The family debuted in 1981. Ian believed that he was entitled to part of the DiMera fortune, so he kidnapped Stefano and tortured him to get information from him. In 2017, "Days of Our Lives" viewers were shocked to see Vivian Alamain return to Salem after years of creating drama. On July 25, 2019, Stefan was suspended from DiMera because of his arrest in kidnapping Kate Roberts and Ted Laurent. Rachel Blake died and Stefano adopted her two children was furious with Stefano for disowning E.J. Stefano's happiness was short lived as E.J. was still focused on his plan to bring Stefano down. However, it turned out that E.J. Stefano returned back to the mansion and his evil ways. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Shortly after Sami wanted to ask Stefano for help protecting Will. So, she moved with E.J. He fell in love with Gabi Hernandez and married her before his untimely death. The family has grown substantially over the years, in part due to the discovery of Stefano DiMera's many children. was still trying to win back Taylor, and encouraged him to give up. Over the years Stefano also adopted Peter Blake and his sister, Kristen, who later took the last name DiMera. However, Tony was the product of an affair that Daphnie had with Enrico. But, he told Chad to stay on with the company, but he would report to him. However, not long after, the charges against him were dropped and Stefan was released from federal custody. Stefano was frustrated, as he did not want them all to be killed. m. Kate Roberts (September 24, 2009 to November 27, 2012) On November 26, 2019; it is revealed that Stefano has returned inSteve Johnsons body. m. Marlena Evans (1999 to 2005; invalid) (See Evans ) m. Marlena Evans (December 7, 2006 to August 2008; divorced; later deemed invalid because of his marriage to Hope) (See Evans) Stefano DiMera is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, played by Joseph Mascolo.Created by Pat Falken Smith, Stefano was introduced on January 18, 1982 as the father of Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) looking to expand his criminal empire to Salem.Stefano's early storylines included his feud with Roman Brady (Wayne Northrop), playing his children - Tony and Rene . But in late 2017, she is rehired. The DiMera family is one of the most prominent families in Salem, Illinois. INTERVIEW: Y&R's Courtney Hope talks to Soap Central about Sally's who's the daddy drama! Tony DiMera Though raised as Stefano's son, the count, he learned too late to keep his romance with Rene afloat, shared no blood tie with the Phoenix. Tony DiMera believed for many years that he was the biological son of Stefano and Daphne. The DiMeras are an upper-class Italian Catholic family on the soap opera Days of our Lives. c. Unnamed Child (miscarriage; via in vitro and egg switch; with Shawn)
Who's Who in Salem: Stefano DiMera - Soap Central Despite the drama, Peter and Jennifers relationship thrived. m. Married In retaliation, Marlena snuck into Stefano's cell and injected him with a drug that caused Stefano's body to act like it was in a comatose state. However, no one not even it's staff considers her to be in charge as they all see her as a minor annoyance. Before E.J. Marlena then revealed her feelings for John. To show his gratitude, Stefano gave Alice the "IOU." HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Stars reveal which soap characters they'd invite to Thanksgiving -- and who would ruin everything! So, he agreed to let Kate represent him at the meeting. It is commonly referred to as a "house of horrors" or "Mausoleum" and the "bowls of Hell". Stefano first appeared in Salem in 1982 when he came to town with his friend Lee DuMonde. Nicole peels off her mask and wig to reveal shes been impersonated by Kristen DiMera. Stefano's family tree is long and twisted with branches that span through multiple other "Days of Our Lives" families. Following Stefanos death, it was revealed that he fathered twins Stefan (Tyler Christopher) and Jake (Brandon Barash) with Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel), perSoaps. Ian revealed that he had planted the letter from "Alice" and that Stefano and E.J. A 1988 storyline revealed some family activity in the Far East, but through the years the family has consistently been portrayed as having significant legitimate business holdings, criminal activities, and even political control throughout Latin America as well as the United States. With the two of them back, they pretended to still be the Pawn and Princess Gina. He also fathered a daughter that died named Grace, per Soaps. Months later, in January 2021, Chad willingly resigned after Li confronted him after the company began to face scrutiny after