Buchanan Family

The Buchanan family is a long-running family of fictional characters on One Life to Live. An ensemble originally inspired by the Ewings of the popular primetime soap opera, Dallas, the family appears on the serial continually from September 1979 through the series finale in January 2012. The Buchanan family, however, is set to be revived on the new online OLTL.

Generations

• Only current spouses are listed or those who were married when they died
• Characters who appear in the final original television episodes of OLTL or subsequent continuation appear in bold
• Notable children who are stillborn or die before proper character development are italicized

Ancestors

• Jasper Buchanan - Buck's father, Asa's great-grandfather
• Buck Buchanan - Asa's grandfather
• Dorothy "Blaize" Pardee Buchanan - Asa's grandmother

First generation

From left standing: Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan and Clint Ritchie as Clint Buchanan, and Philip Carey as Asa Buchanan, 1980

• Asa Buchanan (born October 31, 1924; died August 16, 2007)
  • Olympia Bonard
  • Renée Divine
• Pike Buchanan (deceased)
  • Rebecca Buchanan
• Jeannie Buchanan Garretson (deceased)
  • Miguel Garretson (deceased)
• Wanda Webb
  • Vince Wolek
• Paul Webb (deceased)
  • Donna Webb

Second generation

• Clint Buchanan (born March 9, 1945 revised to 1948)
• Bo Buchanan (born April 18, 1948 revised to 1950)
  • Nora Hanen
• Ben Davidson (born March 27, 1961; died May 27, 2004)
• Austin Buchanan (deceased)
• Rafe Garretson
• Jason Webb

Third generation

• Cord Roberts (born November 1, 1961 revised 1969)
  • Tina Lord
• David Vickers Buchanan (born 1965; changed to 1969)
  • Dorian Cramer
• Kevin Riley Buchanan (born September 12, 1976, changed to 1970; adopted)
• Joey Riley Buchanan (born January 8, 1980, changed to 1976; adopted)
• Drew Buchanan (born September 23, 1983; changed to 1976; died September 16, 1998)
• Jessica Buchanan (born September 23, 1986; changed to 1978)
• Natalie Buchanan (born September 23, 1986; changed to 1978)
• Rex Balsom (born March 12,1984; changed to 1979)
  • Gigi Morasco
• Sammi Garretson (born May 16, 1985; changed to 1979)
• Matthew Buchanan (born February 22, 1999; changed to 1994 then 1992)

Fourth generation

• Clinton James "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; adopted)
• Kevin Buchanan Jr. (stillborn; March 23, 2004; adopted)
• Megan Buchanan Rappaport (stillborn; June 1, 1999)
• Bree Brennan (born May 1, 2006)
• Chloe Brennan (stillborn; November 6, 2008)
• Shane Balsom (born March 25, 1998; changed to 1996)
• Liam McBain (born January 11, 2011)
• Ryder Ford (born January 11, 2011)
• Drew Buchanan II (born January 13, 2012 revised 2010)

Fifth generation

• Zane Buchanan (born October 31, 2006; changed to 1995; adopted)

History

Clint Buchanan 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 Jessica and Natalie 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 (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, 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.

Minor character roles

Drew Buchanan

Buchanan Family
The Buchanan Men of One Life to Live 2.0
One Life to Live
Information
Place(s) of Origin	Texas
Species	Human
Duration	1979-present

Drew Buchanan
One Life to Live
Portrayed by	Keith Bogart (1988–89) Victor Browne (1996–97) Sam Ball (1998) (and infant child actors)
Duration	1983–85, 1988–89, 1996–98
First appearance	September 23, 1983
Last appearance	September 16, 1998
Created by	John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington
Introduced by	Jean Arley
Profile
Family	Buchanan
Gender	Male
Occupation	Officer for the Llanview Police Department
Relationships Parents Bo Buchanan Becky Lee Hunt Siblings David Vickers Buchanan Matthew Buchanan Grandparents Asa Buchanan Olympia Buchanan Aunts and uncles Clint Buchanan Ben Davidson First cousins Cord Roberts Natalie Buchanan Rex Balsom Kevin Buchanan (adoptive) Joey Buchanan (adoptive) Jessica Buchanan

