Bonnie Fogerty

* Annette Fell (paternal grandmother; deceased)
* James Fogerty (paternal great-uncle)
* Mary Fogerty (paternal great-aunt)
* Jeremy Gilbert (maternal first cousin once removed/adoptive uncle)

**Bonnie Hayley Rebekah Fogerty** is a recurring character in *Legacies* and a former recurring character on *The Vampire Diaries*. Bonnie is the pureblood vampire daughter of Jacob Fogerty and Elena Gilbert and the older sister of Veronica, Miranda, and Jenna Fogerty. She is the granddaughter of Albert Fogerty, Annette Fell, John Gilbert, and Isobel Flemming; and the step-granddaughter of Alaric Saltzman. She is the niece of Faith Fogerty and Jeremy Gilbert; the step-niece of Josie and Lizzie Saltzman; the grand-niece of Meredith Fell, Grayson Gilbert, and Miranda Sommers; and the adoptive grand-niece of Jenna Sommers. She is also the adoptive younger sister of Hope Mikaelson.

Bonnie is named after her parents' best friend, Bonnie Bennett. Her middle name is Rebekah after her father's other best friends, Hayley Marshall-Kenner and Rebekah Mikaelson and she takes her surname of her father's side.

**Bonnie** is a member of the **Fogerty Family**, the **Gilbert Family**, the **Fell Family**, and the **Petrova Family**, and the **Mikaelson Family**. She also has ties to the **Saltzman Family** through her mother.

## Early History

Bonnie was born on February 14, 2013, also known as Valentine's Day, and is the daughter of Jacob Fogerty and Elena Gilbert. Compared to her sisters, Bonnie was the only one to be born in New Orleans and the only one to be a vampire due to her parents being vampires themselves.

## Throughout Legacies

### Season One

In *Hope is Not the Goal*, Bonnie is a student at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted along with her younger sister Caroline and various family members.

## Personality

* With Humanity
* Without Humanity

Bonnie has a very friendly personality to her and is often making friends at times; however, she also carries around a very bad attitude when provoked by people she doesn't like. She is also known to be very protective much like her father, Jacob.

After her father's death, Bonnie shut her humanity off so she wouldn't feel the pain and sadness over Jacob's death. Without her humanity, Bonnie could be cold-hearted and didn't care if she hurt other people's feelings especially her own siblings and Hope's.

## Physical Appearance

Main article: Bonnie Fogerty/Appearance
Physically, Bonnie is a very beautiful young woman. Due to her status as a vampire, she is immortal and doesn't age like normal humans.

## Relationships

### Jacob Fogerty

*Main Article: Jacob and Bonnie*

"*My daddy is my best friend and I am his. He'd protect me with his life and would never let any harm come to me or his family. So don't you ever, and I mean ever, speak bad about him.*"
— **Bonnie** about **Jacob**

Jacob is Bonnie's father and one of her close confidants. Bonnie sees her father as one of her best friends as does Jacob himself. Bonnie is Jacob's eldest daughter and the first pureblooded vampire to exist, being conceived when both parents were vampires, her father being an advanced original vampire and her mother being a normal vampire.

### Elena Gilbert

*Main Article: Bonnie and Elena*

"*Bonnie, you are the best parts of me and the best parts of your father. Don't you ever doubt that about yourself, no matter what anyone tells you.*"
— **Elena** to **Bonnie**

Elena is Bonnie's mother. Bonnie is Elena's eldest daughter and the first pureblooded vampire to exist, being conceived when both parents were vampires, her father being an advanced original vampire and her mother being a normal vampire.

### Caroline Fogerty

*Main Article: Bonnie and Caroline*

"*Bonnie, just admit it! You know you'll always be the most powerful out of all of us. You were the only one that mom and dad had while they were both vampires. So never try and convince me otherwise when you know it's true.*"
— **Caroline** in a fight with **Bonnie**

Caroline is Bonnie's younger sister. Bonnie is closest to Caroline most out of all her sisters as she is the closest in age to her. Though like normal sibling relationships, Bonnie and Caroline do have their occasional fights. They attend the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted along with Hope and their nieces Lizzie and Josie.

### Rebekah Mikaelson

Main article: Bonnie and Rebekah

Rebekah is Bonnie's godmother although it's stated they have an aunt and niece type of relationship. This is proven when Bonnie refers to Rebekah as "Auntie Rebekah". Their relationship is formerly introduced in *The Originals* where Bonnie, Jacob, and Elena pay an unexpected visit to Rebekah and her husband Matt in New Orleans as well as Hayley, who contacted Bonnie's father so they could get to meet Hope for the first time.

## Name

* **Bonnie** is a feminine first name of Scottish or Scots-Irish origin which means "pretty", "beautiful", "charming" or "attractive". It is pronounced BAHN-ee or BON-ee.
* **Rebekah** is a feminine name of Hebrew origin (רבקה). The name means "*to tie*". \*It's a biblical name, of the wife of Isaac and mother of Esau and Jacob. Alternate version of it is *Rebecca*.
* **Fogerty** is a surname of Irish origins, being derived from the native Irish *Ó Fogartaigh*. The original spelling is Fogarty.

## Trivia

* Her favorite anime is Pokémon.
* Although she was born on Valentine's Day, she hates the holiday itself.