his drunken ONS with his employee and sister in-law, Gwen Rizczech was made public. Months later, in January 2021, Chad willingly resigned after Li confronted him after the company began to face scrutiny after his drunken ONS with his employee and sister in-law, Gwen Rizczech was made public. c. Rene DuMonde (born 1961; died 1983) Stefano had also been pushing E.J. sided with Sami multiple times against Stefano. Peter thought Jennifer was dead and was ultimately convinced to turn himself into the police. However, it was later revealed that the man who raised him was not his father, per Soaps. Jack eventually got out of prison and he, Jennifer, and their daughter Abigail went on the run to stay safe from Peter. Megan was Bo Brady's high school sweetheart and believed her father to be Maxwell Hathaway. He put pressure on E.J. When E.J. Tony DiMera was not Stefano's biological child. He still holds the CEO title but he has no power. Days of Our Lives (May 18, 2004). discovered John's body in Stefano's basement and told Marlena where John's body was. Stefano loses control of DiMera enterprises in July 2014, when Sami and Kate successfully forged his signature on documents that make them Co-CEOs of DiMera enterprise. Mrs. B kidnaps Shawn and then unmasks (off camera) to reveal she is Jan. Over the years it's been revealed that the DiMera family shares a long history with both the Bradford and the Brady families of the fictional Midwestern American city of Salem. Over the years, the nature of the family itself has been retconned several times; although never directly and overtly, it's been represented as old-line Italian nobility, a relatively self-made European business dynasty, and a stereotypical Mafia family. Santo built DiMera Enterprises into an international powerhouse and made connections and deals with numerous officials and businessmen around the world that benefited DiMera Enterprises and were later used by his son Stefano. Santo DiMera is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Fans first met EJ when he was just a baby. Victoria told Nate to sabotage any Devon and Tucker deal. DiMera (Born February 21, 1997) was making and was sure it was because E.J. 2015 storylines involving Chad and Abigail Deveraux revealed the DiMeras are involved in land development. Bo and Hope went to Stefano to ask him to open the box. Storylines in 2008 indicate the core of the family business is shipping. Santo, Stefano, Tony, and EJ all have international reputations as ruthless businessmen and powerful underworld figures. John became Stefano's new assassin/pawn/soldier. To cover up the switch, Stefano killed Marlo. TWO SCOOPS: How Young and Restless are they? After the baby was born, the scheme was uncovered and it was discovered that Stefano was the father of Susan's baby after he dressed up like Elvis Presley and tricked her into artificial insemination. Stefano fathered his next son, EJ with Susan Banks, and was also confirmed to be the biological father of Chad, whose mother was Madeline Peterson Woods. E.J. Benjy's mother, Ellen Hawk, had a brief relationship with Stefano, per Soap Central. (2015), Most of the main room seen in an interview with, Joe Mascolo (Stefano DiMera) on-set photo at the DiMera office. Meanwhile, Tony was thought to be Stefano's son with Daphne DiMera for years before it was revealed that the two weren't biologically related. Is B&B prepping to revisit the Carter/Katie romance that almost was? But, E.J. GH's Katelyn MacMullen on whether Willow and Nina can ever be close and what about that wedding? 's body could be cremated, Kristen snuck into the morgue and injected him with some toxin, per Stefano's orders. Matt Purvis Conspired to switch Hope Brady's baby with Marlo's baby and give Hope's baby to Lexie to raise, Murder - killed Marlo to keep her quiet about the baby swap, Brainwashing- held Steve Johnson captive and brainwashed him to serve as an assassin, Organ theft; had Steve Johnson kidnap John Black and forced Kayla Brady to remove one of John's kidneys and give it to Stefano, Filled the hospital with poisonous gas and trapped various citizens of Salem inside, Ordered the assassination of Mayor Marino (October 2008), Illegal diamond trafficking (December 2008), Accessory to Philip Kiriakis' attempted murder- Philip was shot (April 2009), Accessory to Philip Kiriakis' attempted murder- Philip was drugged (May 2009), Ordered the hit on Dr. Richard Baker (August 2009), Covered up for Kate when she held Daniel's hostage (September 2009), Masterminded an organ trafficking scheme between Statesville and Salem U Hospital (January 2010 [and unknown times prior]), Hired a man to impersonate Rafe in attempt to break up Sami and Rafe's marriage (January 2011 - May 2011), Kidnapped Rafe and replaced him with the imposter (January 2011), Drugged Rafe to erase his memories (February 2011), Accessory to rape- the Rafe imposter slept with Sami (January - May 2011), Accessory to murder- the Rafe imposter killed Fay Walker (April 2011), Held John and Hope captive in Alamainia and forced them to agree to be turned back into Princess Gina and The Pawn in order to steal an expensive piece of artwork (March 2012), Had evidence against Will Horton removed from the Salem PD evidence room (May 2013), Attempted assualt - had a DiMera hitman enter Rafe's hospital room with a razor to cut off Rafe's penis (June 2013), Obstruction of justice - with held evidence in Joe Bernardi's murder until E.J. Stefano DiMera not only has many biological children but he's also the adopted dad of three children. Stefano convinced Susan to disguise herself as Kristen when needed and later give her baby to Kristen and John (via Soap Central). Find out what's ahead next week on The Bold and the Beautiful, B&B's Diamond White makes history in new Disney/Marvel project, chats Paris' next chapter, Studio City, Emmy-winning series from Sean Kanan, snags 13 ISA nominations, Where is Flo? Lindsay Arnold says her DAYS exit "wasn't a last-minute decision", TWO SCOOPS: We got three test tubes and a makeshift microphone, Cody Longo, who appeared on DAYS as Nicholas Alamain, dead at 34. Eventually, Peter began dating Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves) and wanted to change his ways for her. While under Stefano's control, Hope slept with Stefano and became pregnant. Vivian is about to exact her revenge on him for implanting the emotion chip in her tooth. Then, Stefano had E.J. Lexie was raised by Celeste's sister Grace and her husband, who could not have children 1982 to 1983; 1984 to 1985; 1988; 1993 to, MASS FIRING: Show's entire staff of breakdown writers has been let go. On New Year's Eve 2017, Stefano's unknown long lost son with Vivian Alamain, Stefan DiMera, announced the board had named him the new CEO of DiMera Enterprises, effective immediately. Tony believed Li wanted to use Jake to get complete power over DiMera and it's board. Various family members have been residents of Salem. Everything seemed to be going well until Marge Bernardi crashed Sami and E.J. For two long years, the mansion was under Chad's control till in 2018 New Years Eve, Chad's long lost half-brother Stefan DiMera arrived in Salem and bought the bank that holds the mortgage on the DiMera mansion, making him the new owner of the family mansion. Daphne DiMera was also shown to be resting there. 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Lamon Archey shares "#RealLife" news -- he's engaged! Jack asked Diane to marry him. Santo wanted to marry Colleen and she fell for him and violated her oath and made love to him. orchestrated a financial takeover, getting enough shareholder votes to remove Stefano as head of the DiMera Empire and put E.J.
m. Sami Brady (November 9, 2007 to May 27, 2008; annulled) (See Brady and Evans) in the position. On December 2, 2019; it was revealed that Stefano survived being shot by Hope in 2016, but was still weakened from all of his ailments, so he had his mind transferred into Steve's body. wasn't the only one furious with Stefano. "Days of Our Lives" fans who have been watching the show for years know that Stefano DiMera had a soft spot for his grandchildren, and often took extreme measures to make sure that they were protected and had everything they wanted. Hope and John flew home to Salem and gave the coin to the ISA. c. Kristen DiMera m. Alex Marshall (1983; dissolved by her death) not to tell anyone for a while. Stefano hired Rolf's niece, Marlo, who was young, pregnant, often drunk, and about the same length along in her pregnancy as Hope to give her baby to Lexie. The introduction of the DiMera family through the character of. Immediately afterwards, despite the tension between the two, the united DiMera brothers worked on undoing all the damage Jake caused during his brief time as CEO. While Ian was looking away, E.J. A 1988 storyline revealed some family activity in the Far East, but through the years the family has consistently been portrayed as having significant legitimate business holdings, criminal activities, and even political control throughout Latin America as well as the United States. Stefano who was known as "The Phoenix" due to his ability to rise from the ashes and return from the dead soon began to stir up trouble for many people in town and particularly set his sights on the prominent Brady family (via Soap Opera News). Vivian gave birth to her sons but was told that there was only one baby who had died.
