natalie joins the company in 2007 after a failed attempt to become a police forensics investigator. Natalie's sister Jessica as well soon joins B.E. to fund her husband Nash's vineyard. Asa remained at B.E.'s helm until his death in August 2007 in which his son Clint succeed him as CEO. Asa's will forces his heirs^[2] to work together as board members for the company to earn their inheritance. The usually-upstanding Clint finds himself using the underhanded tactics of his father to fend off the multiple takeover attempts of Asa's business rivals. Fueled by a desire for personal revenge against Clint, Dr. Dorian Lord plots a secret, hostile take-over of the company, which succeeds at the Buchanan Enterprises shareholder meeting on June 3, 2008.^[3] Dorian renames the company Cramer Enterprises. In October 2008, District Attorney and Clint's love interest, Nora Hanen, manages to finesse Dorian into signing controlling interest of the company back to the Buchanan family in exchange for dropping potential attempted murder charges. The company is re-christened Buchanan Enterprises or BE.

In December 2008, the Buchanans gather for a video message from Asa. A year prior, Asa had stipulated in his will that the family had one year to fulfill a challenge in order to receive their inheritance: work together as a family to raise the price of BE stocks. If they succeeded, they would be rich, if they failed...they would not receive a cent. Due to the takeover commandeered by Dorian and the near collapse of the US economy, BE shares have declined. As punishment, the Buchanan inheritance is left to Asa's long-lost son, David Vickers.^[4] David learns of his true parentage,^[5] and soon claims what is his.^[6] However, a DNA test confirms that David is instead Bo's son,^[7] rendering Asa's original will null and void.

On June 28th, 2011 inorder for Clint Buchanan to get a heart transplant and live, he was forced to give his estranged son Rex Balsom Buchanan Enterprises. In return, Clint would get Rex's fiances, Gigi Morasco's heart. All existing shares, funds and properties were signed over to Rex Balsom. On October 21st, Rex Balsom returned all of the Buchanan holdings to its rightful owner Clint Buchanan.

