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)

### Notable Family Members

* Amara † (Progenitor Of Petrova Doppelgängers, Human, Formerly Immortal & Anchor)
* Yemaya † (Human)
* Amara's Family and Relatives † (Human)
* Tatia † (Witch, Doppelgänger)
* Cassius Dowsing † (Human; Tatia's husband)
* Ediva Dowsing † (Witch; Tatia and Cassius' daughter)
* Teodosi Petrov † (Witch)
* Veselina Nikolova † (Witch; Teodosi's wife)
* Aleski Petrov † (Witch; Teodosi and Veselina's son)
* Katerina Petrova † (Witch, Doppelgänger, Formerly Vampire; Teodosi and Veselina's daughter)
* Nadia Petrova † (Vampire; Formerly Witch)
* Nataliya Petrova † (Witch; Teodosi and Veselina's daughter)
* Rebecca Flemming † (Human)
* Isobel Flemming † (Vampire)
* Elena Gilbert (Human, Doppelgänger, Formerly Vampire)
* Jenna Salvatore (Hybrid; Elena and Damon's daughter)
* Grayson Salvatore (Witch; Elena and Damon's son)
* Stefanie Salvatore (Witch; Elena and Damon's daughter)
* Arielle Hastings (Witch)
* Edward Labonair † (Tribrid, Formerly Hybrid)
* Viviana Labonair (Tribrid, Formerly Hybrid)
* Edmond Labonair (Hybrid; Viviana's son)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (Original Hybrid, Formerly Hybrid; Viviana's husband)
* Octavia Mikaelson (Tribrid; Viviana and Klaus' daughter)

## Relationships

### Related Families

* Gilbert Family
* Flemming Family
* Saltzman Family
* Sommers Family
* Salvatore Family
* Labonair Family
* Mikaelson Family

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Damon Salvatore (formerly)
* Stefan Salvatore
* Mikaelson Family (via Viviana and Elena)

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 the Original Family. The family is one of the oldest families introduced, originally coming from Bulgaria before ultimately ending up in Mystic Falls. The Petrova Family has been linked to both the **Salvatore** and **Bennett families** since 1st Century BCE, also known as the Biblical Times; and 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 known doppelgänger of the Petrova bloodline while Katherine is the second-known and Elena is the third and final-known doppelgänger. With the death of Silas and Amara; there is no possibility of either Elena, Jenna, Grayson, Stefanie, Sarah, or Johnathan carrying on the doppelgänger bloodline.

At the end of the eighth season of *The Vampire Diaries*and the start of the first season of *Legacies*; Elena Gilbert, Jenna Salvatore, Grayson Salvatore, Bennett Salvatore, Stefanie Salvatore, Sarah Salvatore II, Johnathan Mikaelson, Alatheia Mikaelson, Viviana Labonair, Edmond Labonair, Octavia Mikaelson, and Remus Mikaelson are the last living members of the Petrova Family.

## 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**:
* **Jane Tenley**:
* **Natalia Addington**:
* **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.
* **Marian Flemming**:
* **Andrew Hastings**:
* **Anthony Flemming**:
* **Cornelia Morrow**:
* **Arielle Hastings**:
* **Isobel Flemming**:
* **Edward Labonair**:
* **Viviana Labonair**:
* **Elena Gilbert**:
* **Edmond Labonair**:
* **Remus Mikaelson**:
* **Octavia Mikaelson**:
* **Jenna Salvatore**:
* **Grayson Salvatore**:
* **Daniella Leroux**:
* **Lilith Pierce-Parker**:
* **Adam Pierce-Parker**:
* **Bennett Salvatore**:
* **Stefanie Salvatore**:
* **Sarah Salvatore II**:
* **Macaria Mikaelson**:
* **Johnathan Mikaelson**:
* **Alatheia Mikaelson**:
* **Romulus 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 a daughter named Elena. Isobel left Elena in the good hands of Grayson and his wife Miranda, who didn't know that John was actually the biological father of Isobel's baby. 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 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 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.
* **Damon Salvatore**: Damon is Elena's former husband and the father of their children; Jenna, Grayson, Zachary, Stefanie, and Sarah Salvatore.
* **Elijah Mikaelson**: Elijah is the current husband of Elena Gilbert and the father of their son, Johnathan Mikaelson and an unnamed daughter. He is also the step-father of Jenna, Grayson, Zachary, Stefanie, and Sarah Salvatore.
* **Elian Konstantinov**: Elian is the former lover of Katherine and the biological father of Nadia. Elian is also the biological ancestor of Elena Gilbert, Edward Labonair, and Viviana Labonair.
* **Remus Labonair**: Remus was the husband of Arielle, with whom he was in a three-way marriage with alongside Accalia, and the father of Edward and Viviana Labonair. Through Viviana, he is the biological grandfather of Edmond Labonair, Octavia Mikaelson, Remus Mikaelson, and Romulus Mikaelson.
* **Klaus Mikaelson**: He is the husband of Viviana Labonair and the father of their children; Remus, Octavia, and Romulus Mikaelson. He is also the step-father of Edmond Labonair.

