TheDiMera family treeis a complicated one, to say the least.
Stefano DiMera’s family seems to continue to grow, despite the death of Salem’s all-time greatest villain.
Stefano first appeared in Salem in 1982when he came to town with his friend Lee DuMonde.
Some he knew about, and others were a surprise even to him.
However, while Stefano has many children, only three of his biological kids were daughters, perSoap Central.
Stefano found out that Renee DuMonde was actually his biological daughter.
Meghan Hathaway was also discovered to be Stefano’s daughter in the 1980s.
Megan was Bo Brady’s high school sweetheart and believed her father to be Maxwell Hathaway.
Megan was later killed by Larry Welch and left floating in a hot tub.
Stefano’s final biological daughter was Lexie Carver, whom he shared with Salem’s own psychic Celeste Perrault.
Lexie later died from cancer in one ofthe show’s saddest deaths ever.
Over the years, some big paternity surprises have come to light concerning The Phoenix himself.
One of those twists was the parentage of Andre DiMera (Thaao Penghlis).
Andre first came to Salem as Stefano’s nephew.
Stefano convinced Andre to get plastic surgery to look identical to his son Tony DiMera (viaSoaps).
After that, Andre began working closely with Stefano and even assumed Tony’s identity for many years.
He was killed by Abigail Deveraux while she wassuffering from a split-personality disorder.
Stefano was also the father of Benjy Hawk.
Benjy’s mother, Ellen Hawk, had a brief relationship with Stefano, perSoap Central.
However, when she learned about his devilish ways, she took her son and fled.
Stefano eventually caught up to them and had Ellen killed.
Benjy later found himself deaf after getting caught in an explosion that Stefano orchestrated.
Eventually, Benjy went to live with his maternal grandfather, Orion Hawk.
Years later, Benjy returned to Salem with his family after being threatened by Stefano.
Benjy was kidnapped when Stefano was looking for an organ donor.
Tony DiMera believed for many years that he was the biological son of Stefano and Daphne.
However, it was later revealed that the man who raised him was not his father, perSoaps.
Over the years, Stefano also grew close with siblings Kristen and Peter Blake.
Meanwhile, Kristen Blake started off as a nice girl who grew close to Stefano.
Kristen eventually changed her last name to DiMera and became an important member of the family.
Fans first met EJ when he was just a baby.
Of course, John knew nothing about the scheme.
EJ returned years later as an adult and was ready to take his rightful place at Stefano’s side.
This time, she had a mystery man on her arm (viaSoap Central).
Stefan wanted to take his place in the DiMera family and help spin up the empire.
He fell in love with Gabi Hernandez and married her before his untimely death.
Jake was revealed to be Stefan’s identical twin brother, perSoaps in Depth.
Vivian gave birth to her sons but was told that there was only one baby who had died.
She later discovered the truth and reconnected with both Stefan and Jake.
