Spencer family (General Hospital)

The Spencer family is a fictional family on the American soap opera General Hospital. The family is created by Douglas Marland and first introduced in 1977 when Bobbie Spencer arrives in Port Charles. Bobbie's brother, Luke arrived a year later in 1978. Supercouple Luke and Laura Spencer are part of this family, known for their romance and many adventures.^[1] The Spencer family is characterized as an adventurous bunch, but many in the family have struggled with various types of substance abuse. They are known for their longstanding feud with the Cassadine family. The family is currently represented by: Lulu, Bobbie, Carly, Lucas, Valerie, Michael, Josslyn, Cameron, Jake, Aiden, and Rocco. The Spencers are the owners of the Haunted Star yacht, which is a staple establishment in the Port Charles community.

Family Members

First generation

• Timothy "Tim" Spencer (Anthony Geary)
  The father of Pat, Luke and Bobbie Spencer. He married a woman named Lena Eckert (Laura Wright) who gave birth to Pat, Luke and Bobbie. Tim was a dock worker and struggled with alcoholism. He was physically abusive to Lena and his children. After Lena died from a burst appendix, Tim walked out on his children never to be seen or heard from again.^[2] Luke and Bobbie are then sent to live with Tim's sister, Ruby in Jacksonville, Florida. It was revealed in 2015 that Lena died in 1963 when Luke accidentally hit her in the head with a bat while he was trying to defend her during a heated argument with Tim. Luke then killed his father in a fit of rage.
• Ruby Spencer Anderson (Norma Connolly)
  Ruby is the younger sister of Tim. After Tim and Lena died, Pat sent Luke and Bobbie to Florida to live with Ruby. Ruby raised Luke and Bobbie in Florida, where she worked as a prostitute to support them. In 1979, she came to Port Charles, and got a job at General Hospital. After working at General Hospital for a while, she moved on and became the owner of Kelly's Diner. Ruby was surprised when hospital administrator, Dan Rooney, whom she assumed was involved with nurse Jessie Brewer, asked her out. Dan and Ruby dated for many years, but after many proposals, Ruby gently turned him down, claiming her past made her feel unworthy of him. Ruby dies in her sleep of natural causes in 1999.^[3]

Second generation

• Patricia "Pat" Spencer (Dee Wallace)
  Patricia, known as Pat, is the unseen older sister of Bobbie and Luke. Only mentioned several times, not much is known about her.^[4][5] She never went to Florida with Luke and Bobbie and it is unknown what happened to her. After years of not being spoken of, Pat is mentioned frequently in 2014 after Luke suffers a mental break and Lulu and Tracy feel Pat is the key to unlocking the cause of the breakdown. She has one daughter named Valerie whom she raised as a single mother in Philadelphia.
• Lucas Lorenzo "Luke" Spencer Sr. (Anthony Geary)
  Born around 1948, Luke is the only son of Tim and Lena Spencer.^[2] He was born and raised in Port Charles, New York. He grew up in a low income family and was characterized as street smart. He was raised by a loving mother and an abusive father until the night they died. He befriended Lila Morgan Quartermaine as a teenager, before moving to Florida. He arrived back in Port Charles in 1978 as a con artist. He then became the owner of various businesses around Port Charles. Luke married Laura Webber and together they have two children, Lucky and Lulu. He also has another son, Ethan Lovett, with Holly Sutton.^[6]
• Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman)
  Bobbie is the youngest child of Tim and Lena and the younger sister of Luke. She was born in Port Charles on July 8, 1957. At the age of 14, she began working as a prostitute with her aunt Ruby, who worked in the same profession. At 16, she got pregnant by John Durant, who later came to town as a lawyer. Bobbie gave birth to a daughter, Carly and gave her up for adoption. Bobbie returned to Port Charles in 1977 working as a nurse and took a job at General Hospital. Bobbie married Dr. Tony Jones and adopted his daughter, B.J. She and Tony later adopted a son together named, Lucas Jones.^[7]

