Families
The main four families in Harmony are:
- the Crane family, which is the wealthiest family in town. Headed by Alistair Crane, they are a well-known family worldwide comparable with the Kennedy family. Other notable living members include Julian Crane, Sheridan Crane, Fancy Crane, and Pretty Crane.
- the Bennett family, most prominently represented by Sam Bennett, the chief of police. After over twenty-five years, it was revealed that Sam is the father of Ethan Winthrop, once believed to be the heir to the Crane family fortune. Sam also has children Kay Bennett, Jessica Bennett, and Noah Bennett.
- the Lopez-Fitzgerald family, a working-class Irish-Latino family. Headed by matriarch Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, they fell into poverty after patriarch Martin Fitzgerald ran away with Katherine Barrett in the 1980s, though many of their children have fared well as adults: Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald and Theresa Crane (née Lopez-Fitzgerald) both married into the Crane family, while Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald has been engaged to two Cranes.
- the Russell Family, a middle-class African-American family in town. When Passions moved to DirecTV in September 2007, member Whitney Russell was written out by moving to New Orleans following her husband's murder and taking her toddler son along with her; when her father and sister also joined her there, the Russell family was left containing only doctor Eve Russell and her intersexed child Vincent Clarkson.
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Famous quotes containing the word families:
“Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive—or don’t.”
—Bernice Weissbourd (20th century)
“Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described—and will be, after our deaths—by each of the family members who believe they know us.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
“We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing the full extent of dependence and interdependence in American life. As long as we pretend that only poor or abnormal families need outside assistance, we will shortchange poor families, overcompensate rich ones, and fail to come up with effective policies for helping families in the middle.”
—Stephanie Coontz (20th century)