Buchanan family

The Buchanan family are a fictional family on the American soap opera One Life to Live, first introduced in the fall of 1979.

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History

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, 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.

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,[1] 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.

Generations

Ancestors

First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Fourth generation

Fifth generation

Buchanan Enterprises

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[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] David learns of his true parentage,[5] and soon claims what is his.[6] However, a DNA test confirms that David is instead Bo's son,[7] rendering Asa's original will null and void.

On June 28th, 2011 inorder 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 fiances, Gigi Morasco's heart. All existing shares, funds and properties were signed over to Rex Balsom. On October 21st, Rex Balsom returned all of the Buchanan holdings to its rightful owner Clint Buchanan.

Subsidiaries

  • Lone Star Records
  • Cobb Industries
  • Webster International
  • Brennan Winery and Vineyard

Employees

Former employees

Family tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Olympia Buchanan
 
Asa Buchanan
 
Renee Divine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Becky Lee Abbott
 
 
Nora Hanen
 
Bo Buchanan
 
Emma Bradley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Davidson
 
Victoria Lord
 
Clint Buchanan
 
Echo DiSavoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Roberts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drew Buchanan
 
Matthew Buchanan
 
David Buchanan
 
LeeAnn Demerest
 
Kevin Buchanan
 
Kelly Cramer
 
Joey Buchanan
 
Natalie Buchanan
 
John McBain
 
Rex Balsom
 
Gigi Morasco
 
Cord Roberts
 
Tina Lord Roberts
 
Will Rappaport
 
Jessica Buchanan
 
Nash Brennan
 
 
Robert Ford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Duke Buchanan
 
 
Kevin Buchanan Jr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liam McBain
 
 
 
 
 
Shane Morasco
 
 
 
C. J. Roberts
 
Sarah Roberts
 
 
 
Megan Buchanan
 
Bree Brennan
 
Ryder Ford
 
Chloe Brennan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zane Buchanan

Buchanan

Jasper Buchanan [Deceased]

References

  1. ^ One Life to Live recap (8/16/07) - ABC.com
  2. ^ After Asa's death, the Buchanan Enterprises Board consists of sons Clint and Bo, grandchildren Cord, Kevin, Joey, Jessica, Natalie and Sarah, and Asa's initially unnamed "secret son." Jared Banks poses as this heir, who is actually David Vickers.
  3. ^ One Life to Live recap (6/3/08) - ABC.com
  4. ^ One Life to Live recap (12/29/08) - abc.com
  5. ^ One Life to Live recap (2/13/09) - abc.com
  6. ^ One Life to Live recap (2/18/09) - abc.com
  7. ^ One Life to Live recap (2/25/09) - abc.com
  8. ^ Clint was 16 in 1961 when Cord was born.
  9. ^ Cord is stated to be 25 in 1986 when he first comes to Llanview.
  10. ^ Rex would've been born originally in June 1984 because Echo left town in October 1983 pregnant. Because he was 17 years old when Shane is born in 1998, his and Gigi's birth year would be 1980.
  11. ^ Shane celebrates his 10th birthday in May 2008.
  12. ^ Bo stated he was 20 years old in 1968 when he slept with Emma Bradley and conceived David.

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