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The DiMeras are an upper-class Italian Roman Catholic family on the soap opera Days of our Lives. Over the years, the nature of the family itself has been retconned several times; although never directly and overtly, it's been represented as old-line Italian nobility, a relatively self-made European business dynasty, and a stereotypical Mafia family. Its current incarnation appears to be a sort of combination of these: a fairly wealthy Tuscan family with roots in ancient Italian nobility, which had at various points in its history fallen on hard times and rebuilt itself, through both legitimate and illegitimate means, and currently has ties to traditional Italian organized crime (and at times, various terrorist elements). It has intermarried with the Brady, and Kiriakis families over the years.

Over the years it's been revealed that the DiMera family shares a long history with both the Bradford and the Brady families of the fictional midwestern American city of Salem. Currently (as of 2007), the show has been exploring the DiMeras' connection to the Brady clan, dating back at least 50 years in the Bradys' ancestral home of Galway, Ireland, and the roots of a feud between the two families. This is actually a retcon, as the tension between the two families was originally the result of detective half-brothers Roman and Bo Brady and their constant attempts to thwart the various schemes of DiMera family patriarch Stefano DiMera.

In 2007, the family was revealed to originally hail from Tuscany, although patriarch Stefano DiMera has at various times headquartered the family in Rome, New Orleans, Venezuela, various uncharted islands in the Caribbean, and of course, Salem. A 1988 storyline revealed some family activity in the Far East, but through the years the family has consistently been portrayed as having significant legitimate business holdings, criminal activities, and even political control throughout Latin America as well as the United States. Although never shown onscreen, the family is also mentioned to have been involved in terrorism and political assassinations in such places as Thailand, Israel, and Iraq. Storylines in 2008 indicate the core of the family business is shipping. Nevertheless, the family has always appeared to be extraordinarily powerful in the criminal underworld, and the name "DiMera" consistently strikes fear in the hearts of other criminals. In fact, the family and the crime syndicate it controls are so powerful as to be a major focus of several high-level law enforcement and intelligence agencies throughout the world, including the fictional ISA.

The Italian translation of DiMera is "Of the sea," or "From the ocean."

Members

Characters currently on the show are noted in bold; family members through marriage are in italics.

First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Fourth generation

  • Theo Carver (born 2003)
  • Claire Brady (2005 - )
  • Steven Hawk (2007-)
  • Johnny DiMera (October 23, 2007- )
  • Sydney DiMera (January 29, 2009 - )
  • Grace Brady (2009; deceased)[1]

Family tree

Gino DiMeraUnknown woman
Colleen BradySanto DiMeraUnknown woman
Marlena EvansJohn BlackIsabella Toscano BlackUnknown DiMeraUnkown personUnkown womanMadeline Peterson WoodsLee DuMondeCeleste PerraultStefano DiMeraDaphne DiMeraEllen HawkSusan Banks
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Shawn BradyBelle BlackBrady BlackAndré DiMeraMegan HathawayMia McCormickChad DiMeraRenée DuMondeLexie CarverAbe CarverTony DiMeraBenjy HawkSonia HawkEJ DiMeraSami Brady
Claire BradyGrace BradyTheo CarverSteven HawkJohnny DiMeraSydney DiMera

DiMera

  • Santo DiMera (deceased)
    • m. Unnamed woman [dissolved] (deceased)
      • c. Stefano DiMera
        • a. Lee DuMonde (deceased)
          • c. Renee DuMonde (deceased)
            • m. David Banning [divorced]
              • c. Unnamed Child (deceased)
            • m. Alex Marshall [dissolved]
        • a. Unnamed woman
        • a. Celeste Purralt (Affair)
          • c. Alexandra "Lexie" Brooks Carver {given up for adoption}
            • m. Abraham "Abe" Washington Carver [married]
              • c. Theodore "Theo" Brandon Carver
        • a. Ellen Hawk (deceased)
          • c. Benjamin "Benjy" Hawk (deceased)
            • m. Sonia Hawk
              • c. Steven Hawk
        • i. Susan Banks Crumb
    • a. Colleen Brady (deceased)
      • c. John Black {given up for adoption}
        • m. Marlena Evans Black [invalid; first time]
        • m. Isabella Toscano [dissolved] (deceased)
        • a. Marlena Evans
          • c. Isabella "Belle" Black Brady
            • m. Shawn-Douglas "Shawn" Brady
              • c. Claire Brady
              • c. Unnamed child (deceased)
            • m. Philip Kiriakis [divorced
        • a. Kristen Blake
          • c. Unnamed child (deceased)
        • m. Susan Banks [invalid]
        • m. Marlena Evans Black [invalid; second time]
        • m. Marlena Evans Black [divorced; third time]
        • m. Marlena Evans Black [married; fourth time]

DiMera Enterprises

DiMera Enterprises, founded by Santo DiMera is an international, undescripted family-ran crime syndicate. In Europe, DiMera Enterprises were behind many hostile takeovers, drug operations and organized crimes. In early February 1982, Santo's son Stefano DiMera moved the "family business" to midwestern Salem to build a family there. It originated in Tuscany, but branch offices in various parts of the world, including Rome, New Orleans, Venezuela, various uncharted islands in the Caribbean, and of course Salem.

DiMera Enterprises Employees

Current Employees

  • Stefano DiMera, currently CEO of the DiMera Enterprises
  • EJ DiMera, Attorney for DiMera Enterprises
  • Rolf, Henchman, Jack of all trades
  • Chad DiMera, Intern at DiMera Enterprises

Former Employees

  • Andre DiMera, Henchman (1983–1984, 2007), associate (posing as tony) (1993–1996), Former CEO of the DiMera Enterprises (posing as Tony) (2002–2005)
  • Kristen DiMera, temporarily CEO of the DiMera Enterprises between 1995–1997
  • John Black, temporarily CEO the DiMera Enterprises (2008)
  • Peter Blake, former attorney for DiMera Enterprises (1992–1998)
  • Patrick Lockhart, Henchman (on and off from 2004–2007)
  • Colin Murphy, former Dimera doctor, hitman (2002–2003)
  • Bart Beiderbecke, former associate (1997–2007)
  • Petrov, former henchman

References

  1. ^ a b Like Days of Our Lives. "Days of our Life Soap Opera: Find Spoilers, Sneak Previews and Updates – NBC Official Site". Nbc.com. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
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