Oh nailbone, it's so confusing. Especially the John Black/Roman thing. Let me try to explain. John came to town and everyone eventually thought he was Roman. Turns out he was wrong, he was Lawrence Alamain's brother, Forrest. But the Alaimains are bad people so he decided to stay with being John Black. Of course, he has also been other people along the way but he goes by John Black. Now the guy that used to play Chris Kosticheck back in the day now plays Roman. And the original Roman, who was played by Wayne Northup played Alex North who was a really bad guy who was Marlena's first husband that even she forgot about. She has died many a time and has come back many a time. She is still played by the same person, as well as Bo and Hope. Bo did leave and another actor did play him, but the original did come back. Jennifer is still being played by the original, however she left and also came back. During that time she was recast. Jack was a recast, but was really popular so you are probably thinking of the current Jack, Matthew Ashford. He has been let go a few times but is hugely popular with the fans and always comes back.

Shawn grew up to become Shawn D, but has since become Shawn again. He romanced Belle, who is Marlena's and John's kid. Mimi is her best friend and Mimi is now married to Shawn. Belle is in a loveless marriage and is still in love with Shawn. She has a kid by Shawn, although neither one of them remember having sex with the other (it was a one time thing). Abby is Jack and Jennifer's kid who is like 18 but should be like 8. Carrie is Sami's half sister, I think her dad is Roman and her mother is Anna DiMera. She has been on the show for a long time, she was around during the Patch and Kayla and Jack and Jennifer time. However they aged her right, so she was young then. She was in her teens around that time. If you saw her you would probably remember her.

Hope this helps.


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