In 1980, DALLAS’s Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly, l.) got confirmation that he was the biological son of Jock Ewing (Jim Davis), his boss at Southfork Ranch.
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GUIDING LIGHT’s Alexandra (Beverlee McKinsey) was reunited with her missing son, Lujack (Vincent Irizarry), in 1984.
The 1985 arrival of Johnny’s (Bernard Barrow, r.) illegitimate adult son, Dakota (Christopher Durham), rocked his marriage to Maeve (Helen Gallagher).
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On KNOTS LANDING, Paige (Nicolette Sheridan) showed up on Mack’s (Kevin Dobson) doorstep in 1986 claiming to be his daughter (which turned out to be true).
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ALL MY CHILDREN’s Erica (Susan Lucci) had blocked out the birth of firstborn daughter Kendall (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who came to Pine Valley in 1993 bent on revenge.