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Riley family

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Riley family
One Life to Livefamily
First appearanceJuly 15, 1968(1968-07-15)
Last appearanceAugust 24, 2011(2011-08-24)
Created byAgnes Nixon
Introduced byDoris Quinlan
Duration1968–2001, 2003–07, 2009–11

TheRiley familyare fictional characters on the American soap operaOne Life to Livepresent at its debut in1968.TheIrish CatholicAmericanclan is formed around the relationships and descendants of protagonistJoseph "Joe" Riley.

They are initially showcased as aworking classcontrast to the affluentLords,with members appearing from the debut episode on July 15, 1968[1]until August 24, 2011.[2][3]Joe Riley's two sons,Kevin Lord RileyandJoe Riley Jr.,represent their paternal family for most of the series and are adopted into theBuchanan familyupon the marriage of Joe's widowVictoria Lord RileytoClint Buchananin 1982.

Generations

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Joe Riley's family in 2007 (L-R): sonJoey Riley Buchanan(Nathan Fillion), widowVictoria Lord(Erika Slezak), and sonKevin Riley Buchanan(Dan Gauthier)

First generation

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Second generation

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Third generation

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Fourth generation

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Introduction

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At the inception ofOne Life to Liveappears journalistJoe Riley,managing editor of theLord family-ownedThe Bannernewspaper of fictionalPhiladelphia Main LinesuburbLlanview, Pennsylvania.A working-class Irish American, early storylines focus on his budding relationship withBannerexecutive assistant and heiressVictoria "Viki" Lordand her first bout withmultiple personalities.Concurrently introduced at the show's origin is the family of Joe's sister,Eileen Riley Siegel.

Joe and Viki marry in June 1969, a marriage ended at Viki's declaration of hislegal deathin 1970. He reappears in 1972 as Viki marriesSteve Burke.Viki continues with the marriage to Steve, but it eventually falls apart with her continued infatuation with Joe. Viki divorces Steve and remarries Joe in 1974. Eileen leaves Llanview forFloridain 1976, and soon thereafter Viki bears Joe his first son,Kevin Lord Riley.Joe dies in 1979, leaving a pregnant Viki widowed with their second child and his namesake son,Joseph Riley Jr.,born in 1980.

Family tree

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Riley family tree
Dave SiegelEileen RileyCathy CraigJoe RileyVictoria LordTom DennisonCarol Harper
Tim SiegelJulie SiegelMegan Craig RileyKelly CramerKevin Riley BuchananLeeAnn DemerestJoey Riley BuchananMari Lynn Dennison
Kevin Buchanan, Jr.Duke Buchanan
Zane Buchanan

Descendants

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Descendants
Unknown Riley (deceased)
m. Unknown (deceased)
c.Eileen Riley(born late 1920s)
m.Dave Siegel[widowed; 1972]
c.Tim Siegel(born 1950; died 1976) [twin]
m.Jenny Wolek[1976; dissolved]
c.Julie Siegel(born 1950)
m.Mark Toland[1972-1975; dissolved]
c.Joe Riley(born 1938; died 1979) [twin]
a.Cathy Craig
c.Megan Craig Riley(born 1974; died 1975)
m.Victoria Lord[1969-1970, 1974-1979; dissolved]
c.Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan(born 1976)
m.LeeAnn Demerest[1992-1993; divorced]
c.Demerest "Duke" Buchanan(born 1992; died 2006)
a.Kelly Cramer
c.Zane Buchanan(born 2006)
m.Cassie Callison[1998-1999; divorced]
m. Kelly Cramer [2002-2004; divorced]
c.Kevin Buchanan, Jr.(born 2004; stillborn)
c.Joey Riley Buchanan(born 1980)
m. Kelly Cramer [2000; divorced]
m.Jennifer Rappaport[2003-2004; divorced]
c.Unnamed child(miscarriage; 2003)
m.Aubrey Wentworth[2011; divorced]
c.Tom Dennison(born 1938) [twin]
m.Carol Harper[legally dissolved 1988]
c.Mari Lynn Dennison(born 1969)
m.Wade Coleman[1988-; married]

See also

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References

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  1. ^One Life to Live.Season 1. Episode 1. July 15, 1968.American Broadcasting Company.
  2. ^One Life to Live.Season 44. Episode 11, 008. August 24, 2011.American Broadcasting Company.
  3. ^"Ep. 11008".TV.CBS Interactive.August 24, 2011.Retrieved14 January2013.
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