## 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 (**Пётр**, Russian) or Petar (**Петър**, Bulgarian), both of which are equivalent to the English name Peter. These names derive from the Greek "Πετρος" (Petros), meaning "stone".

## Trivia

* The Petrova family is descended from Greek origin, but eventually becomes a family of Bulgarian heritage.
* Amara is the oldest known ancestor of the Petrova family or bloodline, being born some time during 1st Century B.C.E. (100 B.C.) in Greece. Amara was originally human but became the world's first immortal woman after she consumed the immortality elixir.
	+ Amara is assumed to be of Greek origin or descent. It is presumed that her native tongue is Greek. On the other hand, Silas is presumably of Greek/Latin/Roman descent while Qetsiyah is presumably of Middle Eastern/Arabic/Mediterranean descent.
* In the books, Katherine is a member of the von Swartzschild Family, while in the series, she is a member of the Petrova Family.

* In the books, the Von Schwartzchild family is of German descent or origin, but in the television series, the Petrova family are of Bulgarian descent or origin. This change was made because Nina Dobrev, who plays both Katherine Pierce and Elena Gilbert, has Bulgarian heritage; she was born there and speaks the language fluently.
* The Petrova family is referred to using the feminine form of the surname (masculine: Petrov) because so far only female members of the family are significant to the show's plot. The bloodline from Tatia to Elena Gilbert and Viviana Labonair could be considered a Matriline.
* Deleted scenes of the second season show other Petrova family members, but they are not canonical.
* The Petrova family is one of the oldest families in the television series.
* The Petrova family is primarily female dominated and all of the known members of the Petrova family happen to be women.
* Teodosi Petrov, Aleski Petrov, Edward Labonair, Edmond Labonair, and Remus Mikaelson are the only known male members of the Petrova family.

* It is worth noting that three members of the Petrova family have slept with Damon Salvatore: Katherine, Isobel, and Elena. Also, Elijah Mikaelson has kissed three members of the Petrova ladies: Tatia, Katherine and Elena.
* Following Katherine and Nadia's death in *Gone Girl*; Elena Gilbert is the only human member of the Petrova family who is still alive.
	+ Elena's children happen to be hybrids (Jenna and Grayson) and witches (Zachary, Stefanie, and Sarah).
	+ Then everyone descended from Arielle happens to be part witch.
* Nina Dobrev has played three of the doppelgängers (Amara, Katherine and Elena) in *Death and the Maiden*.
* The last descendant of the lineage is presumably Elena Gilbert as she died and became a vampire before having children like her previous doppelgängers, Tatia and Katherine.
	+ Although Elena eventually injected the cure herself at the end of the sixth season and became human once more and the spawning of future Petrova doppelgängers ceases to exist as Amara is now deceased and doppelgängers are no longer needed to fulfill Nature's balance; even though Elena know has four children.
* Both Katerina and her daughter, Nadia Petrova, became vampires in the prime of their youth and grew up to over 500 years of age, ranking them among the most powerful vampires in the series' universe.
* Many of the family members were also members of the Travelers by birth, making them witches with special magical abilities, such as the one to escape death by "passengering" onto another human's body upon dying.
	+ Many family members were also members of the **Eternity Coven**by birth, but this does not become known.
* Almost an entire generation of the family was wiped out by Niklaus Mikaelson during 15th Century A.D. in revenge for Katerina's sabotage of his plan to break the curse that had been placed on him by his own mother over half a century before. However, Nadia wasn't found by Klaus and presumably gave birth to a child before becoming a vampire.
* In a deleted scene in Season Five, Katherine revealed that her lover, Nadia's father, was a Traveler, having taught her how to read tarot cards.