Main article: Drew Buchanan

Drew Buchanan is the son of Bo Buchanan and Becky Lee Abbott (née Hunt), conceived during a one-night stand between the two when Bo cheated on his then-fiancée Delilah Ralston. Upon the realization of her pregnancy with Drew, Becky Lee accepts the marriage proposal of Delilah's brother, Drew Ralston, to legitimize the pregnancy. The morning of Becky and Drew's wedding, Drew Ralston is killed. Asa Buchanan, assuming the child to be the illegitimate child of his son Bo, offered to marry Becky Lee to give the child the surname "Buchanan." The child is born to Becky Lee Buchanan on the episode first-run September 23, 1983, and Becky Lee later leaves Llanview with new husband Jesse Wilde and infant Drew Buchanan in tow in 1985. A SORAS-ed, teenaged Drew returns to Llanview in 1988 for the funeral of Bo's then-wife and his stepmother, Didi O'Neill, leaving shortly thereafter in 1989. Drew returns as the bitter estranged son of Bo in 1996, influenced by his mother's torrid feelings toward the Buchanan family. A charming and troubled young man, he engages in romantic liaisons with some women in Llanview before leaving again in 1997. In 1998, a reformed Drew, freshly graduated from the police academy, returns to Llanview to repair his broken relationship with his father, and is hired by Bo as an officer for the Llanview Police Department. Months later, he is shot in the line of duty. Template:-

Drew Buchanan II

Mia-Bella Knight (January 13, 2012)

Drew David Buchanan II is the son of Matthew Buchanan and Destiny Evans, born on January 13, 2012 at the Buchanan mansion. He was named after his deceased uncle, Drew and other uncle David. Dr. Vivian Wright delivers him with Matthew and Destiny's families surrounding them.

Duke Buchanan

Duke Buchanan
One Life to Live
Portrayed by	Matthew Metzger (2004–06) (and infant child actors)
Duration	1992–94, 2004–06
First appearance	June 29, 1992
Last appearance	May 15, 2006
Created by	Josh Griffith Michael Malone
Introduced by	Linda Gottlieb
Profile
Family	Lord Riley Buchanan (adoptive)
Occupation	Executive for Buchanan Enterprises
Relationships Parents Kevin Buchanan LeeAnn Demerest Romances Adriana Cramer Ginger Foley Kelly Cramer Children Zane Buchanan Grandparents Joe Riley Victoria Lord Clint Buchanan (adoptive) Duann Demerest Aunts and uncles Megan Gordon Cord Roberts (adoptive) Joey Buchanan Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Rex Balsom Megan Craig Riley First cousins C. J. Roberts Sarah Roberts Megan Rappaport Shane Balsom Bree Brennan Chloe Brennan Ryder Ford Liam McBain

Adam and Connor O'Brien (1992)
David and Michael DeFranco (December 1993 – January 1994)
Matthew Metzger (August 23, 2004 – May 22, 2006)

Demerest "Duke" Buchanan is the son of Kevin Buchanan and LeeAnn Demerest. On the rebound from a failed romance with Stephanie Hobart, Kevin becomes involved with LeeAnn. They sleep together and LeeAnn becomes pregnant; Kevin finds out in 1992, and he and LeeAnn elope. Their son Duke is born in 1992, but their marriage crumbles over her closeness with Jason Webb. Kevin and LeeAnn divorce, and at one point in the fierce custody battle LeeAnn insists Duke is Max Holden's son. LeeAnn ultimately leaves town for Texas with Duke in 1993.

