“Days of Our Lives” fans have watched Maggie Horton’s story develop for decades.
Joanne moved to Salem to be near Janice, and their relationship was hard for Maggie to deal with.
Maggie began to develop an alcohol addiction and was later arrested when she crashed her car while intoxicated.

To make matters worse Janice was in the vehicle, perSoaps in Depth.
Maggie began to panic about the custody hearing and fell off the wagon.
She eventually kidnapped Janice but was later brought home to Salem.

Eventually, Joanne won custody of Janice.
Maggie and Mickey eventually worked things out and Sarah went to live in Nashville, perSoaps in Depth.
Melissa began working at a local restaurant.

Later, Melissa’s biological mother, Linda, came to Salem.
The two battled over stocks in a business that had been gifted to her.
However, after it was discovered that Melissa had an affair with Lars her life fell apart.

Melissa eventually moved to Nashville with her sister, Sarah, and tried her hand at a singing career.
However, she did come back to visit Salem and her mother from time to time.
It was also revealed that she had a son named Nathan off-screen.

She returned for the funeral of her father, Mickey, in 2010.
He was offered a permanent job at Salem University Hospital and decided to stick around town for a while.
During his time in Salem, he learned that he and Carly Manning shared a daughter, Melanie.

The two quickly grew close and immediately began to build their mother and son relationship.
At the time of his death, Daniel was engaged to Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker).
Their daughter, Holly Jonas, was later born thanks to surrogate Chloe Lane (Nadia Bjorlin).
The dreams were so vivid that he thought Daniel was trying to tell him something.
So, he went looking for the mystery woman.
He discovered that her name was Summer Townsend (viaSoaps).
Brady learned that Summer and Daniel had once been close friends.
Summer eventually came to Salem and took a DNA test and discovered that she was Maggie’s daughter.
Summer and Maggie began to bond, but Summer’s infatuation with Brady and greed took over.
However, she didn’t go through with it.
Since that time, Maggie and Summer haven’t had a great relationship.
Summer was last seen in Salem blaming her mother for her own issues with alcohol, perSoaps in Depth.