Riley family

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Riley family
One Life to Live family
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Siblings Eileen Riley Siegel (Alice Hirson) and Joe Riley (Lee Patterson) in 1972
First appearanceJuly 15, 1968 (1968-07-15)
Last appearanceAugust 24, 2011 (2011-08-24)
Created by Agnes Nixon
Introduced byDoris Quinlan
Duration1968–2001, 2003–07, 2009–11

The Riley family are fictional characters on the American soap opera One Life to Live present at its debut in 1968. The Irish Catholic American clan is formed around the relationships and descendants of protagonist Joseph "Joe" Riley.

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They are initially showcased as a working class contrast to the affluent Lords, 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 Riley and Joe Riley Jr., represent their paternal family for most of the series and are adopted into the Buchanan family upon the marriage of Joe's widow Victoria Lord Riley to Clint Buchanan in 1982.

Generations

Joe Riley's family in 2007 (L-R): son Joey Riley Buchanan (Nathan Fillion), widow Victoria Lord (Erika Slezak), and son Kevin Riley Buchanan (Dan Gauthier) OLTL-Rileys-2007.jpg
Joe Riley's family in 2007 (L-R): son Joey Riley Buchanan (Nathan Fillion), widow Victoria Lord (Erika Slezak), and son Kevin Riley Buchanan (Dan Gauthier)

First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Fourth generation

Introduction

At the inception of One Life to Live appears journalist Joe Riley, managing editor of the Lord family-owned The Banner newspaper of fictional Philadelphia Main Line suburb Llanview, Pennsylvania. A working-class Irish American, early storylines focus on his budding relationship with Banner executive assistant and heiress Victoria "Viki" Lord and her first bout with multiple 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 his legal death in 1970. He reappears in 1972 as Viki marries Steve 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 for Florida in 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
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    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]
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      References

      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.com . CBS Interactive. August 24, 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

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