Explanation of the Dutton family tree of Yellowstone (including 1883 and 1923)

Spoiler alert for 1883, 1923, and Yellowstone

The Dutton family tree that decorates the yellow stone the franchise with all its best characters spans multiple generations. yellow stoneThe spinoff series paints a picture of the complete family tree and how its roots influence modern-day life yellow stone characters. The family’s Montana origins are explored for the first time with the cast of 1883, the prequel series that sees the oldest members of the Dutton family navigate a journey west from Texas to Montana.

The family tree continues with the characters in 1923, expanding the stories of James and Margaret Dutton’s children and showing their struggle to protect the ranch after their parents’ deaths. The second prequel introduces Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren to bridge the gap between 1883 and the present, but some elements of the Dutton family tree remain a mystery. The second 1923 series and a 1940s yellow stone ongoing prequel will fill in the details.

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Jacob Dutton

Spouse: Cara Dutton

Jacob Dutton is the eldest of the Dutton children who begin yellow stonecomplete timelinewhich begins on the Texas-Oregon Trail but is not present on the 1883 spin off. Jacob Dutton comes to help his sister-in-law, Margaret, after her 1883 history. Margaret asks her brother-in-law to help save her family’s land in Montana after her husband, James Dutton, dies.

1923, Taylor Sheridan’s follow-up to 1883, tells how Jacob Dutton and his wife, Cara, save the Dutton ranch with the help of James and Margaret’s sons, John and Spencer, who are alive at the beginning of the series. Jacob is the brother of James and Claire Dutton of 1883. He and Cara have no children, but they treat James and Margaret’s children as their own.

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James Dutton

Spouse: Margaret Dutton

• Children: Elsa, John and Spencer

James Dillard Dutton is the main character of 1883: An Origin Story of Yellowstone. James is married to Margaret Dutton and has three children: Elsa, John and Spencer. James, a Civil War veteran and homesteader from Tennessee, embarks on a journey west with his wife, Elsa, and John. After settling in Montana, James and Margaret give birth to their last child, Spencer.

After 1883conclusion, The story of Margaret and John continues in other yellow stone series. Elsa’s postmortem 1923 The narration reveals that Margaret freezes in a ditch some time after writing to Jacob Dutton, citing that her husband is dead. Flashbacks to James and Margaret’s story in yellow stone reveal that James was shot to death by horse thieves, dying in front of his family after barely making it home.

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Claire Dutton

Spouse: Henry

• Children: Mary Abel, six others

Claire Dutton is probably Jacob and James’ sister Dutton. In 1883, after the death of her husband, Henry, she joined the family on their journey west. Claire Dutton has a surviving daughter, Mary Abel, who begins the journey west from Texas with her mother. Claire Dutton is a cruel woman who beats her niece. She dies in the second episode of 1883.

Claire criticizes her family’s plan and casts doubts on the journey. Claire shoots herself to death while sitting by the river after her daughter, Mary Abel, is shot to death. With Shea’s help, James buries his Claire on the riverbank outside of Forth Worth, Texaswith the widow never being able to leave the state she left.

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Elsa Dutton

Spouse: Sam

Elsa Dutton is the daughter of Margaret and James Dutton and sister of John and Spencer Dutton. Elsa is the main character of 1883, which she narrates. While traveling to West Texas with his family in yellow stone prequel saga, she is shot in the liver with an infected arrow and dies from the infection. Her family settles in Elsa’s final resting place in Paradise Valley, Montana.

Despite Elsa’s cheerful and hopeful demeanor, hers is the first in a series of tragedies for the Dutton family. Elsa never had children, but she married Sam, of the Comanche people, before she died. If Elsa hadn’t died from the infection, she might have appeared in 1923, as well as his brothers. However, Elsa’s story in 1883 establishes the basis for all yellow stone franchise.

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John Dutton

Spouse: Emma Dutton

John Dutton is the middle child of James and Margaret Dutton. In 1883, John was just a boy when he embarked on a trip west with his family in yellow stone prequel. He survives the trip, while his sister, Elsa, does not. After settling in Montana, his mother has another son named Spencer, John’s younger brother.

John Dutton is an adult in 1923, the series that follows the events of 1883. John marries Emma Dutton, and the couple have a son named Jack. John Dutton died when Banner Creighton, 1923The film’s villain shoots him in the chest, abdomen and eyes with a Thompson machine gun. After his death, John’s wife Emma takes her own life. The events leave their only son, Jack, without parents.

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Spencer Dutton

Spouse: Alexandra Dutton

Spencer Dutton is the youngest son of James and Margaret Dutton. Spencer does not appear in the 1883 prequel, but he was born after his parents settled in Montana. Spencer grows up with his brother, John, but never meets his sister, Elsa. Spencer is a main character in 1923, and in the first season, the series shows him traveling home to help his Aunt Cara and Uncle Jacob save the ranch.

After experiencing the horrors of warfare abroad in World War I, Spencer flees to sub-Saharan Africa, where he copes with his trauma by drinking and hunting big game while working for the Kenya Protectorate. When he is in Nairobi, Spencer meets a British woman named Alexandraand she leaves her fiancé, Arthur, for the hunter. The two face dangers on the way back to Montana.

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Jack Dutton

Elizabeth Dutton

Jack Dutton is the only son of John and Emma Dutton. Jack is the main 1923 character, shown at Yellowstone Dutton Ranch with his girlfriend, Elizabeth Straffordwho he marries. Elizabeth and Jack are expecting a child in 1923 season 1. However, they unfortunately lose the baby before the end of season 1, continuing the trend of the childless Dutton women.

