Kristina Davis
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Kristina Davis (full name Kristina Adela Corinthos Davis) is a fictional character residing in the town of Port Charles on the American soap opera General Hospital. She is the daughter of Michael "Sonny" Corinthos Jr and Alexis Davis. She is the stepdaughter to Richard "Ric" Lansing and half sister to Michael Corinthos III, Morgan Corinthos, Molly Lansing, and Samantha "Sam" McCall. She is currently portrayed by Kali Rodriguez.
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[edit] Birth
Kristina was conceived when lawyer Alexis Davis and client Sonny Corinthos finally succumbed to a passion and sexual tension that had been building during the duo's two year friendship and had a passionate one night stand. She was named after Alexis's dead sister, Kristina Cassadine, whose death Alexis blamed on Sonny. The child was born prematurely and was in the neonatal intensive care unit at General Hospital for weeks. She also was born with a heart defect. Alexis kept Kristina's paternity a secret for years out of fear of Sonny's lifestyle. She went from being a woman who considered herself ill-at-ease around children to a loving mother. Although other characters often accuse her of being overprotective, Alexis has had more than enough reason to worry about her daughters' well-being because of violence in the mob and in her own family, not to merntion Kristina's health concerns.
[edit] Early life
Former lover and fiancee Ned Ashton lied that he was Kristina's father and helped Alexis to alter records to fool Sonny. Ned ended up raising Kristina for a time when Alexis was on trial for killing Luis Alcazar and had supervised visitation. Alexis went so far as to impersonate a male butler named Dobson and get work in the Quartermaine household just to see Kristina during this period. Alexis didn't want Ned to be an involved father, however, and eventually got Kristina back and barred Ned from involvement. Alexis was forced to tell Sonny the truth when Kristina developed aplastic anemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. Various family members were tested, but ultimately Kristina was saved by a transfusion of stem cells from Sonny's stillborn daughter with Samantha "Sam" McCall. Sam later turned out to be the daughter Alexis had given up for adoption when she was a teenager. If Sam's baby had lived, she would have been both Kristina's half-sister and her half-niece. Alexis and Kristina were threatened a few months later when Alexis's evil stepmother Helena Cassadine attempted to kill them. Kristina, her half-brother Morgan Corinthos, and illegally adopted half-brother Michael Corinthos III were later kidnapped by Faith Roscoe, a mafia rival of Sonny's who was working in cahoots with Michael's biological father, A.J. Quartermaine. The children were recovered safely, but the kidnapping gave Alexis more reason to worry about Kristina's safety in Sonny's world.
[edit] Name changes
Kristina's full name was originally Kristina Ashton-Davis. After Sonny learned he was her father, he asked to have her baptized in the Roman Catholic Church. Kristina was baptized with the additional name Adela, in honor of her paternal grandmother Adela Corinthos. Various online sources list her surname differently, as either Kristina Davis or Kristina Corinthos. Some fans assume that her name is Kristina Corinthos Davis, with Corinthos functioning as a second middle name instead of as part of her surname. On different episodes of the program, a judge has referred to the character as either Kristina Ashton-Davis or as Kristina Corinthos-Davis, but when her name is simply given, it's given as Kristina Davis. Corinthos is part of her name, but not her legal surname.
[edit] Present story
Alexis currently has custody of Kristina, but Sonny has visitation. Although Sonny loves Kristina, he also once said that she should never have been born because he and Alexis are too different and dislike each other too much. He worries about how Kristina will react when she learns that he had an affair with Samantha "Sam" McCall, the daughter Alexis gave up for adoption when she was a teenager. Sonny and Sam had a stillborn daughter who would have been both Kristina's half-sister and her half-niece if she had survived. When talking about his children, Sonny once referred to "my children (Michael and Morgan) and Kristina," indicating that he feels somewhat disconnected from Kristina. However, Sonny also has seen Kristina regularly and is determined to maintain his parental rights.
Thus far, Kristina has been portrayed as a sweet, unspoiled child with good manners and affection for all of her family members. She seems unaffected by her father's world, unlike her adopted half-brother Michael Corinthos III. Kristina loves Alexis's husband Ric Lansing, who is both her paternal half-uncle and stepfather, and calls him "Daddy Ric." Ric has said he has two daughters, Kristina and his own daughter Molly, and has been shown to have more day to day involvement in Kristina's life than Sonny has. Kristina loves her half-brothers Michael and Morgan, but she is beginning to be aware that her mother thinks there is something wrong with her father's family. She is also dealing with finding out that Sam McCall is her half-sister. She witnessed violence involving Sam, who was abducted by criminal Manny Ruiz.
Kristina's future is now uncertain because of her mother's lung cancer and her stepfather's affair with her half-sister Sam. Alexis asked Sonny to permit Ric to raise Kristina in the same household with her half-sister, Molly, if Alexis dies of cancer. Sonny refused to consider the idea and said he will raise his own daughter if Alexis dies.
Kristina was in a state of shock for a while because she witnessed her sister (Sam) killing Diego Alcazar in self-defense. She is now better although upset by her mother's illness and the fact that Molly now lives with Ric.
[edit] Family
[edit] Lifeline
- Born in November 2001
[edit] Parents
- Sonny Corinthos (Father)
- Alexis Davis (Mother)
- Carly Corinthos (Step-Mother)
[edit] Sibling(s)
- Sam McCall (Maternal Half-Sister)
- Michael Corinthos III (Paternal Adoptive Half-Brother)
- Morgan Corinthos (Paternal Half-Brother)
- Molly Lansing (Maternal Half-Sister)
[edit] Grandparents
- Mike Corbin (Paternal Grandfather)
- Adela Corinthos (Paternal Grandmother, deceased)
- Mikkos Cassadine (Maternal Grandfather, deceased)
- Kristen Bergmen (Maternal Grandmother, deceased)
[edit] Aunts & Uncles
- Courtney Matthews (Paternal Half-Aunt, deceased)
- Ric Lansing (Paternal Half-Uncle)
- Stavros Cassadine (Maternal Half-Uncle, deceased)
- Stefan Cassadine (Maternal Half-Uncle, deceased)
- Kristina Cassadine (Maternal Aunt, deceased)
[edit] Cousins
- Molly Lansing (Paternal Half-Cousin)
- Spencer Cassadine (Paternal Half-Cousin/Maternal Half-Cousin Once Removed)
- Nikolas Cassadine (Maternal Half-Cousin)
