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Cassie Callison (adoptive mother)
Beth Garvey (biological mother; deceased)
William Sloan Carpenter (adoptive brother; deceased)
David Renaldi (adoptive maternal grandfather)
Herb Callison (adoptive maternal grandfather)
Dorian Cramer (adoptive maternal grandmother)
Sloan Carpenter (adoptive paternal grandfather)
Rebecca Carpenter (adoptive paternal grandmother; deceased)
Lou Cramer (adoptive maternal great-grandfather; deceased)
Sonya Roskova (adoptive maternal great-grandmother; deceased)
William Carpenter (adoptive paternal uncle; deceased)
Adriana Cramer (adoptive maternal half-aunt)
John Carpenter (adoptive paternal great-uncle)
Melinda Cramer (adoptive maternal great-aunt)
Addie Cramer (adoptive maternal great-aunt)
Maggie Carpenter (adoptive paternal first cousin once removed)
Ian Armitage (adoptive paternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
Mark Carpenter (adoptive paternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
Kelly Cramer (adoptive maternal first cousin once removed)
Paul Cramer (adoptive maternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
Blair Cramer (adoptive maternal first cousin once removed)
Kevin Buchanan Jr. (adoptive maternal second cousin; deceased)
Zane Buchanan (adoptive maternal second cousin)
Starr Manning (adoptive maternal second cousin)
Brendan Thornhart (adoptive maternal second cousin; deceased)
Jack Cramer Manning (adoptive maternal second cousin)
Shannon McBain
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River Carpenter started his life as an abandoned baby left in the manager at St. James Church. Found by Cassie Cramer Carpenter, she and her husband, minister Andrew Carpenter, took the child in and made plans to adopt him. Although, they had some trouble when the biological mother, teenager Beth Garvey, sought to claim her baby, when the mother learned she was dying she gave River back to the Carpenters to raise. While River was still young his parents divorced and his mother was later sent to a mental hospital. After her release, River went to live with her.
Years later, a teenaged River returned to Llanview to live with his father. However, since he and Andrew repeatedly clashed, River went to live with Cassie's mother, Dorian. It was at this point, that River met and fell for Adriana Colon, the goddaughter of Dorian's former maid, Carlotta. He and Adriana got together and became lovers, but he messed things up when he cheated on her with Shannon McBain. River left town after being accepted at Juilliard.
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