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This is the family relationship between human John Gilbert, vampire Isobel Flemming, and their daughters, the tribrid-doppelgängers Elena Gilbert and Alexandria Gilbert.
The Vampire Diaries Series[]
Season One[]
In Bloodlines, Elena and Alex finds out they're adopted and begins their journey to discover their true parentage.
In A Few Good Men, John returns to Mystic Falls to visit his family, but he is not given a warm welcome. At the same time, Elena and Alex is trying to find their biological mother and learns that their mother's high school friend Trudie is close by, so they go to see her. After her visit, Alex hears her mother's voice for the first time on the phone.
Trivia[]
- John and Isobel were teenagers when they had Elena and Alex
- John and Isobel both did not approve of Elena and Alex's relationships with the Salvatore brothers.
- All four have been dead at some point.
- Elena and Alex, unlike their parents, was resurrected.
- Ironically, Elena's greatest love, Damon killed both John and Isobel at some point.
- All four have been antagonists.
- All four were associated with Katherine Pierce, Isobel, Elena, and Alex being her descendants/occasional allies and John being her minion/ally.
- Elena and Alex did not have a good relationship with either of their parents, but they still loved them, as evident by their sadness when they died.
- Elena and Alex lost their mother before she lost her father.