On November 18, Li Shin decided to give Jake a chance at DiMera, given he's Stefano's son, and appointed him as the new Vice President of the company. Thank you for visiting days of our lives dimera family tree page. John Black proved to be Roman Brady, with plastic surgery and amnesia. Little did Stefano know that Kate was working with Sami to take down both E.J. Arnold went home with Sami and began destroying her marriage. In May 2018, Chad and Abigail with their son Thomas left the DiMera mansion because of not wanting to live under the same roof with Stefan. Despite being raised by Stefano, Tony is neither a biological nor legal DiMera. The family has always appeared to be extraordinarily powerful in the criminal underworld and the DiMeras have the reputation as being twisted and ruthless in their pursuit of getting what they want and the name "DiMera" consistently strikes fear into the hearts of other criminals. Stefano Dimera married Madeline Petersen and had 6 children.
Kiriakis Familythey forgot Shawn D! | Days of our lives, Life, Day He kept a close eye on Bo, Hope, Marlena, and John.
Days of Our Lives' DiMera Family Through the Years: Timeline [PHOTOS Several other characters have also had affairs, marriage, and questionable relationships with members of Shawn Brady's family, further building the already large family tree.
DiMera family | Days of our Lives Wiki | Fandom Peter fell in love with Jennifer Horton This ripped their marriage apart, much to the dismay of Stefano. was receptive of Stefano's desire to be a family again. After EJ was killed Sami left Salem leaving control of DiMera Enterprises to Kate but Stefano's youngest son Chad DiMera forced Kate to convince the board to make him and Kate co-CEO. c. Steven Hawk (Born sometime prior to 2007) Find out what's ahead next week on General Hospital, Marcus Coloma addresses General Hospital exit, says he knew the end was coming, TOP SECRET: Did former GH star Bryan Craig just reveal he's joined [SPOILER]. However, he later escaped and went underground. Chad survived the surgery and Stefano went about making some life changes. Kristen succeeded in building a relationship between herself and her brothers. Or Cable's adopted daughter who may or may not be his mother reincarnated. Jack eventually learned that Peter was planning to drug Jennifer and leave the country. Characters in the several "Generations" sections are acknowledged in the family, those who are not are in the "Unacknowledged Members" section. After that time, the families were declared enemies, and tension ran high between them for decades. Soaps.com is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Soon Patch and Kayla encountered a boy, Benjy, on their honeymoon. The DiMeras have the reputation of being unimaginably cruel, twisted and ruthless in achieving their goals and the name "DiMera" consistently strikes fear into the hearts of other criminals. "Days of Our Lives" viewers watched Stefano DiMera's children come and go from Salem over the years. Children He told Kate she needed to leave right away. However, when she learned about his devilish ways, she took her son and fled. Soon afterwards, Stefan was killed by Det. Splits time between the DiMera mansion and Italy, Formerly the DiMera Mansion- 430 Lakeview Drive, Salem, USA, Kate Roberts [Married: Sept 24, 2009; Divorced: Summer 2012]. Peter warned Kristen to keep her distance from John Black (Drake Hogestyn). The DiMera board fired Stefan as CEO and initially wanted Kate to replace Stefan but she refused and recommended Chad, who was named the new CEO. I do not however, reserve the right to the. BIG RETURNS: Y&R reveals which stars are returning to mark the show's 50th anniversary, FIRST PHOTO: General Hospital prepares for 60th anniversary, releases stunning cast photo, PHOTO: Melissa Claire Egan is pregnant, and it's a [SPOILER], Y&R's Courtney Hope gives the scoop on Sally's pregnancy, B&B RECAPS: What you missed the Week of February 27, 2023, B&B SCOOP!