At some point or other,just about every soap character discovers a son or daughter they never knew about(some even more than one)or that their parent is not who they thought.

It's another plot device that has been done to death, and like so many others, really took hold from the 80's on.

Who can you add to the list? Which of these stories sizzled or fizzled?

Y&R

Bill Bell seldom did these stories.

Laurie Brooks found out that Bruce Henderson(not Stuart Brooks)was her father.

Later,Ashley Abbott discovered Brent Davis(not John Abbott) was her bio dad.

Jack found out he had a son-Keemo (now forgotten)

In one of the worst storyline choices Jill and Kay become mother and daughter.

As the World Turns

John Dixon had two - Margo and Duke

Holden discovered Abigail

Tom and Lien

Bob and Kim and Sabrina

As the World Turns

John Dixon had two - Margo and Duke

Holden discovered Abigail

Tom and Lien

Bob and Kim and Sabrina

Let's not forget:

Holden and Aaron

Hal and Nikki

Hal and Parker

Gunnar and Dusty

Iva and Rose/Lily

Hutch and Mary

Carly and Ray

Lucinda and Sierra

James and David

James and Jordan

Damian and Smythe

Cal and Josh

Darryl and Jennifer

Samantha and Georgia

Jade and Rose

Marshall and Sarah

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Pretty much everyone on Guiding Light LOL

JB was really Jonathan, Reva's son with Richard

Billy's bio mom was Sally Gleason and not Miss Martha

Ava - Olivia/Jeffrey

Dylan - Reva/Billy

Dylan finds out Harley gave birth to his daughter (Daisy)

Dinah - Vanessa/Ross

Gus is Alan's son and not Joe Augustino's

Rafe is Gus's son with his high school sweetie Natalia

Lujack... and later Nick McHenry - long lost sons of Alexandra

Also there was the african-amerian Spaulding daughter from Brandon. Forgot her name.

And lets not forget the epitome of "long lost child" - Josh is Erica Kane's aborted fetus on AMC!!!

No more"forgotten" children for Viki on OLTL, please.

Victor Lord? Maybe

Asa Buchanan? Maybe

It's easier to do with men for obvious reasons. (but much as I love Bo Buchanan these days, he looks kinda preggers)

OLTL:

Has everyone forgotten about Eli, the teenaged boy with AIDS that Carlotta adopted about 10-12 years ago? Remember he caused a little trouble around Angel Square (like spray painting graffiti on the angel statue Cristian made), and shortly thereafter just disappeared with no explanation whatsoever never to be mentioned again.

ummm. EVERYONE ON DAYS OF OUR LIVES!

Clint had Cord and Bo had Drew.

RJ had Keri.

Isn't Adrianna in that category?

All they need is for presumed dead Sara (or whoever it was that Jensen Buchanan played) to turn up alive and with another son for Bo.

Y&R has done this. Remember Jack's son Keemo?

Oh wait, am I bringing up a bad memory here?

GH - Laura & Nikolas, Bobbie & Carly, Alexis & Sam

OLTL - Dorian & Cassie & (Cass)adriana

AW - Mac & Paulina, Russ & Josie

RH - Johnny & Dakota

AMC

Adam and Hayley

Dimitri and Anton

Erica and Kendall

Erica and Josh

Opal and Adrian

Mark and Julie

Jack and Greenlee

Vanessa and Trey

Zack and Ethan

Mia and William

Siblings

Kit and Jackson

Kelly and Kitty

Del, Dixie and Di

Dixie and Del

Erica and Mark

Erica and Silver

And thats just a few

AW - Mac & Paulina, Russ & Josie

Ryan & Carl, too.

Couldn't you throw Donna/Michael/Vicky/Marley in there, too? Michael had no idea that Donna had twins right? Then Marley was raised to believe that she was Donna's sister right? Did Donna know that Vicki was out there? I know Marley had no clue that she had a twin but did Donna know that Vicki was still out there?

Passions:

San and Ethan

Ethan and Little Ethan

Ethan and Gwen's baby boy

No more"forgotten" children for Viki on OLTL, please.

Victor Lord? Maybe

Asa Buchanan? Maybe

It's easier to do with men for obvious reasons. (but much as I love Bo Buchanan these days, he looks kinda preggers)

No more for Asa... really, why? What's the point of it? It's tiring and a bit predictable on all points really.

Re Donna/Vicky

Reginald took Vicky away at birth (not sure why) and Donna was unaware of her existence.

Viki on OLTL discovered Megan was her daughter.

On Days,Jessica discovered Marie and Alex were her parents.

Lucas found out Bill Horton was his father.

Renee's sister Lee was actually her mother and Stefano was her father.

Don Craig & Donna.

Mike found out Bill,not Mickey was his dad,

Roman thought Carrie had died.

Rex/Cassie - Kate /Roman

On Ryan's Hope,Johnny and Dakota were revealed to be father and son.

Oh GH, Monica found out Dawn was her daughter.

Sharon Case was one of the actresses that played Dawn btw.