| Series: | One Life to Live |
| Buchanan family | |
| Creator: | Gordon Russell and Sam Hall |
| Introducer: | Joseph Stuart |
| Years: | 1979–2013 |
The Buchanan family is a long-running family of fictional characters on the American soap opera One Life to Live. The ensemble was originally inspired by the Ewing family on the primetime soap opera Dallas,[1] [2] and appeared from September 1979 through the end of the serial in August 2013.
Clint Buchanan arrives in Llanview, Pennsylvania in September 1979, soon followed by his brother Bo in November and their father Asa in December 1979. Clint marries central heroine Victoria Lord Riley in 1982, cementing the family's prominence in the series.
Clint adopts Viki's sons Kevin and Joey Riley, and in 1986 discovers he has an adult son, Cord Roberts, with old flame Maria. Clint and Viki have a daughter of their own, Jessica, that same year. In 2001 it is revealed that Viki had been pregnant with twins, one fathered by Clint and the other by Viki's nemesis Mitch Laurence; Jessica turns out to be Mitch's daughter, and Clint and Viki's child — kidnapped at birth — is a young woman named Natalie. On January 6, 2012, Allison Perkins revealed that Nataile and Jessica are both biologically Clint's daughters.
In 1983, Bo and Becky Lee Abbott have a son they name Drew, who ultimately becomes a police officer and dies in the line of duty in 1998. In February 1999, Bo fathers a son (later named Matthew) with wife Nora, though Matthew is thought to be Sam Rappaport's biological child until 2003.
Patriarch Asa marries multiple women during his decades in Llanview, and in 1999 Viki's husband Ben Davidson turns out to be Asa's biological son. Ben is shot and slips into a coma in 2002; he eventually dies in 2004. Asa passes away on August 16, 2007,[7] and it is revealed that he had believed con-man David Vickers is his son. David is ultimately proven to be Bo's biological child in 2009.
In 2010, it is revealed that Rex Balsom, the man who was raised with Natalie by Roxy Balsom, is actually Clint's son with Echo DiSavoy, who was conceived after an affair in 1983 later revised to 1978.
Buchanan Enterprises, founded by billionaire Asa Buchanan, is a multinational, family-owned corporation with offices worldwide. After visiting in Llanview in 1979, Texas-born Asa moves the headquarters of his company to Llanview in 1980 to stay close to sons Clint and Bo. As ruthless in business as he is devoted to his family, Asa's machinations (and attempts to both protect and control his family members) drive much of the drama in the series over the next two decades. In 1997, Clint's son Cord Roberts leaves Llanview for the London office of Buchanan Enterprises, and in 1998 Clint follows him. Clint returns to Llanview for good in 2005, and his adopted son Kevin later succeeds him in London in late 2006. Clint's daughter Natalie joins the company in 2007 after a failed attempt to become a police forensics investigator. Natalie's sister Jessica as well soon joins B.E. to fund her husband Nash's vineyard. Asa remained at B.E.'s helm until his death in August 2007 in which his son Clint succeed him as CEO. Asa's will forces his heirs[8] to work together as board members for the company to earn their inheritance. The usually-upstanding Clint finds himself using the underhanded tactics of his father to fend off the multiple takeover attempts of Asa's business rivals. Fueled by a desire for personal revenge against Clint, Dr. Dorian Lord plots a secret, hostile take-over of the company, which succeeds at the Buchanan Enterprises shareholder meeting on June 3, 2008.[9] Dorian renames the company Cramer Enterprises. In October 2008, District Attorney and Clint's love interest, Nora Hanen, manages to finesse Dorian into signing controlling interest of the company back to the Buchanan family in exchange for dropping potential attempted murder charges. The company is re-christened Buchanan Enterprises or BE.
In December 2008, the Buchanans gather for a video message from Asa. A year prior, Asa had stipulated in his will that the family had one year to fulfill a challenge in order to receive their inheritance: work together as a family to raise the price of BE stocks. If they succeeded, they would be rich, if they failed...they would not receive a cent. Due to the takeover commandeered by Dorian and the near collapse of the US economy, BE shares have declined. As punishment, the Buchanan inheritance is left to Asa's long-lost son, David Vickers.[10] David learns of his true parentage,[11] and soon claims what is his.[12] However, a DNA test confirms that David is instead Bo's son,[13] rendering Asa's original will null and void.
On episode first run June 28, 2011, in order for Clint Buchanan to get a heart transplant and live, he was forced to give his estranged son Rex Balsom Buchanan Enterprises. In return, Clint would get Rex's finances, Gigi Morasco's heart. All existing shares, funds and properties were signed over to Rex Balsom. On the October 21 episode of that year, Rex Balsom returned all of the Buchanan holdings to its rightful owner Clint Buchanan.