Subsidiaries

Lone Star Records Cobb Industries Webster International Brennan Winery and Vineyard Employees Clint Buchanan - (Majority Shareholder; Chairman of the Board and CEO) Bo Buchanan - (Senior member of the Board of Directors; former Head of Security; Member of the Board of Directors) Cord Roberts - (In charge of Buchanan Enterprises offices in London; Member of the Board of Directors) Kevin Buchanan - (In charge of Buchanan Enterprises offices in London; Member of the Board of Directors) Joey Buchanan - (In charge of Buchanan Enterprises offices in London; Member of the Board of Directors) Natalie Buchanan Banks - (Member of the Board of Directors) Jessica Buchanan Brennan - (Member of the Board of Directors) Sarah Roberts - (Member of the Board of Directors) Former employees Asa Buchanan - Founder, Former Owner, Chairman of the Board and CEO Cameron Wallace - Personal assistant to Cord Roberts Duke Buchanan - Intern Margaret Cochran - Accountant Dorian Cramer Lord - Former Owner, Chairwoman of the Board and CEO (Cramer Enterprises) David Vickers Buchanan - Former CEO of Buchanan Enterprises Kelly Cramer - Public Relations Pamela Stuart - former board member of Buchanan Enterprises Alex Olanov - former board member of Buchanan Enterprises Ben Davidson - former board member of Buchanan Enterprises Jared Banks - former Executive Vice-President of Buchanan Enterprises Kimberly Andrews - former Executive Assistant to Clint Buchanan Rex Balsom - Former Owner, Chairman of the Board and CEO Family tree                                         Olympia Buchanan   Asa Buchanan   Renee Divine                                                                                                                                                                                                   Becky Lee Abbott     Nora Hanen   Bo Buchanan   Emma Bradley                       Ben Davidson   Victoria Lord   Clint Buchanan   Echo DiSavoy               Maria Roberts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Drew Buchanan   Matthew Buchanan   David Buchanan   LeeAnn Demerest   Kevin Buchanan   Kelly Cramer   Joey Buchanan   Natalie Buchanan   John McBain   Rex Balsom   Gigi Morasco   Cord Roberts   Tina Lord Roberts   Will Rappaport   Jessica Buchanan   Nash Brennan     Robert Ford                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Duke Buchanan     Kevin Buchanan Jr.                   Liam McBain           Shane Morasco       C. J. Roberts   Sarah Roberts       Megan Buchanan   Bree Brennan   Ryder Ford   Chloe Brennan                                                                         Zane Buchanan Buchanan Jasper Buchanan [Deceased] m. Unnamed Woman [Deceased] c. Buck Buchanan [Deceased] m. Dorothy "Blaize" Pardee (married; 1888) [Deceased] c. Pike Buchanan [Deceased] m. Rebecca (unknown last name) [Deceased] c. Austin Buchanan [Deceased] c. Asa Buchanan [Deceased] m. Olympia Bonard (married-her death 1980) [Deceased] c. Clint Buchanan (born 1945)[8] a. Maria Vasquez [deceased] c. Cord Roberts (born 1961)[9] m. Tina Lord (divorced; 1986–1987) c. Clinton James Roberts (born 1987) m. Kate Sanders (invalid; 1987) m. Tina Lord (divorced; 1988–1990) m. Tina Lord (divorced; 1991–1993) c. Sarah Roberts (born 1991) a. Echo DiSavoy c. Rex Balsom (born 1979)[10] a. Gigi Morasco [deceased] c. Shane Morasco (born 1998)[11] m. Jennifer Rappaport (divorced: 2003) [deceased] m. Adriana Cramer (divorced; 2008) m. Victoria Lord Riley (divorced; 1982–1985) c. Kevin Buchanan (adopted) m. Lee Ann Demerest (divorced; 1992–1993) c. Duke Buchanan (born 1992; died 2006) a. Kelly Cramer c. Zane Buchanan (born 2006) m. Cassie Callison (annulled; 1998) m. Kelly Cramer (divorced; 2003–2004) c. Kevin Buchanan, Jr. [deceased/stillborn 2004] c. Joey Buchanan (adopted) m. Kelly Cramer (divorced; 2000–2001) m. Jennifer Rappaport (divorced; 2003) m. Aubrey Wentworth (divorced; 2011) c. Jessica Buchanan (born 1986) [twin 1] (Jessica is the biological daughter of Mitch Laurence) a. Will Rappaport c. Megan Buchanan (stillborn 1999) m. Augustico Santi (married/his death; 2004) a. Nash Brennan c. Bree Brennan (born 2006) m. Antonio Vega (divorced; 2006–2007) m. Nash Brennan (dissolved by his death; 2007–2008) c. Chloe Brennan (stillborn 2008) a. Robert Ford c. Ryder Ford (born 2011) m. Robert Ford (2011, annulled) m. Cutter Wentworth (2011, divorced) c. Natalie Buchanan (born 1986) [twin 2] m. Mitch Laurence (annulled; 2002–2003) m. Cristian Vega (divorced; 2003–2005) m. Jared Banks (dissolved by his death; 2009) d. John McBain c. Liam McBain (born 2011) m. Victoria Lord (divorced; 1986–1994) m. Lindsay Rappaport (divorced; 1998) m. Nora Hanen (divorced; 2009-2010) m. Kimberly Andrews (annulled; 2010) c. Bo Buchanan (born 1948)[12] a. Emma Bradley [Deceased] c. David Vickers (born 1969) m. Tina Lord (divorced; 1995) m. Dorian Cramer Lord (divorced; 1995–1996; first time) m. Alex Olanov (annulled; 2007) m. Addie Cramer (annulled; 2008) m. Dorian Cramer Lord (2009; annulled; second time) m. Dorian Cramer Lord (March 29th 2010-present; third time) a. Becky Lee Hunt c. Drew Buchanan (born 1983; died 1998) m. Delila Ralston (divorced; 1983–1984) m. Didi O'Neill (dissolved by her death; 1986–1988) m. Sarah Gordon (dissolved by her death; 1990–1992) m. Cassie Callison (invalid; 1991) m. Nora Hanen (divorced; 1995–1999) c. Matthew Buchanan (born 1999) m. Nora Hanen (married: 2010) a. Renee Divine c. Ben Davidson (born 1961; died 2004) m. Skye Chandler Quartermaine (divorced; 1999) m. Victoria Lord Carpenter (married; 2000 - his death; 2004) m. Pamela Stuart (invalid; 1979–1980) m. Samantha Vernon (divorced; 1981–1982) [Deceased] m. Delila Ralston (divorced; 1983) m. Becky Lee Hunt (divorced; 1983–1985) m. Pamela Stuart (divorced; 1986–1987) m. Renee Divine (divorced; 1988–1992) m. Blair Cramer (divorced; 1992) m. Alex Olanov (invalid; 1994) m. Alex Olanov (divorced; 1996) m. Renee Divine (divorced; 1999–2001) m. Gabrielle Medina (divorced; 2001–2002) [Deceased] m. Greta Rae Cummings (divorced; 2003) m. Renee Divine (married; 2004 - his death; 2007) c. Jeannie Buchanan [Deceased] m. Miguel Garretson [Deceased] c. Rafe Garretson (adopted by Jeannie as a child) m. Samantha Vernon (married/her death; 1984) c. Sammi Garretson (born 1985) m. Delila Ralston (married; 1987–present) References ^ One Life to Live recap (8/16/07) - ABC.com ^ After Asa's death, the Buchanan Enterprises Board consists of sons Clint and Bo, grandchildren Cord, Kevin, Joey, Jessica, Natalie and Sarah, and Asa's initially unnamed "secret son." Jared Banks poses as this heir, who is actually David Vickers. ^ One Life to Live recap (6/3/08) - ABC.com ^ One Life to Live recap (12/29/08) - abc.com ^ One Life to Live recap (2/13/09) - abc.com ^ One Life to Live recap (2/18/09) - abc.com ^ One Life to Live recap (2/25/09) - abc.com ^ Clint was 16 in 1961 when Cord was born. ^ Cord is stated to be 25 in 1986 when he first comes to Llanview. ^ Rex would've been born originally in June 1984 because Echo left town in October 1983 pregnant. Because he was 17 years old when Shane is born in 1998, his and Gigi's birth year would be 1980. ^ Shane celebrates his 10th birthday in May 2008. ^ Bo stated he was 20 years old in 1968 when he slept with Emma Bradley and conceived David. External links Buchanan family tree - SoapCentral.com