The Ties That Bind: B&B

A look back at the B&B characters who were adopted.

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Caroline’s twin, Karen (Joanna Johnson), was kidnapped at birth and adopted by Bonnie Roberts. In 1992, she was reunited with her bio father, Bill (Jim Storm).

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Tony (Paulo Benedeti) and Kristen (Tracy Melchior) adopted African orphan Zende (Daniel E. Smith) in 2001.

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In 2003, B&B introduced Amber’s identical twin, April (Adrienne Frantz). Turns out, her adoption had gone through, while Amber’s had not, so April was raised by the Knight family.

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Eric (John McCook) adopted wife Donna’s (Jennifer Gareis) son, Marcus (Texas Battle), in 2009.

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Nicole (Reign Edwards, near) served as the surrogate mother to Lizzie, born in 2016, who was subsequently adopted by Nic’s sister, Maya (Karla Mosley).

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In 2019, an unwitting Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) illegally adopted “Phoebe” — who was really Hope’s and Liam’s (Scott Clifton) presumed-dead daughter, Beth.

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Also in 2019, Hope (Annika Noelle) adopted Douglas (Henry Joseph Samiri).

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