Morell family

The **Morell family** are a family located in Atlanta, Georgia, with extended family in England.

## Family members

### First Generation

* **Mr. Morell** †: Alexis' great-grandfather, who purchased what would eventually become the Carrington estate to expand his rice farm. ("The Aftermath") Alexis gives Adam and then Amanda a ring of his that was passed down. ("The British Are Coming")

### Second Generation

* **Maude**: Alexis' grand-aunt who, at 98 years old, broke her hip on her wedding day. ("That Unfortunate Dinner")

### Third Generation

* **Mr. Morell**: Alexis' father, a third generation farmer. He first caught Alexis with Blake Carrington at the stables and chased Blake off with a shotgun. Blake later proposed to Alexis, so his father bought the Morell farmland as a wedding gift for Alexis and Blake, where Carrington Manor was then built. ("Enter Alexis")
	+ **Mrs. Morell**: Alexis' opportunistic mother who did not care who her daughter wanted to marry, preferring Blake as Alexis' suitor over the man she almost married, of less wealth. ("Use or Be Used") She owned an antique Staffordshire cow creamer and is described as a "militant bitch" when it came to Alexis' bridal grown. ("That Witch", "A Real Instinct for the Jugular")
* **Ms. Morell** †: Penny and Amanda's grandmother who the latter cared for until her death. ("A Good Marriage in Every Sense")

### Fourth Generation

* **Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter** (b. 1963 June 12): wife of Dex Dexter (previously Blake Carrington and Jeff Colby), mother of Adam, Steven, Fallon, and Amanda Carrington, and maternal grandmother of Lauren Carrington Ridley.
	+ **Blake Alexander Carrington** (m. 1988-2008): Alexis' first husband and biological father of three of her children: Adam, Fallon, and Amanda.
	+ **Joseph Winifred Anders** †: biological father of Alexis' second born son, Steven. ("The Butler Did It")
	+ **Jeff Colby**: (m. 2019-2020): Alexis' second husband. ("The Sensational Blake Carrington Trial", "New Hopes, New Beginnings")
	+ **Farnsworth Dexter**: (m. 2022): Alexis' third husband. ("Vicious Vendetta")
* **Mrs. Bedford** (née **Morell**) †: Alexis' first cousin from London, England. When she and her husband are unable to conceive, they adopt Alexis' fourth born child, Amanda, who goes on to learn the truth after her adoptive mother's death.
	+ **Mr. Bedford**: Amanda's adoptive father and the widower of Alexis' first cousin.

### Fifth Generation

* **Adam Alexander Carrington** (b. 1988-1989): eldest son of Alexis and Blake Carrington, older (half-)brother of Steven, Fallon, and Amanda.
* **Steven Carrington** (b. 1989): biological son of Alexis and Joseph Anders and adopted son of Blake Carrington, half-brother of Adam, Fallon, Kirby, and Amanda, and ex-husband and current partner of Sam Jones.
	+ **Samuel Josiah Jones Carrington**: (m. 2018-2019): Steven's ex-husband with whom he has resumed a relationship.
* **Fallon Morell Carrington** (b. 1993): eldest daughter of Alexis and Blake Carrington, sister of Adam, Steven, and Amanda, wife of Liam Ridley, and mother of Lauren Carrington Ridley.
	+ **Jack Liam Ridley Lowden**: (m. 2020): Fallon's husband and the father of Lauren Carrington Ridley.
* **Amanda Carrington** (née **Bedford**; b. 1996): youngest daughter of Blake and Alexis, sister of Adam, Steven, and Fallon, and current romantic partner of Kirby Anders.
* **Penny Morell**: a cousin of Fallon's on the Morell side of the family. ("A Good Marriage in Every Sense")

### Sixth Generation

* **Lauren Morell Carrington Ridley** (b. 2023):

## Family-Owned Businesses

* Morell Farm (formerly)
* Morell Green Energy Corporation
* Alexam

## Trivia

* Despite not being confirmed onscreen, Amanda's surname is "Bedford" prior to changing her name to "Carrington".

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/chava\_friedberg/status/1548881144342466560