Riley family

This article is about a fictional family. For people with the surname, seeRiley (surname).

Riley family
One Life to Livefamily
SiblingsEileen Riley Siegel(Alice Hirson) andJoe Riley(Lee Patterson) in 1972
First appearance	July 15, 1968(1968-07-15)
Last appearance	August 24, 2011(2011-08-24)
Created by	Agnes Nixon
Introduced by	Doris Quinlan
Duration	1968–2001, 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, 1968until August 24, 2011.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

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

• Eileen Riley(Patricia Roe,Alice Hirson)
  Original character. Born off-screen late 1920s to unnamed parents as of 1968.
• Joseph Francis "Joe" Riley Sr.(Lee Patterson)
  Original character. Born off-screen 1938 as of 1968; dies onscreen October 3, 1979. Identical twin of Tom Dennison.
• Thomas "Tom" Dennison(Lee Patterson)
  Born off-screen 1938 as of 1986. Identical twin of Joe Riley Sr.

Second generation

• Timothy "Tim" Siegel(Bill Fowler, William Cox,Tom Berenger)
  Born off-screen 1950 to Eileen Riley Siegel andDave Siegelas of 1975; dies onscreen April 6, 1976. Fraternal twin of Julie Siegel.
• Julie Siegel(Lee Warwick, Leonie Norton)
  Born off-screen 1950 to Eileen Riley Siegel and Dave Siegel as of 1975. Fraternal twin of Tim Siegel.
• Mari Lynn Dennison(Tammy Amerson)
  Born off-screen 1969 to Tom Dennison andCarol Harper Dennisonas of 1986.
• Megan Craig Riley(child actors)
  Born onscreen December 2, 1974, to Joe Riley Sr. andCathy Craig;dies onscreen October 3, 1975.
• Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan (néKevin Lord Riley)(Kevin Stapleton,Timothy Gibbs,Dan Gauthier,andothers)
  Born onscreen September 12, 1976, to Joe Riley Sr. andVictoria Lord Riley,adopted byClint Buchanan;birth year changed to 1970 as of 1996 then 1965 as of 2005.
• Joseph Francis "Joey" Riley Buchanan (néJoseph Francis Riley Jr.)(Nathan Fillion,Don Jeffcoat, Bruce Michael Hall, Tom Degnan, andothers)
  Born onscreen January 8, 1980, to Joe Riley Sr. Victoria Lord Riley, adopted by Clint Buchanan; birth year changed to 1976 in 1992,1974 as of 2010.

Third generation

• Demerest "Duke" Buchanan(Matthew Metzger and child actors)
  Born onscreen June 29, 1992, to Kevin Buchanan andLeeAnn Demerest Buchanan;birth year changed to 1986 as of 2004, dies onscreen May 12, 2006.

Fourth generation

• Zane Buchanan(child actors)
  Born onscreen October 31, 2006, to Duke Buchanan andKelly Cramer.

Introduction

Main articles:Joe Riley (One Life to Live),Kevin Buchanan,andJoey Buchanan

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

Riley family tree
Dave Siegel Eileen Riley Cathy Craig Joe Riley Victoria Lord Tom Dennison Carol Harper Tim Siegel Julie Siegel Megan Craig Riley Kelly Cramer Kevin Riley Buchanan LeeAnn Demerest Joey Riley Buchanan Mari Lynn Dennison Kevin Buchanan, Jr. Duke Buchanan Zane Buchanan

Descendants

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

• List ofOne Life to Livecharacters

External links

• Riley family tree – SoapCentral