It’s unclear whether Jack and Elizabeth will get pregnant again. However, we know that either Jack or Spencer pass on the Dutton bloodline. Jack is the son of John Dutton I and Spencer is the son of James Dutton, so they both carry it. The second season of 1923 will likely reveal the father of John Dutton II, father of John Dutton III, who dies at the ranch.

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John Dutton II

Spouse: Unknown

• Children: John Dutton III, Peter

John Dutton II is the father of Kevin Costner’s John Dutton III, the protagonist of yellow stone seasons 1-5A. In yellow stone, John Dutton II is introduced in a flashback to John Dutton III’s final moments with his father. The elder Dutton wants to go on one more horse ride, so he rides with his son to a special part of the farm, where he dies.

John Dutton II is an extension of the lineage established in 1883 and 1923. However, There is no official confirmation of John Dutton II’s father. At this point, the connection between Jack and Spencer Dutton 1923 and the continuation of the Dutton family into yellow stone It’s obscure. 1923 season two could clear up the confusion by revealing who the ranch passes its children to.

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John Dutton III

Spouse: Evelyn Dutton

• Children: Lee, Beth and Kayce Dutton

John Dutton III is the star of yellow stone franchise, although its story ends in yellow stone premiere of season 5, part 2. John Dutton marries Evelyn Dutton and the couple have three children: Lee, Beth and Kayce. John Dutton III also adopts Jamie, who is considered part of the family tree for much of the Yellowstone series, but his betrayal causes the Dutton family to ostracize him.

Only one of John Dutton’s three biological children would carry the lineage and pass through the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. Lee Dutton dies in yellow stone series premiere, and Beth Dutton is unable to have children due to an abortion procedure that sterilizes her. As such, Kayce Dutton, John’s youngest son, and his son, Tate, are heirs to the legacy of the Dutton family.

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Lee Dutton

Spouse: None

One of the only members of the Dutton family to never marry or have children, Lee is the eldest son of John Dutton III. Although some family members, like Elsa or Beth, cannot start a family of their own, they still have a romantic partner. Lee’s lack of emotional connections makes his character truly unique. He compensates by being, without a doubt, the most dedicated to the ranch he is supposed to manage.

Lee dies in yellow stone series premiere as he and several other ranch employees attempt to move their cattle off the reservation. Monica’s brother Robert Long mortally wounds Lee, who Lee’s younger brother Kayce kills. The tragedy that surrounds Lee’s death creates a rift between the surviving members of his familywho often struggle to manage and protect the farm in their absence.

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Beth Dutton

Spouse: Rip Wheeler

• Children: Cater (Adopted)

Beth Dutton is the only daughter of John and Evelyn Dutton. Beth is a star yellow stone seriesalong with her brother Kayce, her adopted brother Jamie and her husband, Rip Wheeler. Beth marries Rip in yellow stone season 4 finale, officially getting married after knowing each other for years. Beth returns to the ranch in yellow stone debut.

Sadly, Beth cannot have children in yellow stone. The series reveals in a flashback that when Beth enlisted Jamie to help her get an abortion when she was a teenager, he approved the procedure despite knowing that the reservation clinic had to legally sterilize his sister to perform the procedure. Beth is deeply resentful of her brother for taking motherhood away from her.

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Kayce Dutton

Spouse: Monica Dutton

• Children: Tate Dutton and John Dutton IV

Kayce Dutton is the youngest son of John Dutton III. After the death of his brother Lee and the betrayal of his adoptive brother Jamie, Kayce and her son, Tate, will inherit the ranch. After his brother passed away yellow stone, Kayce has to step up and protect the ranch, which he has tried to do throughout the series but faltered along the way, trying to protect his own family.

Kayce marries Monica when they are young, after the unexpected arrival of their son, Tate Dutton. Monica and Kayce are deeply in love and stay together to raise Tatehis only living son. Monica was pregnant with another child in yellow stone Season 4, but the baby, who they call John Dutton IV, doesn’t survive a car accident that happens on Monica’s way to the hospital.

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Tate Dutton

Spouse: Not applicable

Tate Dutton is the oldest child of Monica and Kayce Dutton and their only surviving child. Tate momentarily has a brother before dying from injuries sustained in a car accident on the way to the hospital. As such, Tate is one of the only children of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, highlighting his importance as one of the only family members leading the next generation.

Tate could have another sibling in the future, as he, Monica, and Kayce have alluded to Monica having more children. Although Tate seems too old to have younger siblings, his parents got together when they were young, leaving Kayce and Monica in their 30s. Still, as it stands, Tate is the de facto heir to the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.

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John Dutton IV

Spouse: Not applicable

John Dutton IV is the youngest member of the Dutton family tree, although he is no longer living. John Dutton IV is the late son of Monica and Kayce Duttonwho died from injuries suffered in a car accident on Monica’s way to the hospital. Their son’s death was a devastating loss for Monica and Kayce, who have experienced many tragedies during their yellow stoneis running.

All over yellow stone, Monica and Kayce are torn between their connection to the ranch and their desire to raise their own family outside of the hectic environment of Yellowstone. The death of John Dutton IV bridges the gap between their worlds when MOnica asks that John be buried at the ranch, so that his family can always visit him. Monica and Kayce return to the farm, with the tragedy of their son’s death bringing the whole family together.

Source: Taste of the Country