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|-|style="text-align: left;"| Jasper Buchanan (deceased) m. Unnamed woman (deceased) c. Buck Buchanan (deceased) m. Dorothy "Blaize" Pardée [married 1888] c. Pike Buchanan (deceased) m. Rebecca maiden name unknown (deceased) m. Jeanette maiden name unknown [dissolved 1989] c. Asa Buchanan (born 1924; died 2007) m. Olympia Buchanan [dissolved 1981] c. Clint Buchanan (born 1945) a. Maria Roberts c. Cord Roberts (born 1961 revised to 1968) m. Tina Lord [1986-87;1988–90; 1991–93; divorced] c. C. J. Roberts (born 1987 revised to 1981) c. Sarah Roberts (born 1991 revised to 1985) m. Kate Sanders [1987; invalid] m. Tina Lord [2011–present; married] m. Victoria Lord [1982-85; divorced] c. Kevin Buchanan (born 1970) m. LeeAnn Demerest [1992–93; divorced] c. Duke Buchanan (born 1992 revised to 1986; died 2006) a. Kelly Cramer c. Zane Buchanan (born 2006 revised to 1995) m. Cassie Callison [1998–99; annulled] m. Kelly Cramer [200?–04; divorced] c. Kevin Buchanan Jr. (born 2004; stillborn) c. Joey Buchanan (born 1976) m. Kelly Cramer [2000-01; divorced] m. Jennifer Rappaport [2003–04; divorced] c. Unnamed child (miscarriage) m. Aubrey Wentworth [2011; divorced] a. Echo DiSavoy c. Rex Balsom (born 1984 revised to 1980) a. Gigi Morasco c. Shane Morasco (born 1998 revised to 1997) m. Jennifer Rappaport [2003; annulled] m. Adriana Cramer [2008; divorced] a. Stacy Morasco c. Unnamed child (miscarriage) m. Gigi Morasco [2011–present; married] m. Victoria Lord [1986-94; divorced] c. Jessica Buchanan (born 1986 revised to 1978; twin) a. Will Rappaport c. Megan Buchanan (born 1999; stillborn) m. Tico Santi [2004; annulled] a. Nash Brennan c. Bree Brennan (born 2006) m. Antonio Vega [2006-07; divorced] m. Nash Brennan [2007-08; widowed] c. Chloe Brennan (born 2008; stillborn) a. Robert Ford c. Ryder Ford (born 2011) m. Robert Ford [2011; annulled] m. Cutter Wentworth [2011; annulled] c. Natalie Buchanan (born 1986 revised to 1978; twin) m. Mitch Laurence [2002-03; annulled] m. Cristian Vega [2004-06; divorced] m. Jared Banks [2009; widowed] a. John McBain [engaged] c. Liam McBain (born 2011) m. Lindsay Rappaport [1998-99; annulled] m. Nora Hanen [2009-10; divorced] m. Kimberly Andrews [2010; annulled] c. Bo Buchanan (born 1948) a. Emma Bradley (deceased) c. David Vickers Buchanan (born 1969 Originally 1965) a. Unnamed woman c. Unnamed child m. Tina Lord [1995; divorced] m. Dorian Lord [1995-96; divorced] m. Alex Olanov [2007; annulled] m. Addie Cramer [2008; divorced] m. Dorian Lord [2010–present; married] a. Becky Lee Abbott c. Drew Buchanan (born 1983 revised to 1976; died 1998) m. Delilah Ralston [1983–84; divorced] m. Didi O'Neill [1986–88; widowed] m. Sarah Gordon [1990–92; widowed] m. Cassie Callison [1991; invalid] m. Nora Hanen [1995–99; divorced] c. Matthew Buchanan (born 1999 revised to 1994 then 1992) a. Destiny Evans c. Drew Buchanan II (born 2012 revised to 2010) m. Nora Hanen [2010–present; married] a. Renée Divine c. Ben Davidson (born 1961; died 2004) m. Skye Chandler [1998-99; divorced] m. Victoria Lord [2000-04; dissolved] c. Jeannie Buchanan (deceased) m. Miguel Garretson (deceased) m. Unnamed woman c. Rafe Garretson (adopted by Jeannie) m. Samantha Vernon [1984; dissolved] c. Samantha "Sami" Garretson (born 1985 revised to 1979; carried by Delilah) m. Delilah Ralston [1987–present; married] |- |style="text-align: left;"|Notes |- |style="text-align: left;"|