

He and Gwen left and later returned to Harmony that summer of 1999. He took a job as the lawyer for Gwen's parents, spent some time in private practice, and then went to work for Crane Industries. Once out of high school, Ethan went on to attend an unknown undergraduate school and then Harvard Law School.Īfter graduating from HLS in 1999, Ethan decided to move back to his hometown of Harmony with Gwen. The two then went on to attend Choate Rosemary Hall boarding school. The two became fast friends, and soon started dating. At the age of thirteen, Ethan met Gwen Hotchkiss at a joint mixer for both of their schools. This, coupled with his mother's favoritism of Ethan over her other three children with Julian, caused Ethan's siblings to deeply resent him, especially his brother, Fox and his sister, Fancy. Being Julian's first-born son, he was bred to be the heir to the Crane empire. As Ethan Crane, Ethan lived a life of luxury and power. When Ivy learned she would have nothing if she remained with Sam, she chose to stay with Julian and pass Ethan off as a Crane. Ivy and Sam discovered her father's treachery on Ivy's wedding night to Julian Crane, and the two made love, resulting in Ethan's conception making Ethan their love child and their illegitimate, or in harsher terms, bastard son. His mother Ivy was deeply in love with his father Sam, but Ethan's maternal grandfather, former governor Harrison Winthrop, saw to it that the young lovers stay separated. Though he is the only child of his parents union, he has six half-siblings from his mother's side and his father's side: Fancy Crane (b. 9, 1975 as the only child of Sam Bennett (b. 1 Character History My Best Friend Ethan WinthropĬharacter History My Best Friend Ethan Winthrop Early Life Įthan Alexander Winthrop Crane was born in Harmony, New England on Mar.Phoebe Lopez-Fitzgerald (paternal niece via Fancy)Įthan Alexander Winthrop (formerly Crane) is a fictional character on the NBC/DirectTV soap opera Passions. Miranda Bennett (paternal niece via Noah) Sameul Bennett III (paternal half nephew via Jessica) Maria Lopez-Fitzgerald (paternal half niece via Kay)īrian Lopez-Fitzgerald(paternal half nephew via kay) Katherine Crane (paternal legal grandmother)Ĭhad Harris-Crane (paternal legal uncle deceased) Helen Revere-Mott-Beaton (maternal grandmother deceased)Īlistair Crane (paternal legal grandfather) Harrison Winthrop (maternal grandfather deceased) Margaret Bennett (paternal grandmother deceased) Samuel Bennett I (paternal grandfather deceased) Nathan Winthrop (twin son with Gwen medical abortion) Jane Winthrop (twin daughter with Theresa) Sarah Winthrop (daughter with Gwen stillborn) Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald (love affair in 2000-2001 2008) Jack Bennett (paternal half brother miscarried)įox Crane (maternal half brother deceased) Lawyer for Ivy Winthrop (on permanent retainer) Crane Industries Heir (disinherited in 2000)
