Well, it's been a long time since the entire story unfolded, and I still can't recall or make sense of all the twists and turns...sigh...but I'll try, lol.
Basically, Rosanna, who is married to Craig at this point, wants a baby. Craig, however, doesn't want a baby - I guess, because he had just lost Bryant? - but to appease his wife, he arranges for an adoption.
Rosanna learns that the adoption (of their son, whom she names "Cabot") was illegal and that she has to give Cabot back to his biological mother, who lives, offscreen, in Canada. Rosanna dumps Craig and leaves Oakdale (and somewhere, in the middle of all this, Rosanna falls in love with Paul Ryan, too).
In the meantime, Rosanna gets back in touch with Cabot's bio mom, who tells her that she could have Cabot back, but only if she convinces Jordan Sinclair to marry her. (Don't ask me why, lol).
So, Rosanna does just that: she cons Jordan into marrying her. It's only AFTER they marry, however, that Jordan learns he is Cabot's biological father. (I think this is also when Jordan learns he, himself, is James Stenbeck's illegitimate son, but I'm not sure).
Rosanna panics when she learns that James is Cabot's paternal grandfather and abducts the baby. James, in turn, abducts Cabot and Rosanna and leaves them to die in a burning building. Someone - Jordan? Paul? - rescues Rosanna, but the baby is presumed dead. Jordan annulls his and Rosanna's marriage and leaves town.
Barbara, who had crossed over to the dark side with James, plots with him to implicate Emily in some bizarre scheme to drive Rosanna crazy with the suggestion that her baby was still alive (which he was, James had rescued Cabot from that fire). Rosanna agrees to dump Paul in exchange for getting Cabot back. Rosanna leaves Oakdale again.
Some time later, though, Craig finds Rosanna (and Cabot) someplace out of the country. Rosanna is devoted to her son, but realizes that she has to give up baby Cabot for adoption again, or else he'll always be in danger of being taken by James Stenbeck...
...which, I think, led us straight into the Jennifer/Gwen baby switch, but whatever. I mean, all that drama over a child that ended up being given away anyway, and a baby drama that led us only to yet another baby drama. No wonder I ended up on antidepressants, lol.
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JON LINDSTROM, as Craig Montgomery
MICHAEL PARK, as Jack Snyder
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DON DIAMONT, as Bill Spencer, Jr.
JOHN MCCOOK, as Eric Forrester
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JOHN ANISTON, as Victor Kiriakis
JAMES SCOTT, as EJ DiMera
GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABC
MAURICE BENARD, as Sonny Corinthos
ANTHONY GEARY, as Luke Spencer
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC
JERRY VER DORN, as Clint Buchanan
ROBERT S. WOODS, as Bo Buchanan
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, CBS
PETER BERGMAN, as Jack Abbott
DOUG DAVIDSON, as Paul Williams
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BOBBIE EAKES, as Krystal Carey
ALICIA MINSHEW, as Kendall Hart Slater
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TERRI COLOMBINO, as Katie Snyder
MAURA WEST, as Carly Tenney
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, CBS
SUSAN FLANNERY, as Stephanie Forrester
KATHERINE KELLY LANG, as Brooke Logan
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KRISTIAN ALFONSO, as Hope Brady
ALISON SWEENEY, as Samantha (Sami) Brady
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SARAH BROWN, as Claudia Zacchara Corinthos
LAURA WRIGHT, as Carly Jacks
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CRYSTAL CHAPPELL, as Olivia Spencer
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC
ERIKA SLEZAK, as Viki Lord Banks
HILLARY SMITH, as Nora Buchanan
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JEANNE COOPER, as Katherine Chancellor
MICHELLE STAFFORD, as Phyllis Newman
SHARON CASE, as Sharon Newman
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JACOB YOUNG, as JR Chandler
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TRENT DAWSON, as Henry Coleman
AUSTIN PECK, as Brad Snyder
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, CBS
BRANDON BEEMER, as Owen Knight
KYLE LOWDER, as Rick Forrester
DAYS OF OUR LIVES, NBC
SHAWN CHRISTIAN, as Dr. Daniel Jonas
JOSEPH MASCOLO, as Stefano DiMera
GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABC
BRADFORD ANDERSON, as Damien Spinelli
JONATHAN JACKSON, as Lucky Spencer
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JEFF BRANSON, as Shayne Lewis
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MARK LAWSON, as Brody Lovett
BRIAN KERWIN, as Charlie Banks
BRETT CLAYWELL, as Kyle Lewis
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BILLY MILLER, as Billy Abbott
GREG RIKAART, as Kevin Fisher
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MELISSA CLAIRE EGAN, as Annie Chandler
CHRISHELL STAUSE, as Amanda Dillon
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CADY MCCLAIN, as Rosanna Cabot
JULIE PINSON, as Janet Snyder
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HEATHER TOM, as Katie Logan
BETTY WHITE, as Ann Douglas
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NADIA BJORLIN, as Chloe Lane
ARIANNE ZUCKER, as Nicole Walker
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CAROLYN HENNESY, as Diane Miller
REBECCA HERBST, as Elizabeth Webber
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BETH CHAMBERLIN, as Beth Raines Spaulding
TINA SLOAN, as Lillian Raines
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ILENE KRISTEN, as Roxanne Balsom
BREE WILLIAMSON, as Jessica Brennan
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STACY HAIDUK, as Patty Williams & Dr. Emily Peterson
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MARNIE SCHULENBURG, as Alison Stewart
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JACQUELINE MACINNES WOOD, as Steffy Forrester
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MOLLY BURNETT, as Melanie Layton
SHELLEY HENNIG, as Stephanie Johnson
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JULIE BERMAN, as Lulu Spencer
KIRSTEN STORMS, as Maxie Jones
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC
CRYSTAL HUNT, as Stacy Morasco
FARAH FATH, as Gigi Morasco
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, CBS
CHRISTEL KHALIL, as Lily Winters
EMILY O’BRIEN, as Jana Fisher
Outstanding Younger Actor Pre-Nominees:
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DANIEL KENNEDY, as Pete Cortlandt
JR MARTINEZ, as Brot Monroe
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MICK HAZEN, as Parker Snyder
BILLY MAGNUSSEN, as Casey Hughes
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, CBS
DREW TYLER BELL, as Thomas Forrester
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CASEY DEIDRICK, as Chad Woods
DYLAN PATTON, as Will Horton
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DREW GARRETT, as Michael Corinthos, Jr.
NATHAN PARSONS, as Ethan Lovett
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ZACK CONROY, as James Spaulding
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SCOTT CLIFTON, as Schuyler Joplin
SCOTT EVANS, as Oliver Fish
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BRYTON JAMES, as Devon Hamilton
KEVIN SCHMIDT, as Noah Newman