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The **Durant** family is a big, wealthy family, and have consistently been on the show since the beginning.

## Information

### Known for

Lisa Durant's acting career, family scandal, Lorenzo Durant, Caroline Black

## Durant Mansion

### Current residents

Lisa Durant
 Melissa Durant

## Background

The Durant family tree has remained pretty small for generations, until Lisa Durant had the most children of any previous Durant. Lisa currently believes that she isn't a blood Durant, due to meeting her 'biological' father, Raymond Vega, but he made it all up as he was infatuated with her mother, Misty.

### Notable Durants of Days Past

The Durants have history starting as early as 1777, when Lorenzo Durant, an Italian immigrant, snuck onto the S.S Launders which was on its way to the State of New York. There, he met Libertina Cavostona, daughter of blacksmith, Charlie B. Cavostona and the two fell in love. They were married a few months later, and their first daughter, Carolina, was born. Carolina fell ill when she was just 6 years old, and succumbed to Wiley Fever at age 8 after a lengthy battle. Lorenzo and Lib were devastated, and their marriage fell apart. It took the birth of their second child and first son, Evangelico Durant, to bring them together again. They stayed married until Libertina was accidentally killed by an axe in her father's workshop. Lorenzo spent the rest of his life in Italy, until his death. Some historians claim that Libertina was actually murdered by Lorenzo, and that his lost notebooks would prove it.

In 1919, a cabaret singer named Caroline Black was a huge hit in Chicago, singing at the most prestigious clubs in Chicago and around the country. Her mother, a Black prostitute, was killed shortly after her birth, and Caroline was taken in by Harrison and Mary Black. A knock at the door of their small house changed their lives - a man named Dickson Durant was claiming to be her father. Her name as a Durant only catapulted her even further, and she went on to tour America in the 1930s.

### Durant Family Artefacts

**Lorenzo Durant's Notebooks** - currently lost, but many believe the collection of 22 notebooks hold the keys to a variety of mysteries plaguing Italy between 1786 and 1802, including the curious death of King Georgino III. It's value is in the range of $1,000,000 and $97,000,000.

## Durant Mansion

The mansion didn't initially belong to Lisa, and was actually a half completed property owned by Billy Bjergsen. Lisa and Billy moved into the house (which initially was a modest 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom), but after discovering that they were expecting triplets, the house was given a huge makeover and extension to feature 4 extra bedrooms, 3 extra bathrooms, and a whole separate wing. The house also features a nanny's guest house, with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms inside, as well as a spacious living room and study.

The mansion has always been in Lisa Durant's name, apart from a brief period when Billy owned the house when she left her family to go to New York, but this was quickly changed back upon her return.

## List of Durants

(blood Durants only, in-laws aren't counted here, officially adopted children count), (only notes current Durants that have been seen on the show. Historical Durants such as Lorenzo, aren't included)

### Second Generation

* Lisa Durant - Eldest daughter of Amari and Misty Durant
* Virginia Baxter (Durant) - Younger sister of Lisa
* Jeremy Durant - Son of Amari and Misty
* Dani Durant - The youngest of Amari and Misty's children

### Third Generation (children of Lisa, Jeremy, Dani and Virginia)

* Cory Durant - Lisa's son with an unknown man, previously thought to be Mario Vitali
* Sienna Durant - Triplet, daughter of Lisa and Billy Bjergsen, deceased
* Mason Durant - Triplet, son of Lisa and Billy, deceased
* Everest Durant - Triplet, daughter of Lisa and Billy, deceased
* Maya Benali-Durant - Daughter of Lisa and Salim Benali
* Griffin Feng - Son of Lisa and Victor Feng, deceased
* Tajj Steele - Son of Lisa and Salim
* Salim Benali-Durant - Son of Lisa and Salim
* Tehzib Benali-Durant - Daughter of Lisa and Salim
* Madison Durant - Daughter of Lisa and Billy, only surviving child of Billy and Lisa's
* Aron Durant - Twin of Jorge Durant, son of Lisa and Salim
* Jorge Durant - Twin of Aron Durant, son of Lisa and Salim
* Beckham DuMont - Jade Durant's twin, son of Lisa and Blythe DuMont
* Jade Durant - Beckham DuMont's twin, daughter of Lisa and Blythe DuMont
* Lani Durant - biological daughter of Lisa and Jeremiah Baxter, adopted formally by Beckham DuMont and Maria Vitali
* Franklin Durant - son of Marco Cortez and Lisa
* King Baxter - Son of Virginia and Jeremiah Baxter

### Fourth Generation

* Carter Durant - Son of Jade Durant
* Ruby Armstrong - Daughter of Jade Durant and Jeremiah Baxter
* Erica Burke-Castillo - Triplet, daughter of Cory Durant and Melissa Burke-Castillo (via sperm donation)
* Tomas Burke-Castillo - Triplet, son of Cory Durant and Melissa Burke-Castillo (via sperm donation)
* Dorinda Burke-Castillo - Triplet, daughter of Cory Durant and Melissa Burke-Castillo (via sperm donation)
* Theodore Roosevelt - Son of Tehzib and Syed Roosevelt
* Syed Roosevelt - Son of Tehzib and Syed
* Lily Roosevelt - Adopted daughter of Tehzib
* Demario Durant - Son of Tajj Steele and Brody Steele (carried by Dani Durant)
* Lois Durant - Daughter of Tajj Steele and Brody Steele (carried by Dani Durant)

### Fifth Generation

* Oliver Vitali - Son of Maria Vitali and Demario Durant
* Lincoln DuMont - Son of Maria Vitali and Demario Durant
* Rege-Jean Vitali - Son of Maria Vitali and Beckham DuMont