Hotchkiss family
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The Hotchkiss family is a wealthy family living in the fictional town of Harmony on NBC's soap opera Passions. The Hotchkiss family is not one of the four main families on the show.
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[edit] Family members
[edit] First Generation
- Jonathan Hotchkiss. The never seen father of Gwen Hotchkiss and ex-husband of Rebecca Hotchkiss. Jonathan's fortune has been implied to be as impressive as that of the Crane family. Jonathan wanted a son but to his disappointment his only child was his daughter Gwen. For the most part Jonathan broke off contact with Gwen and Rebecca after the divorce (when Gwen was already an adult).
- Rebecca Hotchkiss Crane. Jonathan's first wife and Gwen's mother. Rebecca is a money grubbing, nymphomaniac. Rebecca gave up her fortune to get a divorce from Jonathan and has spent much of her time since then to recoup her losses. Rebecca manipulated her way into a marriage with Julian Crane but it has recently been revealed that they are now divorced. Rebecca spends most of her time plotting with her daughter Gwen.
[edit] Second Generation
- Gwen Hotchkiss. Jonathan and Rebecca's only child. Gwen is currently married to Ethan Winthrop her childhood sweetheart. Gwen and her mother often scheme against Ethan's ex-fiancee Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald.
- Ethan Winthrop. Gwen's husband. Ethan is the son of Ivy Winthrop and Sam Bennett. Ethan was raised to believe he was Ivy's son with her husband Julian Crane. Gwen and Rebecca are responsible for leaking the information of Ethan's true paternity to a tabloid. Gwen, Ethan and Theresa have been in a love triangle for the past seven years.
[edit] Third Generation
- Sarah Winthrop was the daughter of Ethan and Gwen Winthrop. When her mother attacked Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, Gwen fell, and as a result gave birth to a stillborn Sarah on October 8, 2003. Sarah's death was a tragic event that Ethan and Gwen still mourn to this day.
- Jane Winthrop was conceived when her mother, Theresa, raped her father, Ethan Winthrop. Theresa slipped Ethan a date-rape drug, dressed up as his wife, Gwen Hotchkiss, and seduced him in order to trade Jane for Little Ethan, who had been adopted by the Winthrops. Ethan and Gwen were unaware of Theresa's deception, however, believing Jane to be the child that Theresa was to be the surrogate for. When Jane was born on December 2, 2004, and revealed to be Theresa's daughter with Ethan, Gwen, who was barren, was devastated, and went temporarily insane due to an interaction of medications that she had no control over, kidnapping "Ashley". Ethan, Theresa, and Fox eventually found Gwen and Jane and returned them home. Ethan and Gwen currently have temporary custody of Jane.
- 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 after Theresa's parental rights were rescinded. He was given to Theresa in 2005 and later was adopted once more by his grandfather, Alistair, upon Alistair's marriage to Theresa. Little Ethan is currently the heir to the Crane empire. Alistair planned on molding Little Ethan to follow in his footsteps. Theresa recently discovered that her eldest child was fathered by Ethan and not Julian.
