The Ties That Bind: DAYS

A look back at the DAYS characters who were adopted.

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After Jo Johnson gave him up, Jack (Matthew Ashford) was adopted by nefarious politician Harper Deveraux (Joseph Campanella).

Tanya Boyd and Renee Jones "Days of our Lives" Set NBC Studios 12/17/02 ©Jesse Grant/JPI 310-657-9661 Episode #9477 JPI

Lexie (Renee Jones) was an adult when she learned that Grace Brooks was her adoptive mother, not her biological one. In 1996, she found out the identities of her birth parents, Celeste (Tanya Boyd) and Stefano.

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Caroline (Peggy McKay) and Shawn (Frank Parker) were thrilled when their two adopted sons, Frankie (Billy Warlock, l.) and Max (Darin Brooks, above), returned to Salem in 2005 after a long absence.

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In 2007, the little boy Steve (Stephen Nichols) and Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) called Pocket (real name: Tyler) when he was their foster child was adopted by the Wilkens family.

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Maggie (Suzanne Rogers, near r.) and Mickey adopted Melissa (Lisa Trusel), pictured in 2009.

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Maggie was reunited with Summer (Marie Wilson), the little girl she’d given up for adoption years prior, in 2016. Summer was raised by the Townsend family.

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In 2017, Tripp (Lucas Adams), who’d been raised by adoptive mother Veronica Dalton, got acquainted with his birth father, Steve.

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