The Wards were a fictional African-American family on the American soap opera General Hospital.
Background
Mary Mae Ward was the family matriarch. Years ago she had an affair with Edward Quartermaine that resulted in a child Bradley Ward. Bradley was married to Isobel Ward at the time of his death in 1974. The couple had three children: son Justus Ward, daughter Faith; and another daughter whose name has never been mentioned on air. It was also revealed in 1994 that Bradley had had an affair with Kylie Quinlan, the daughter of a prominent judge. Kylie had gotten pregnant with Bradley's child, but miscarried shortly before his death. Mary Mae's grandchildren Keesha Ward and Justus came to live in Port Charles shortly after Bradley's body was found. Mary Mae ran the Ward House orphanage in Port Charles and was a blues singer as well. Mary Mae died in 1996 after the actress who played her passed away and Keesha and Justus moved away not long after. Justus returned in 2003, and took on the position of Sonny's attorney. He was eventually murdered in 2006. Faith's daughter Maya Ward came to Port Charles in 2010 to do her medical internship at General Hospital. After being married less than a year albeit due to a drunken mix-up in Las Vegas, Maya returned to Philadelphia and decided to not go back to Port Charles.
Ward family tree
Descendants
1. Unknown male Ward
Unknown female
2. Dan Ward (died 1969)
Mary Mae Courtnee (1926-1996)
3. Bradley Ward (1945-1974) (legal son of Dan)
Isobel Ward
4. Justus Ward (1962-2006)
4. Faith Ward (1969-present)
Unknown male
5. Maya Ward
Kylie Quinlan
4. Unnamed child (1974; miscarriage)
3. David Ward
Margaret Ward
4. Roy Ward
4. Keesha Ward (c1974-present)
3. Idios Ward
2. Unknown female Ward
Unknown male
3. Unknown child
Unknown person
4. Charlene
Unknown male
5. Unknown female
5. Unknown female
Tree
- Dashed line denotes an adopted child
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See also
- Quartermaine family - The family Bradley Ward was born into.
References and notes
- ↑ The Wards owned and lived in what would become the Spencer Estate. The Wards moved out in about 1976 when Keesha was 2 years old, and after Bradley's death in 1974. David later helped Mary Mae buy the "Bradley Ward House" on Charles Street, in which she lived until her death in 1996.
- Dan Ward raised Bradley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGXjXsw0Ag&feature=related
- Mary Mae and Dan Ward had Bradley, David, and a daughter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFqYQtzD0NY
- Justus was 7 when his father died in 1974: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdCWnRmUCzM
- Dan Ward died when Isobel was 6 months pregnant with Faith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pf2kV2v0oE
- Dan and Mary Mae's daughter was Idios: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yYhzQ64vDE&feature=related; Spelling came from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mae_Ward#References
- Dan had a great-niece by his sister named Charlene with 2 daughters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QycAU8PkpM&feature=related
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Families |
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| Main families |
| Ashford · Baldwin · Cassadine · Chase · Corinthos · Hardy · Jacks · Jerome · Jones · Quartermaine · Scorpio · Spencer · Webber · Westbourne |
| Minor families |
| Barrett · Barrington · Bauer · Benson · Brewer · Byrne · Campbell · Cerullo · Clay · Collins · Davis · Devane · Drake · Durban · Eckert · Faison · Falconeri · Giambetti · Juarez · Lansing · McCall · Moore · Morgan · Ramirez · Rivera/Santiago · Romanov · Stanton · Taylor · Ward |
| Mob families |
| Five Families |
| Alcazar · Balkan · Corinthos · Jerome · Lavery/McKay · Novak · Rosco · Ruiz · Scully · Smith · Trujillo · Wu · Zacchara |
| Outside Port Charles |
| Chandler · Cramer · Lord · Manning |
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