Ethan Crane

Ethan "Little Ethan" Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Passions. He is currently portrayed by Colton Shires since January 27, 2004 to present.

Actor history

• Sarah and Thomas Buhl [#1] (June - August 2002)
• Colby and Grayson Button [#2] (September 2002 - July 2003)
• Nicholas Graziano [#4] (November 2003 - December 2003)
• Colton Shires [#5] (since January 2004)

Character history

Little Ethan was born in one of the many Crane cabins on June 21, 2002, with the help of Ethan Winthrop and Gwen Hotchkiss. Little Ethan's mother, Theresa, was on the run after confessing to murdering her husband, Julian (thought to be at the time, Little Ethan's father). After initial respiratory problems, Little Ethan turned out to be a healthy baby boy. Theresa named him after the man she believes to be the love of her life, Ethan Winthrop, and her father, the then-missing Martin Fitzgerald - "the two most important men in [her] life".

Little Ethan spent the first year of his life living in the Crane mansion with his mother and, eventually, his father, once Julian was revealed to be alive after all. It was when he was a few months shy of his first birthday that it was revealed that his parents' marriage was invalid, and his father immediately filed for custody of him. His mother fought, and his father eventually agreed to let her take care of their son as long as she didn't leave the Crane grounds.

Little Ethan spent the summer of 2003 with his maternal grandmother, Pilar, while his mother was in Los Angeles, and when the L.A. six returned late that year, Little Ethan was aged to be a toddler. Unjustly furious about Theresa's part in her granddaughter's stillbirth, Little Ethan's new stepmother, Rebecca, reported Theresa to Child Protective Services, and after an "investigation" and numerous bribes CPS decided that the boy was better off with his biological father, and he was moved into the Crane mansion. It was there that his stepsister, Gwen, decided to convince her husband, Ethan, to adopt Little Ethan with her, to exact revenge on Theresa. During his time at the Crane mansion, Little Ethan was aged to eight, Theresa's parental rights were terminated, and Ethan and Gwen adopted Little Ethan as their son in April 2004, renaming him Ethan Winthrop Jr.

This adoption was short-lived. Ethan and Gwen gave Little Ethan to Theresa after the birth of his half-sister, Jane, thanks to a loophole in the surrogacy papers that Theresa signed. He moved back to the Lopez-Fitzgerald home with his mother, where he remained until his mother moved back into the Crane mansion as Alistair Crane's guest in August 2005. When Theresa married Alistair on October 3, 2005, Alistair revealed that their prenup allowed him to adopt Little Ethan. Little Ethan was then renamed Ethan Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane, and Alistair declared him the heir to the Crane empire.

Little Ethan witnessed Alistair's evil on more than one occasion, although Alistair never harmed the boy. He made several lewd and vulgar gestures and remarks to Little Ethan's mother Theresa; who Alistair was raping. Alistair molded Little Ethan into what he believed would be the perfect Crane. Luckily Alistair "died" a few months later.

In June 2006, it was revealed that, despite all the previous medical evidence to the contrary, Little Ethan was in fact Theresa's son with Ethan, conceived weeks before the night she slept with Julian in Bermuda. Instead of revealing her son's true paternity, Theresa instead chose to continue to allow everyone, except for her mother, Pilar, and best friend, Whitney, to believe that Julian was her son's biological father.

Little Ethan has gotten close to his new step father Jared Casey, who his mother recently married. Little Ethan spends most of his time having play dates with James Boothe, son of Chris and Sheridan Boothe. Little Ethan recently encountered "The Peeper/Blackmailer", who informed him that Julian Crane isn't his father. Though "The Peeper" quickly covered, the secret will soon be out, and Little Ethan could be in danger of losing the Crane fortune, but recently revealed that Alistair has only two heirs Fancy and Little Ethan and Fancy would assume control if anything happened toTheresa or Little Ethan. He is not aCrane by blood but Legally Alistair'sson since he was legally adopted by Alistair. Little Ethan likes his step-father (Jared Casey) a lot.

Little Ethan will maintain his fortune as long as Julian doesn't tell Ethan he is the boys father but he will still have some of the Crane money. If Julian tells Ethan the truth, Little Ethan is out as Heir and Fancy assumes all things Crane (seeing that she was not disinherited in Alistairs will and Julian was).

Family

Parents

• Alistair Crane (adoptive father)
• Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald (mother)
• Jared Casey (stepfather)
• Ethan Winthrop (biological father)

Siblings

• Julian Crane (adoptive half-brother, via Alistair)
• Sheridan Crane (adoptive half-sister, via Alistair)
• Chad Harris-Crane (adoptive half-brother, via Alistair)
• Beth Wallace (adoptive half-sister, via Alistair; deceased)
• Jane Winthrop (adoptive half-sister, via Theresa / biological sister)
• Sarah Winthrop (biological half-sister, via Ethan; stillborn)

Grandparents

• Martin Fitzgerald (grandfather, via Theresa)
• Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald (grandmother, via Theresa)
• Sam Bennett (biological grandfather, via Ethan)
• Ivy Winthrop (biological grandmother, via Ethan)

Great-Grandparents

• Brian Fitzgerald (great-grandfather, via Martin)
• unnamed O'Leary (great-grandmother, via Martin)
• Antonio Lopez (great-grandfather, via Pilar)
• Maria (great-grandmother, via Pilar)
• Harrison Winthrop (biological great-grandfather, via Ivy; deceased)
• Helen Revere-Mott-Beaton (biological great-grandmother, via Ivy; deceased)

Uncles and aunts

• Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald (uncle, via Martin, Pilar; deceased)
• Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald (uncle, via Martin, Pilar)
• Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald (uncle, via Martin, Pilar)
• Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald (aunt, via Martin, Pilar)
• Noah Bennett (biological half-uncle, via Sam)
• Kay Bennett (biological half-aunt, via Sam)
• Jessica Bennett (biological half-aunt, via Sam)
• Fancy Crane (biological half-aunt, via Ivy)
• Pretty Crane (biological half-aunt, via Ivy)
• Fox Crane (biological half-uncle, via Ivy)

Cousins

• Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald (cousin, via Luis; deceased)
• Maria Ivy Lopez-Fitzgerald (cousin, via Miguel / biological half-cousin, via Kay)

Nephews and nieces

• unnamed (adoptive half-nephew, via Julian)
• Fancy Crane (adoptive half-niece, via Julian)
• Pretty Crane (adoptive half-niece, via Julian)
• Fox Crane (adoptive half-nephew, via Julian)
• Endora Lenox (adoptive half-niece, via Julian)
• James Boothe (adoptive half-nephew, via Sheridan)
• Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald (adoptive half-nephew, via Sheridan; deceased)
• Miles Harris-Crane (adoptive half-nephew, via Chad)

Other relatives

• Florencia Lopez (great-aunt, via Antonio, Maria)
• Francisco Lopez (great-uncle, via Antonio, Maria)
• Maria Lopez (great-aunt, via Antonio, Maria)

Notes

2. Little Ethan's biological father, Ethan Winthrop, was born Ethan Crane. Ethan chose to change his surname to his mother's maiden name (Winthrop) after a tabloid exposed his paternity.

Sources

• soapcentral.com|PS Online
• Little Ethan at Soap Central