Petrova Family

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## Family Heritage

### Species

* Immortal
* The Anchor (formerly)
* Progenitor of Petrova Doppelgängers
* Doppelgänger
* Witch
* Passenger
* Human
* Vampire
* Hybrid
* Tribrid
* Augustine Vampire (formerly)
* Ghost (formerly)
* Spirit of Hell (formerly)

### Notable Family Members

* Amaltheia (Ancestor; Demigoddess Witch)
* Amara † (Progenitor of Petrova Doppelgängers, Human; Formerly Immortal, Anchor)
* Amara's Family and Relatives † (Human)
* Tatia † (Human, Doppelgänger)
* Teodosi Petrov (Witch)
* Veselina Nikolova (Witch)

## Relationships

### Related Families

* Gilbert Family
* Flemming Family
* Saltzman Family
* Sommers Family
* Salvatore Family

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Damon Salvatore
* Stefan Salvatore
* Mikaelson Family

The **Petrova Family** (**Bulgarian**:*Петров or Петрова,***Ancient Greek**:*Πέτροβα,***Modern Greek**:*Petros,***Latin**:*Petrus,***English**:*Pierce; translates as "small rock" , "rock" or "stone"*) is one of the main families in *The Vampire Diaries* and arguably the second most important family after Mikaelson Family. The family is one of the oldest families introduced, originally coming from Bulgaria before ultimately ending up in Mystic Falls, Virginia. The Petrova Family has been linked to both the **Salvatore** and **Bennett families** since 1st Century BC, also known as the Biblical Times as well as the **Redfern family** since the 1400s.

Like the Salvatore family, the Petrova family is also known for having a bloodline of Doppelgängers, known as the Petrova Doppelgängers, starting from their earliest known ancestor, Amara the world's first Immortal woman.

When Amara became truly immortal, nature had to find a balance, and thus, created mortal versions of herself, known as "doppelgängers, shadow selves or mortal shadow selves", would appear century after century throughout time. Tatia is the first doppelgänger of the Petrova bloodline while Katherine and Liliya are the second and third, and finally Elena and Evelyn are the third and fourth as well as the final doppelgängers.

## Family Members

* **Athanasios**:
* **Melantha**:
* **Amarantha Athanasiou**:
* **Diantha Athanasiou**:
* **Leonidas**:
* **Artemisia**:
* **Apollonia**:
* **Vili Uhtredson**:
* **Addiena Fiskesdottir**:
* **Tatiana Vilisdottir**:
* **Cadeyrn Vilison**:
* **Teodosi Petrov**:
* **Veselina Nikolova**:
* **Katerina Petrova**:
* **Liliya Petrova**:
* **Aleksi Petrov**:
* **Nataliya Petrova**:
* **Andrei Petrov**:
* **Nadia Petrova**:
* **Kristina Delyanova**:
* **Rebecca Flemming**: Rebecca is a distant descendant of Katerina Petrova and Amara and likely a recent ancestor of Isobel, perhaps her grandmother. Her tombstone indicates that she was born on August 18, 1919 and died on September 15th, 1971, a few years prior to the birth of Isobel. Nothing is known about her character or background and it can be assumed that she was human.
* **Anthony Flemming**:
* **Cornelia Morrow**:
* **Isobel Flemming**: Isobel was a distant descendant of Katerina Petrova, and thus Amara, the world's first immortal woman. Born on October 17, 1975, she grew up in Mystic Falls and as a teenager had two children by John Gilbert. She gave her daughters up for adoption to John's brother Grayson Gilbert and his wife Miranda Sommers-Gilbert, who named the girls Elena and Evelyn. Years later, Isobel was married to Alaric Saltzman when she asked Damon Salvatore to turn her into a vampire. After she became a vampire, Isobel went looking for Katherine and Lily, who helped her get a Lapis Lazuli necklace so she could walk in the daylight unharmed. Isobel helped Katherine and Lily research about the tomb vampires and got the Gilbert Device for John Gilbert to destroy the tomb vampires so that Katherine and Lily could return to Mystic Falls. Isobel was later compelled by Klaus to betray Katherine and Lily and then kill herself. She removed her daylight necklace in front of Elena and Evelyn and burned to death in the sun, ironically in front of her own tombstone. Isobel was a distant descendant of Amara.
* **Elena Gilbert**:
* **Evelyn Gilbert**:
* **Edward Forbes:**
* **Zachary Salvatore**:
* **Henry Mikaelson**:
* **Mira Mikaelson**:
* **Astrid Mikaelson**:
* **Lillian Salvatore**:
* **Gideon Mikaelson**:
* **Unnamed Salvatore**:
* **Nedelya Mikaelson:**

## Relatives

* **John Gilbert**: John met and fell in love with Isobel Flemming during their teenage years and they dated each other for a while. When Isobel was just 16 in the year 1992, Isobel told John that she was pregnant and John brought her to his older brother, Grayson Gilbert, who was the local pediatrician or OB/GYN, so that she could give birth to two daughters named Elena and Evelyn. Isobel left Elena and Evelyn in the good hands of Grayson and his wife Miranda, who didn't know that John was actually the biological father of Isobel's twin babies. John later sacrificed himself to resurrect Elena after Klaus had killed her for his ritual to trigger his werewolf gene, having Bonnie Bennett channel his life force into Elena's body once she died. Though John and Isobel never married, he is considered a relative of the family.
* **Alaric Saltzman**: Alaric was the history teacher and a vampire hunter is the former husband of Isobel Flemming and the stepfather of Elena and Evelyn Gilbert. It was later revealed that he thinks his wife, Isobel, was killed by a vampire, who he suspects to be Damon. Later he find out that Isobel wanted to become a vampire, and begged Damon to turn her, thus making Isobel a vampire. Isobel later came back and compelled Alaric to move on from her and Alaric begins a new life with Jenna Sommers and takes in Elena, Evelyn, and Jeremy as his own by becoming their guardian. Alaric is turned into an Original by Esther. Alaric dies after Elena drowns in season three due to his sired connection to Elena. In the season five finale, Alaric is brought back to life by Liv.
* **Henry Forbes**:
* **Niklaus Mikaelson**:
* **Stefan Salvatore**:
* **Elijah Mikaelson**:

## Surname

* **Petrov** or **Petroff** (**Feminine:**Petrova) is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria.
* The surname is derived from the given name Pyotr (**Russian**: Пётр) or Petar (**Bulgarian**: Петър), both of which are equivalent to the English name Peter. These names derive from the Greek "Πετρος" (Petros), meaning "stone".