DiMera family

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 brothers Roman and Bo Brady and their constant attempts to thwart the various (and often outlandish) schemes of DiMera family patriarch (and crime boss) 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, as well as criminal activity, throughout Latin America as well as the United States. 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.

Members

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

First generation

• Six Unnamed Brothers (deceased)
• Santo DiMera (deceased)

Second generation

• Six Unnamed Brothers (deceased)
• Stefano DiMera
  • Kate Roberts
• John Black
  • Marlena Evans

Third generation

• Tony DiMera (deceased 2009)
  • Anna DiMera
• Renée DuMonde (deceased 1983)
• Megan Hathaway (deceased 1985)
• Lexie Carver
  • Abe Carver
• Benjy Hawk (deceased 2007)
• EJ DiMera (1997 - )
• André DiMera (deceased 2007)
• Belle Black
• Shawn-Douglas Brady
• Brady Black
• Kristen Blake (adopted daughter of Stefano)
• Peter Blake (adopted son of Stefano)

Fourth generation

• Theo Carver (2003 - )
• Claire Brady (2005 - )
• Steven Hawk (2007-)
• Johnny DiMera (October 23, 2007- )
• Sydney DiMera (January 29, 2009 - )

Family tree

Legend

Lines	Boxes
Dashed = Romance or Marriage Solid = Children	Character is currently on the Show Character not on the Show Character is deceased or presumed dead

Gino DiMera

Unknown Woman

Unnamed son of Gino 1

Unnamed son of Gino 2

Unnamed son of Gino 3

Colleen Brady

Santo DiMera

Unknown Woman

Unnamed son of Gino 4

Unnamed son of Gino 5

Unnamed son of Gino 6

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Isabella Brady

John Black

Marlena Evans Black

Unknown Woman

Lee DuMonde

Celeste Perrault

Stefano DiMera

Daphne DiMera

Ellen Hawk

Susan Banks Crumb

Santo's unnamed son 1

Santo's unnamed son 2

Santo's unnamed son 4

Unknown Woman

Rachel Blake (Peter&Kristen's bio mom)

Santo's unnamed son 4

Santo's unnamed son 5

Santo's unnamed son 6

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Brady Black

Belle Black

Shawn-Douglas Brady

Megan Hathaway

Renée DuMonde

Lexie Carver

Abe Carver

Tony DiMera

Benjy Hawk

Sonia Hawk

EJ DiMera

Sami Brady

Andre DiMera

Kristen Blake

Peter Blake

Claire Brady

Theo Carver

Steven Hawk

Sydney DiMera

Johnny 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
        • c. Megan Hathaway (deceased) {given up for adoption}
          • a. Beauregard Aurelius Brady
            • c. Unnamed Child (deceased)
      • a. Celeste Perrault
        • 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
        • c. Elvis Aaron DiMera
          • r. Samantha Gene Brady
            • c. John "Johnny" Roman DiMera
          • m. Samantha "Sami" Brady [annulled]
            • c. Sydney Anne DiMera {born January 29, 2009}
          • a. Nicole Walker
            • c. Baby Girl DiMera (miscarriage; November 25, 2008)
          • m. Nicole Walker DiMera
        • m. Vivian Alamain [divorced]
        • m. Katherine Elizabeth Roberts (married September 24, 2009)
  • a. Colleen Brady (deceased)
    • c. John Black {given up for adoption}
      • m. Marlena Evans Black [invalid; first time]
      • m. Isabella Toscano [dissolved] (deceased)
        • c. Brady Black
          • m. Chloe Lane [divorced]
      • a. Marlena Evans
        • c. Isabella "Belle" Black Brady
          • a. Shawn-Douglas "Shawn" Brady
            • c. Claire Brady
            • c. Unnamed child (deceased)
          • m. Philip Kiriakis [divorced]
          • s. Isabella "Belle" Brady
          • m. Shawn-Douglas "Shawn" Brady [married]
      • 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, Stefano DiMera moved the "family business" to midwestern Salem to build a family there. It originated in Tuscany, but planted offices in various parts of the world, including Rome, New Orleans, Venezuela, various uncharted islands in the Caribbean, and of course Salem.

Current Employees

• Stefano DiMera, currently CEO of the DiMera Enterprises
• EJ DiMera, Attorney for DiMera Enterprises
• Dr. Wilhelm Rolf, Henchman, jack off all trades

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