Buchanan family
The Buchanan family is a long-running family of fictional characters on the American soap opera One Life to Live. The ensemble was originally inspired by the Ewing family on the 1970s primetime soap opera Dallas, and appeared from September 1979 through the end of the serial in August 2013.
Generations
Ancestors
- Jasper Buchanan
- Buck Buchanan
- Dorothy "Blaize" Pardee Buchanan
First generation
- Asa Buchanan
- Pike Buchanan
- Jeannie Buchanan
- Wanda Webb
Unseen character; dies off-screen. Brother of Wanda, second cousin of Asa, Pike and Jeannie.
Second generation
Born off-screen March 9, 1945, to Asa Buchanan and Olympia Bonard Buchanan.Born off-screen April 18, 1948, to Asa Buchanan and Olympia Bonard Buchanan.
- Austin Buchanan
Born circa 1957 to Jeannie Buchanan Garretson and Miguel Garretson.
Born off-screen March 27, 1961, to Asa Buchanan and Renée Divine, adopted by Sam Davidson and Jane Rappaport; dies onscreen May 27, 2004.
- Jason Webb
Third generation
- Cordero "Cord" Roberts
Born off-screen 1965 to Bo Buchanan and Emma Bradley, adopted by Ned Truman; birth year changed to 1969 as of 2008.
- Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan
- Joseph "Joey" Francis Riley Buchanan
Born onscreen September 23, 1983, to Bo Buchanan and Becky Lee Hunt Abbott Buchanan, birth year changed to 1976 as of 1989; dies onscreen September 16, 1998.
- Jessica Eugenia Buchanan
- Natalie Buchanan
Born off-screen 1983 later change to 1978 to Clint Buchanan and Echo DiSavoy, adopted by Walter Balsom and Roxy Lipschitz Balsom; birth year changed to 1979 as of 2010.
- Sammi Garretson
- Matthew Buchanan
Fourth generation
- Clinton James "C. J." Roberts
- Sarah Victoria Roberts
- Demerest "Duke" Buchanan
- Bree Victoria Brennan
- Shane Morasco Balsom
- Liam Asa McBain
- Ryder Asa Ford
- Drew Buchanan II
Fifth generation
- Zane Buchanan
History
arrives in Llanview, Pennsylvania in September 1979, soon followed by his brother Bo in November and their father Asa in December 1979. 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 Riley, 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. On January 6, 2012, Allison Perkins revealed that Nataile and Jessica are both biologically Clint's daughters.
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 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, 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 later revised to 1978.
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 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 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. 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. David learns of his true parentage, and soon claims what is his. However, a DNA test confirms that David is instead Bo's son, rendering Asa's original will null and void.
On episode first run June 28, 2011, in order 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 finances, Gigi Morasco's heart. All existing shares, funds and properties were signed over to Rex Balsom. On the October 21 episode of that year, Rex Balsom returned all of the Buchanan holdings to its rightful owner Clint Buchanan.
Subsidiaries
- Lone Star Records - record label started and run by Bo Buchanan in the 1980s. It was sold to rapper Snoop Dogg in 2008.
- Cobb Industries - A company owned by rival Warren Cobb, but was bought out by B.E. in the 2008.
- Webster International - a company owned by Virgil Webster another rival of Asa Buchanan, but was bought out by B.E. in 2008.
- Brennan Winery - owned by Nash Brennan, agreed to Jared's terms to sell the winery to B.E.
Employees
- Clint Buchanan – majority shareholder; chairman of the board and CEO
- Bo Buchanan – senior member of the board of directors; and former head of Buchanan Enterprises Security
- Cord Roberts – president of Buchanan International 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
- Rex Balsom – 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
- Matthew Buchanan – executive assistant to Clint Buchanan
Former employees
- Asa Buchanan – founder and former chairman of the board and CEO
- Cameron Wallace – personal assistant to Cord Roberts
- Duke Buchanan – intern
- Margaret Cochran – accountant
- Dorian Cramer Lord – former chairwoman and CEO of
- 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 chairman and CEO of Buchanan Enterprises
Family tree
Descendants
Jasper Buchananm. Unnamed woman
c. Buck Buchanan
m. Dorothy "Blaize" Pardée
c. Pike Buchanan
m. Rebecca maiden name unknown
c. Asa Buchanan
m. Olympia Buchanan
c. Clint Buchanan
a. Maria Roberts
c. Cord Roberts
m. Tina Lord
c. C. J. Roberts
c. Sarah Roberts
m. Kate Sanders
m. Tina Lord
m. Victoria Lord
c. Kevin Buchanan
m. LeeAnn Demerest
c. Duke Buchanan
a. Kelly Cramer
c. Zane Buchanan
m. Cassie Callison
m. Kelly Cramer
c. Kevin Buchanan, Jr.
c. Joey Buchanan
m. Kelly Cramer
m. Jennifer Rappaport
c. Unnamed child
m. Aubrey Wentworth
a. Echo DiSavoy
c. Rex Balsom
a. Gigi Morasco
c. Shane Morasco
m. Jennifer Rappaport
m. Adriana Cramer
a. Stacy Morasco
c. Unnamed child
m. Gigi Morasco
m. Victoria Lord
c. Jessica Buchanan
a. Will Rappaport
c. Megan Buchanan
m. Tico Santi
a. Nash Brennan
c. Bree Brennan
m. Antonio Vega
m. Nash Brennan
c. Chloe Brennan
a. Robert Ford
c. Ryder Ford
m. Robert Ford
m. Cutter Wentworth
c. Natalie Buchanan
m. Mitch Laurence
m. Cristian Vega
m. Jared Banks
a. John McBain
c. Liam McBain
m. Lindsay Rappaport
m. Nora Hanen
m. Kimberly Andrews
c. Bo Buchanan
a. Emma Bradley
c. David Vickers Buchanan
a. Unnamed woman
c. Unnamed child
m. Tina Lord
m. Dorian Lord
m. Alex Olanov
m. Addie Cramer
m. Dorian Lord
a. Becky Lee Abbott
c. Drew Buchanan
m. Delilah Ralston
m. Didi O'Neill
m. Sarah Gordon
m. Cassie Callison
m. Nora Hanen
c. Matthew Buchanan
a. Destiny Evans
c. Drew Buchanan II
m. Nora Hanen
a. Renée Divine
c. Ben Davidson
m. Skye Chandler
m. Victoria Lord
c. Jeannie Buchanan
m. Miguel Garretson
m. Unnamed woman
c. Rafe Garretson
m. Samantha Vernon
c. Samantha "Sami" Garretson
m. Delilah Ralston
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