Wolek family

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Wolek family
One Life to Live family
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From left: Vince Wolek (Antony Ponzini), Jenny Wolek (Katherine Glass), Larry Wolek (Michael Storm), and Anna Wolek (Doris Belack) in 1975
First appearanceJuly 15, 1968 (1968-07-15)
Last appearanceMay 28, 2004 (2004-05-28)
Created by Agnes Nixon
Introduced byDoris Quinlan
Duration1968–2004

The Wolek family are fictional characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live present at its debut in 1968. The Woleks were created as a working-class reflection of the affluent Lord family, and storylines focused on the shared relations of the two families.

Contents

The Polish American family [1] is formed around the relationships of Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Wolek, a leading protagonist character that appears from the debut episode July 15, 1968 [2] [3] through May 28, 2004. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Generations

First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Introduction

When the Wolek family is first introduced at the inception of One Life to Live, Dr. Larry Wolek is presented as the youngest of an upwardly mobile clan of siblings who live in a rough-and-tumble west Llanview apartment building directly opposite Llanfair housekeeper Sadie Gray (Lillian Hayman). Larry's siblings are shown to be elders Anna Wolek, sibling matriarch and Llanview Hospital volunteer, and Vince Wolek, an auto mechanic. The mother and father of the three original Woleks are deceased at the show's inception, [1] and the two older siblings personally and financially sacrifice to enable Larry to pursue his expensive dream of being a doctor. Anna sacrifices for her brother's medical career selflessly, but their brother Vince is shown as being particularly resentful of the prestige and opportunity a medical career affords resident physician Larry and the studying doctor's romantic relationship with Meredith Lord, the daughter of Llanview media mogul Victor Lord. [8]

After Meredith's death, Wolek distant cousins and siblings Jenny and Karen Wolek arrive in fictional Llanview the mid-1970s. Larry and Karen marry after a whirlwind courtship and romance, but she later cuckolds him when she becomes a prostitute and the two divorce. Jenny engages in a series of romances from the late 1970s through the 1980s.

Family tree

Family of Wolek family
Wolek ancestor
Unnamed WolekUnnamed Wolek
Jim Craig Anna Wolek Vince Wolek Meredith Lord Larry Wolek Karen Wolek Jenny Wolek
Cathy Craig
(adopted)		 Joe Riley Daniel Wolek
Megan Craig Riley
Notes:

    Descendants

    Descendants
    Unknown Wolek (distant relative; deceased)  Unknown Wolek (deceased)   c. Anna Wolek    m. Jim Craig [1969-1981; dissolved]     ac. Cathy Craig (biological child of Jim and his deceased first wife)   c. Vince Wolek [deceased 1981]    m. Wanda Webb [1975-1981; dissolved]   c. Larry Wolek    m. Karen Martin [1969; divorced]    m. Meredith Lord [1970-1973; dissolved] (deceased)     c. Daniel Wolek [b. 1971]     c. Unnamed daughter [stillborn 1971]    m. Karen Wolek [1977-1979; divorced]    m. Laurel Chapin [1985-1986; dissolved] (deceased)  Unknown Wolek (deceased)   c. Jenny Wolek [deceased 1997]    m. Tim Siegel [dissolved 1976]    m. Brad Vernon [1978-1981; divorced]     c.  Mary Vernon  [stillborn 1979]    m. Peter Janssen [1981-1982; dissolved] (deceased)    m. David Renaldi [1984-199?; dissolved] (deceased)   c. Karen Wolek    m. Larry Wolek [1977-1979; divorced]
    Notes

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