In 2004, Kevin is married to Kelly Cramer; they become involved in a messy divorce and an even messier custody battle over their son Ace. Somewhat bitter over Kevin's lack of participation in his life so far, an adult Duke comes to town to attend business school and sides with Kelly, even testifying for her in court. Kevin and Kelly's marriage completely collapses when Kevin discovers that Kelly had miscarried their biological child, adopted another baby illegally, and passed him off as theirs; Ace turns out to have been stolen from his biological mother, and a devastated Kevin and Kelly return him.

Meanwhile, Duke has begun a relationship with Adriana Cramer; her mother Dorian Lord has hated the Buchanans for decades and despises the match. But when Adriana breaks up with Duke over her increasing feelings for Rex Balsom, Duke turns to alcohol and admits to Kelly that he has fallen in love with her. She convinces him that his feelings are not real, and they part. Later on in the St. James Church rectory, Duke again comes across Kelly, distraught from a horrible argument with Kevin. Their emotions get the best of them and they have sex, but a tornado hits and they are buried under debris. Critically injured, Duke and Kelly are rushed to Llanview Hospital, where a shortage of surgeons puts Kevin in the impossible position of choosing who will be operated on first. He chooses Kelly, whom he is told by the doctors is in more desperate need. Kevin is devastated when Duke dies on May 15, 2006 before he can be brought into surgery.

Initially blaming Kelly for Duke's death, Kevin goes off the deep end when he learns that Kelly is pregnant with Duke's child. Having both had fertility issues in the past, Kevin and Kelly begin to view the pregnancy as a blessing, and are brought closer together. Kevin is by Kelly's side when Duke's son Zane is born on October 31, 2006. Kelly accepts Kevin's invitation to accompany him to London, where they can start over and raise Zane together. Template:-

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 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 fiances, 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

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• 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 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)
• 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)

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 (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 Chairman and CEO of Buchanan Enterprises

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)
          • a. Maria Vasquez [deceased]
            • c. Cord Roberts (born 1961 revised to 1969)
              • m. Tina Lord (divorced; 1986–1987)
                • c. Clinton James Roberts (born 1987 revised to 1981)
              • m. Kate Sanders (invalid; 1987)
              • m. Tina Lord (divorced; 1988–1990)
              • m. Tina Lord (divorced; 1991–1993)
                • c. Sarah Roberts (born 1991 revised 1985)
          • a. Echo DiSavoy
            • c. Rex Balsom (born 1979)
              • a. Gigi Morasco
                • c. Shane Morasco (born 1998)
              • m. Jennifer Rappaport (divorced: 2003) [deceased]
              • m. Adriana Cramer (divorced; 2008)
              • m. Gigi Morasco (married; 2011-present)
          • m. Victoria Lord Riley (divorced; 1982–1985)
            • c. Kevin Buchanan (adopted)
              • m. Lee Ann Demerest (divorced; 1992–1993)
                • c. Duke Buchanan (born 1992 revised 1986; died 2006)
                  • a. Kelly Cramer
                    • c. Zane Buchanan (born 2006 revised to 1995)
              • 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 revised to 1978) [twin 1]
              • a. Will Rappaport
                • c. Megan Rappaport (stillborn 1999)
              • m. Augustico Santi (married/his death; 2004)
              • a. Nash Brennan
                • c. Bree Brennan (born 2006 revised to 2004)
              • 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 revised to 1978) [twin 2]
              • m. Mitch Laurence (annulled; 2002–2003)
              • m. Cristian Vega (divorced; 2003–2005)
              • m. Jared Banks (dissolved by his death; 2009)
              • a. 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)
          • a. Emma Bradley [deceased]
            • c. David Vickers (Was originally born 1965 revised to 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 29, 2010–present; third time)
          • a. Becky Lee Hunt
            • c. Drew Buchanan (born 1983 revised 1976; 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 revised to 1994 then 1992)
              • a. Destiny Evans
                • c. Drew Buchanan II (born 2012 revised to 2010)
          • 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 revised 1979)
            • m. Delila Ralston (married; 1987–present)

External links

• Buchanan family tree – ABC.com
• Buchanan family tree – SoapCentral.com

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