This is the family relationship between the former-Enhanced Original Vampire-turned-human, Alaric Saltzman, the vampire Caroline Forbes, and the siphoners, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman.
They became a family when it was discovered Caroline was pregnant, as a surrogate mother, to Alaric and his deceased fiancée's (Jo Laughlin) twin daughters. Caroline decided to keep the babies and gave birth to them in Stefan...I Have To Tell You Something. Caroline then decides to help Alaric raise the babies after he tells her that he plans on taking them out of Mystic Falls. Caroline and Alaric become engaged throughout the three years of helping each other raise the children, which strengthened their family bond as the twins grew older. Alaric and Caroline continue to raise the twins even though their engagement fell through.
During Season Eight, Alaric and Caroline continue to raise their daughters together despite their broken-off engagement. However, due to Damon's influence under Sybil's mind control, the girls are put in danger once again. Once Sybil is put down however, Kai Parker returns and puts their daughters' lives in danger for the second time in their lives. Once everything is resolved after this season and after Stefan's death, Alaric and Caroline (along with Alex) turn the Salvatore Boarding House into a school for supernatural youngsters in which their daughters grow up in and attend.
In Season One of Legacies, Alaric primarily interacts with Lizzie and Josie since Caroline is away and recruiting new supernaturals to the boarding school. Josie and Lizzie can only rely on their father for the time being, but this proves to be difficult for the twins due to Alaric's status as Headmaster of the school while also training and mentoring their classmate, Hope Mikaelson. However, Alaric tries to be there for his daughters in anyway he can.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries[]
Season Eight[]
In Hello, Brother, Alaric shows up at Caroline's house to see their daughters. Alaric then mentions the idea of moving in together, which Caroline agreed.
In Coming Home Was a Mistake, at the end of the episode, Caroline and Alaric figure out from Matt Donovan that Seline; Hope, Lizzie, Josie, Jax, Nina, Lily, and Lia's babysitter; is the second siren.
Throughout The Originals[]
Season Five[]
In The Tale of Two Wolves, Lizzie and Josie are first seen talking with Caroline in an area of the Salvatore Boarding School. Caroline asks them to help Klaus and his kids, but they begin to bargain with their mother because they want certain things in return if they do help Klaus and his kids. Eventually, Caroline was able to convince them to help Klaus before Alaric subdues Klaus. Caroline is visibly upset when Alaric suddenly shoots Klaus in the back and through the heart with an arrow. Knowing this wouldn’t kill Klaus, Alaric locked Klaus up in the basement prison cellar and Caroline later argued with Alaric about their daughters’ safety. Eventually, Caroline is able to convince Alaric to use their daughters in saving Hope and her siblings lives. After Hope, Jax, Nina, and Lily turns into a werewolf for the first time ever, Alaric watches as Lizzie and Josie successfully extract the dark magic from inside of them. Alaric also watches with worry as the twins direct the dark magic into Klaus. As soon as Klaus has the dark magic within him, Alaric immediately takes his daughters away from the spell-site and Klaus.
Trivia[]
- Alaric and Caroline are the first couple ever to birth babies from a pure vampire's womb (Caroline as a surrogate mother).
- Josette Laughlin is the twins' biological mother. She died however during Alaric and Jo's wedding.
- Alaric was engaged to both women who conceived, carried in the womb, and birthed his children.
- Alaric and Jo were engaged and about to be married before she was killed.
- Alaric and Caroline were engaged before they broke it off.
- Alaric and Caroline are still willing to work together, despite calling off their engagement, in raising their children.