Third generation

• Caroline Leigh "Carly" Corinthos (Sarah Joy Brown, Tamara Braun, Jennifer Bransford, Laura Wright)
  Carly is the daughter of Bobbie Spencer and John Durant. She was raised by adoptive parents, Frank and Virginia Benson in Florida. Carly arrives in Port Charles in 1996 aware that Bobbie is her biological mother and plans revenge on Bobbie for abandoning her. Carly and Bobbie had a rocky relationship but overtime they have reconciled. Carly worked in several professions over the years including owning two businesses. Carly now works as co-owner of the MetroCourt Hotel. Carly has three children; Michael Corinthos, with A.J. Quartermaine, who was later adopted by Sonny Corinthos, Morgan Corinthos, with Sonny, and Josslyn Jacks, with Jasper Jacks.^[8]
• Lucas Lorenzo "Lucky" Spencer Jr. (Jonathan Jackson, Jacob Young, Greg Vaughan)
  Lucky is the oldest child and only son of Luke and Laura Spencer. He was born in 1985 and as a child lived with his parents who were on the run from mobster, Frank Smith. He took part in many of his parents' adventures as a child and young adult. In 1999 he was presumed dead in a fire, but was really being held captive by Helena Cassadine. Helena lets a brainwashed Lucky go in 2000 and Elizabeth Webber helps Lucky break free of the mind control. As an adult, Lucky became a police detective. Lucky has three children; Cameron Spencer, Elizabeth son's whom he adopted, Jake Spencer, Elizabeth's son whom he raised and Aiden Spencer, with Elizabeth. Lucky left town in 2011 and moved to Ireland.^[9]
• Barbara Jean "B.J." Jones (Brighton Hertford)
  B.J. was born in 1986 as the daughter of Dr. Tony Jones and Tania Roskov. She was named Barbara Jean in honor of Bobbie, who helped her mother deliver her. Tania was killed soon after she was born, and B.J. was adopted and raised by Bobbie and Tony. B.J. dies in 1994 after a school bus accident left her brain dead. Her heart was donated to her cousin, Maxie Jones, who was suffering from Kawasaki syndrome.^[10]
• Ethan Lovett (Nathan Parsons)
  Ethan is the son of Luke Spencer and Holly Sutton, born of an affair between the two. He was raised in Australia by adoptive parents Frank and Carol Lovett, until they died when he was 15. He arrived in Port Charles in 2009 searching for his birth father, whom he believed was either Luke or Robert Scorpio. Holly arrived in town soon after Ethan and revealed to him that she was his mother, and Luke was his father. Over time Ethan developed relationships with his parents and new siblings, Lucky and Lulu. He worked as a bartender at the Haunted Star before leaving town in 2012.^[11]
• Valerie Spencer (Brytni Sarpy)
  Valerie is the daughter of Pat Spencer, who is first introduced in 2015 when Lulu and Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) go searching for Pat, believing she can answer questions about Luke's mental illness. She didn't realize her mother had siblings or extended family.^[12] She now lives in Port Charles with her new family and works as PAA at the PCPD.
• Lucas Stansbury Jones (Ryan Carnes, Ben Hogestyn)
  Lucas is the biological son of Julian Jerome and Cheryl Stansbury. When Lucas was born, he was believed to be the son of Robert Scorpio. Julian is presumed dead in 1990 and Cheryl dies in 1992. After Cheryl's death, Lucas is adopted by Bobbie and Tony Jones. After Tony dies in 2006, Lucas leaves town moving to Seattle, Washington. Bobbie left town in 2010 and moved to Seattle with Lucas. Lucas returns to Port Charles in 2014 after his sister, Carly is kidnapped.^[13]
• Lesley Lu "Lulu" Spencer (Julie Marie Berman, Emme Rylan)
  Lulu is the youngest child and only daughter of Luke and Laura Spencer. She was born in Port Charles on August 8, 1994 and was raised by her grandmother, Lesley Webber. In 2005 the character was rapidly aged to a teenager. As a baby, she is diagnosed with aplastic anemia and is saved by a bone marrow transplant from her half-brother, Nikolas Cassadine. As a teen, Lulu was rebellious and acted out against her father for not being present in her life. She got involved with Dillon Quartermaine and became pregnant but had an abortion. Lulu struggled with careers before becoming the co-owner of the Haunted Star. She married Dante Falconeri in 2011. Lulu has a son Rocco, with Dante Falconeri, carried by Britt Westbourne.^[14]

