Backstory
Cole Thornhart is originally born off-screen in 1998, the son of the Patrick Thornhart and Marty Saybrooke, well-known characters from OLTL history. As of 2012, his birth date is established as November 26, 1990. Patrick and Marty lived in Ireland briefly with newborn Cole, and then relocated to San Diego. However, on Christmas 2005, Patrick is supposedly killed. Marty had fallen into a depressing era of her life. Luckily, Cole came up with the idea of moving. With this idea, Marty became positive, and, meanwhile, homesick. She decided to move back to Llanview in September 2006.
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