Crane family
The Crane family is the wealthiest, most prestigious family on NBC's newest daytime drama, Passions. Seated in Harmony, New England, the Crane family amassed its fortune during the eighteenth century via the slave trade, amongst other things. The Crane family wealth is now garnered from Crane Industries, a global corporation, which does a number of things, including shipping and fishing.
Family Members
First Generation
- Alistair Ephraim Crane is the ruthless, malevolent patriarch of the Crane family. He will go to whatever lengths it takes to obtain security for the Crane empire, including murder his own daughter. Alistair has been married to both Katherine (1940s/1950s-1980s; annulled) and Theresa (married 3 October 2005), and is the father of both Julian and Sheridan (with Katherine), Beth (with Edna Wallace, and Little Ethan (born 21 June 2002, with Theresa, via adoption).
- Katherine Barrett Crane is the ex-wife of Alistair Crane. Katherine married Alistair when her elder sister, Rachel Barrett, who had been engaged to Alistair, died in a boating accident (it was later revealed that Alistair had held Rachel captive for over twenty years). Throughout her marriage to Alistair, Katherine was repeatedly abused - verbally, physically, and sexually. She eventually ran away with Martin Fitzgerald in the 1980s, and her marriage to Alistair was annulled. She is the mother of both Julian and Sheridan (with Alistair).
- Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane is the new, twentysomething wife of Alistair Crane. Theresa married Alistair on 3 October 2005 in an attempt to regain custody of her daughter, Jane, from Jane's father, Ethan, and his wife, Gwen. Upon her marriage to Alistair, Theresa discovered that she had signed a prenup allowing Alistair to adopt her son, Little Ethan. Theresa is the mother of both Little Ethan (biologically with Julian) and Jane (with Ethan).
Second Generation
- Julian Linus Crane is the eldest son of Alistair Crane and his first wife, Katherine. Julian grew up bumbling and amoral, but eventually changed when he fell in love with Eve Johnson. Alistair eventually disinherited Julian for being an overall "failure" of a son in the summer of 2000. Julian has been married three times, once to Ivy Winthrop (1970s-2001; divorced), Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald (married August 14, 2001-March 2003; invalid), and Rebecca Osborn (married 2 January 2004) each. He has six children - Chad (with Eve), Fox, Fancy, and a yet-unnamed daughter (with Ivy), Little Ethan (born 21 June 2002, with Theresa, biological), and Endora (born 28 July 2003, with Tabitha Lenox).
- Rebecca Hotchkiss Crane is the current wife of Julian Crane. A gold digger, she married Julian for his money, though she does truly love him somewhere deep, deep down in her money-loving heart. Rebecca has one daughter, Gwen Hotchkiss, with her ex-husband, Jonathan Hotchkiss. Rebecca herself was once very wealthy, but signed everything over to Jonathan when she divorced him.
- Sheridan Crane is the daughter of Alistair Crane and his first wife, Katherine. Sheridan experienced an utterly loveless childhood after her mother, Katherine, faked her death. Sheridan fell in love with hot hunk cop Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, and Alistair has done everything - including attempted murder - to keep the two apart. Sheridan was disinherited in 2005 when Alistair made Little Ethan his heir. Sheridan has been married twice, to Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald (9 January 2003 - 24 June 2004; widowed) and Christopher Boothe (since 22 February 2006), and has a son, Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald (born 9 September 2003, presumably with her ex-fiancé, Luis.
- Christopher Matthew Boothe, born Greg Walton, is the husband of Sheridan Crane. Chris, originally from South Africa, developed some dangerous organized crime ties, and was forced into witness protection as a result. His wife at the time, Maureen Preston, left him, and took their son, James (born 2001), with her. Since then, Chris has been released from witness protection, his mob relations no longer a threat.
- Chad Harris is the product of Alistair's rape of Liz Sanbourne in the 1970s. Chad was adopted by the Harris family, but in 1999 arrived in Harmony looking for his biological parents. He at first believed that he was the son of Julian and Eve Johnson, thus making his relationship with supposed half-sister Whitney Russell incestuous. Chad went to work for Crane Industries, determined to take his rightful place as Crane heir; however, he was disinherited by Alistair in 2005. In 2006, Chad discovered that he was actually Alistair's son with Liz, Eve's adoptive half-sister, making Whitney only his half-cousin via adoption. Chad was married to a woman named Latoya for a number of years, and their divorce was finalized in 2003. Chad also has a son, Miles (born 23 March 2005), with Whitney.
- Beth Wallace is the result of an affair between Alistair Crane and Edna Wallace. Beth grew up not knowing who her father was, and was thrilled to discover that Alistair was her father in 2005. Beth kidnapped her half-sister Sheridan's son, Marty, in 2003, and when DNA tests proved that Marty was, in fact, Sheridan's child, Beth fled the country with him - with Alistair's help. Beth is currently in hiding with Marty.
- Ethan Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane is the biological son of Ethan Winthrop and Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, long believed to be Julian Crane's son. He was born on 21 June 2002, and adopted in 2004 by Ethan and Gwen Winthrop before being returned to his mother in 2005 and being adopted once more by his grandfather, Alistair, upon Alistair's marriage to Theresa. Little Ethan is currently the Alistair's sole heir to the Crane empire, and Alistair plans on molding Little Ethan to follow in his footsteps. Theresa recently discovered that her eldest child was fathered by Ethan and not Julian, making him a Crane only via adoption.
Third Generation
- Unnamed Crane is one of Julian and Ivy's daughters. Her name is unknown, and she has not been back to Harmony since before 1999.
- Fancy Crane is the daughter of Julian and Ivy. Growing up, Fancy was the only one of Alistair's family members that ever loved, as she was a "true Crane", like he was. When Fancy fell in love with Noah Bennett, Alistair was furious, and disinherited her in 2005. However, after some manipulation on Alistair's part, Noah and Fancy broke up, and Alistair gave his granddaughter a job at Crane Industries as the division chief of fashion design.
- Nicholas Foxworth Crane is the only son of Julian and Ivy Crane. Fox spent most of his life in the shadow of his older brother, Ethan. Fox expected to be named the heir of the Crane empire, taking a job at Crane Industries upon his return in 2003. Fox was furious when he discovered that he had a half-brother, Chad, who also aspired to be the Crane heir. Fox was disinherited by Alistair in 2005 along with the rest of the family.
- Endora Lenox, born 28 July 2003, is the product of Julian's one-night stand with Harmony's resident witch, Tabitha Lenox. Aside from Julian, Tabitha, and Julian's ex-wife, Ivy, nobody knows that Julian is actually Endora's father.
- Martin Lopez-Fitzgerald is the only child of Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald and Sheridan Crane. Born on 9 September 2003, he was kidnapped by his mother's demented half-sister, Beth Wallace, who passed off Marty as her own child. When DNA tests proved that Marty was really Sheridan's son in 2005, Beth fled the country with Marty with the help of her father, Alistair. Marty's whereabouts are currently unknown.
- Miles Davis Harris, born 23 March 2005, is the product of the then-believed-to-be-incestuous relationship between Chad Harris and his half-sister, Whitney Russell. Whitney, aware of the circumstances surrounding her child's conception, originally planned to pass him off as Fox's son. Whitney realized that she couldn't be around her son, however, and gave him up for adoption. Whitney was horrified when Chad adopted his own son, and eventually revealed Miles's true paternity to both Chad and Fox. When Miles was a year old, his father discovered that he and Whitney were only half-cousins via adoption, making their relationship valid.