Fourth generation

• Michael Alan Quartermaine (Dylan Cash, Drew Garrett, Chad Duell)
  The biological son of Carly and A.J. Quartermaine, Michael was adopted and raised by Sonny Corinthos at a young age. He was kidnapped by his father A.J. and presumed dead until he was rescued and returned to his parents months later. The character was shot in the head in 2008 and remained in a year long coma offscreen, until the character returned, awakening from the coma onscreen in 2009. He remains close to Sonny but has now formed a relationship with A.J., who returned in 2012 after being presumed dead for seven years.
• Morgan Stone Corinthos (Bryan Craig)
  Morgan is the son of Carly and her four time husband, Sonny Corinthos. He was born onscreen in 2003 and SORASed several times. He was raised by Carly and her ex-husband, Jasper Jacks, primarily, due to Carly not wanting the mob to influence Morgan's life. Morgan later believed that his own parents preferred Michael over him, and developed a resentment towards them. He dated Kiki Jerome, but she became interested in Michael. Morgan married her so he wouldn't lose her to Michael, but Kiki found out the truth and left him for Michael, further fueling Morgan's resentment to his family.^[15]
• Josslyn John Jacks (Hannah Nordberg)
  Josslyn is Carly's only daughter and the first-born child of Jasper Jacks. She was born onscreen during the episode airing November 3, 2009. Her godparents are Jason Morgan and Lulu Spencer. As a toddler, she is diagnosed with stage five kidney cancer. She is saved by a donated kidney from, Jake Spencer, who was left brain dead after a hit and run accident.
• Cameron Steven Spencer (Braeden Walkes, Michael Leone)
  Cameron was born on May 11, 2004 in California.^[16] Cameron is the biological son of Lucky's ex-wife, Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) and Zander Smith (Chad Brannon). Zander is killed in 2004 several months before Cameron's birth. Cameron is named after Zander's late father, Cameron Lewis (Lane Davies) and Elizabeth's older brother Steve Webber (Scott Reeves).^[17] Though Lucky never legally adopts Cameron, Cameron takes on Lucky's last name and Lucky is the only father he has ever known.^[18] Occasionally, Cameron still uses Elizabeth's maiden name.
• Jacob Martin "Jake" Spencer (James Nigbor)
  Jake is born in 2007 to Lucky and his then-wife Elizabeth, although he was the biological son of Jason Morgan due to an affair between the two. Jake was Lucky's legal son and was raised by Lucky, who eventually discovered the truth of Jake's paternity. Jake never knew Jason was his father. Jake was presumed dead in 2011 after a hit-and-run accident left him brain dead. It was later discovered that the car was driven by an intoxicated, Luke Spencer. Jake's kidneys were donated to Josslyn Jacks, who was suffering from kidney cancer. In July 2015, it was revealed that Jake is alive and was kidnapped by Helena Cassadine.
• Aiden Spencer (Jason David)
  Aiden is the only biological son of Lucky and Elizabeth, born in 2010. When Elizabeth was pregnant, she did not know if Lucky or Nikolas Cassadine was Aiden's father. He was originally believed to be the son of Nikolas, due to Helena Cassadine switching the paternity test. Elizabeth had a second paternity test done and Lucky was confirmed as Aiden's father. In 2011, Aiden was diagnosed with Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. He received a blood transfusion, from his aunt Lulu and fully recovered.
• Rocco Falconeri
  Born on September 9, 2013, Rocco is Lulu's son with Dante Falconeri. The child is carried by Dr. Britt Westbourne who steals Dante and Lulu's embryos and tries to pass the infant off as Patrick Drake's. When Rocco is born, Britt raises him as her own son. However, the truth comes out, and Rocco is returned to Dante and Lulu.

In-Laws

• Lena Eckert Spencer (Laura Wright) - Tim's wife (dissolved) ^[6]
• Laura Webber Baldwin (Genie Francis) - Luke's wife (1981–2001, 2006) ^[19]
• Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) - Luke's wife (2005–10, 2010–11, 2014) ^[20]
• D.L. Brock (David Groh) - Bobbie's husband (1984–85) ^[7]
• Jake Meyer (Sam Behrens) - Bobbie's husband (1986–88) ^[7]
• Anthony "Tony" Jones (Brad Maule) - Bobbie's husband (1989–96) ^[21]
• Stefan Cassadine (Stephen Nichols - Bobbie's husband (1996–97) ^[22]
• A. J. Quartermaine (Sean Kanan) - Carly's husband (1999–2000) ^[23]
• Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) - Carly's husband (2000–01, 2002–05, 2007, 2015—) ^[24]
• Lorenzo Alcazar (Ted King) - Carly's husband (2005) ^[25]
• Jasper "Jax" Jacks (Ingo Rademacher) - Carly's husband (2007–13) ^[26]
• Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) - Lucky's wife (2005–07, 2007) ^[27]
• Siobhan McKenna (Erin Chambers) - Lucky's wife (2011) ^[28]
• Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) - Lulu's husband (2011–16, 2016—) ^[29]
• Lauren Katherine "Kiki" Jerome (Kristen Alderson) - Morgan's wife (2013) ^[30]
• Bradley "Brad" Cooper (Parry Shen) - Lucas' husband (2016—)

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Descendants

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