Caddo Lake’s Family Tree Explained

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Caddo Lake.The long family tree in Caddo Lake is almost as confusing as the movie’s timeline, but it’s also absolutely imperative to the thriller’s main twist. As the end of Caddo Lake Clearly, the entire film was about one family and the journey of some of its members through time. Unfortunately, the complicated timeline of Caddo Lake Makes it difficult to determine which letters are connected by blood, and how they all relate to each other. The family relations are a huge part of Caddo LakeAlthough, and a reason it secured a score of 80% on Rotten tomatoes.

There are several capital letters in Caddo LakeAnd almost all of them are connected by blood or love. This can make it a little difficult to keep track of how everyone is related, so to explain all the connections, the family tree will be explained as it relates to Eliza Scanlen. Ali is one of the two main protagonists of Caddo LakeAnd she also serves as the youngest generation, which should help keep the family tree clear. Still, the long family tree is quite complicated, and time travels Caddo Lake Makes it less than intuitive.

Celeste is Si, and both are Eli’s mother

Celeste/Cee is pregnant after reuniting with Paris and Ali is the child

When Ellie emerges in 2005, she discovers that her mother, Celeste (Lauren Ambrose) and Paris’ partner, Si (Dianna Hopper), are the same person, just at different times. Ali discovered this fact after being attacked by C in a grocery store parking lot, a story Celeste had already told her about. Celeste is Ali’s biological mother, and Ali’s trip to 2005 proved that Si was the same person as Celeste, making both versions of the character Ali’s mother.. Celeste/Cee is not biologically related to Anna, as Anna was born before she met Daniel (Eric Lange), but since she was living with Daniel, Celeste/Cee was Anna’s step-mother.

Paris Lang is Ali’s father

Ali is Paris and Celeste’s daughter

Along with Ali, Paris Lang (Dylan O’Brien) is the second protagonist of Caddo LakeAnd he is also right in the center of the long family tree. During her trip to 2005, Ellie discovers that Paris is her biological father. Paris and Cy (who is also Celeste) reconnected back in 2003, just before Paris discovered the gates at Lake Caddo and disappeared. During their reunion, Paris got C pregnant, and she eventually gave birth to Eli. Paris’ relationship with Ali is fairly straightforward, but the rest of his connection to the long family tree becomes more muddled.

Anna is Ali’s grandmother and step-sister

Anna was stranded in 1952, making her old enough to be Paris’ mother

The main conflict of Caddo Lake comes when Anna (Carolyn Falk) disappears in 2022. As the film explained, Anna did disappear through time, and finally came out in 1952. She was injured when she came out of the gate, and when Paris found her, He brought her to safety. Anna, however, did not know how to travel through time, so she was stranded in 1952. This meant that Anna lived the rest of her life for 70 years before she disappeared, and it also meant that she could effectively become the foundation of the long family tree.

Since she essentially restarted her life in 1952, Anna ends up living normally. She eventually married Ben Lang, Paris’ father, and gave birth to Paris, making Anna his mother. Since Paris was Ali’s father, and Anna was Paris’ mother, Anna was Ali’s grandmother. However, given the fact that Daniel (Eric Lang) was Anna’s biological father, and Daniel is also Ali’s step-father, Anna is also Ali’s step-sister. To summarize, Anna was Ben’s wife, Paris’ mother, and Ellie’s grandmother, but she was also Celeste’s step-daughter and Ellie’s step-sister because of Anna’s biological father, Daniel.

Ben Lang is Ali’s grandfather

As the father of Paris, Ben has a direct link to Ali

Ben Lang (Sam Hennings) is, quite simply, Paris’ father. He married Anna at some point, and they have one child, Paris. Since Paris was Ali’s biological father, this makes Ben Ali’s grandfather on her father’s side. Ben’s place in the long family tree is quite clear, but he also has a bit of a complicated side. Since he married Anna, Ben Lang is technically Ali’s step-brother-in-law, as well as her grandfather, even though he is at least fifty years her senior.

Daniel is Ali’s great-grandfather and step-father

Daniel is Anna’s father, Paris’ grandfather, and Celeste’s new partner

The final piece of the Lang family tree puzzle is Daniel. In the beginning of Caddo LakeDaniel is simply Eli’s step-father, as he was in a relationship with Celeste. However, as he was Anna’s biological father, and Anna eventually became Paris’ mother, Daniel is also Ali’s great-grandfather on her father’s side.. Anna’s journey through time also effectively made Daniel Paris’ grandfather on his mother’s side and Ben’s father-in-law. Technically, after Paris disappeared, Cee/Celeste began a relationship with Paris’ grandfather, although she has no way of knowing how Daniel is related to Paris.

The best way to conceptualize the Lang family tree is through two main paths. The first way is ordered by the line of succession. Daniel and an unknown mother gave birth to Anna. Then, Anna and Ben gave birth to Paris, and Paris and Celeste/Si gave birth to Ali. The second path is ordered by chronology. Ben has the earliest birth date, because he never traveled. Paris, Celeste/Cee and Daniel were born at the same time. Ali was born next, around 2002, and Anna was born recently, in the 2010s, although her time travel puts her at the beginning of the tree instead of the end.

The main source of confusion is Anna, who was paradoxically born in the 2010s but lived from 1952 to 1999. The best way to explain how her birth works is to see everyone’s journey through the time gates as a loop that doesn’t happen. No matter what. Regardless of what Paris or Eli do in their time travels, Anna travels back in time to 1952 to effectively start the long family tree. Caddo Lake Takes a very novel approach to time travel that requires some mental gymnastics, but it eventually makes sense in the end.

Source: Rotten tomatoes