The Kiernan Family Chronicles Cast of Characters

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The Kiernan Family Cast of Characters - Family History
and Suggested Reading Order
The Secret and Sequels:
(Some crossover of characters occurs)

The Secret, A New Secret, Another Secret, Secrets, Victory, et al:

Diane Alluccio*; 1964 — Present; married 1983 to Davey McPherson (Ronni); 1965-1991; Injuries - Gulf War
One Child:
Erica Kiernan; 1981- Present; married 2006 to Maired Kiernan; 1981-present**
One Child: Adopted
Marie Kiernan; 2011 - Present

*Diane McPherson married 2012; Michelle Alluccio; (Michael Calabrese); 1962 — Present, who was married 1986 to Janine Hansen; 1964 — 2007;
Two Children:
Barbara Montgomery; 1987- Present; married Jason Montgomery; 1986 - Present
Carlotta (Charli) Calabrese; partner since 2009 to Beth Goldberg (Jimmy)

Marie Kiernan (1958 — 2011; cancer; married 1980 to Pat Kiernan; 1956 — 1995; heart attack
Two Children:
Maura Kiernan (1981 - 1997) (leukemia)
**Maired Kiernan (Mark); 1981 - Present

Betty Sorrento; 1958 — Present; married 1980 to Johnny Sorrento 1957 — 1994; auto accident
One Child:
Dr. Regina Kelly; 1981 — Present; married 2009 to Dr. Katie Kelly
Mary Casey Kelly; 1957 - 1997; long-term effects of physical abuse married 1978 Sean Kelly; 1946 — 2010
One Child:
Dr. Katherine (Katie) Kelly (Ben); 1980 - Present


Salvation:

Anthony Sorrento (1966 - Present) married 1990 to Amelia Ardelino (1968 - Present)
One Child:
Linda Sorrento; 1992 — Present; (married eventually to Danny Argento)
Danny Argento (Paula) (1992 — present) married (2016) to Linda Sorrento (1992 —present)
Two children:
Gina Katherine Argento (2017 - Present)
Grace Regina Argento (2017 - Present)


The Defender:

Inga Anneke Olerud; 1972 — 2009; homicide
One Child:
Karl Olerud (Ricki) ; 1992 — Present, engaged to Alice Chang; 1992 - Present

Donna Carter (Don); 1981 - Present; married 2010 to Dani Liu; 1984 — present;
Married to Jeannie Manahan; 1982 — 2007
Two Children:
Steven; with Jeannie; 2007- died in childbirth
Jill Carter-Lieu (Tim); 1998 - Present - adopted

Terry Manahan; 1979 — Present; married 2012 to Sherri Caruso (Kevin Reilly); 1982 to Present


Send Me A Song:

Angela Olerud; 1985 — Present; married Jeff Lomonica
Jeff (Gia); 1983-present; married 2007- 2011 to Dee Harkonen; 1985 — 2011; auto accident)


It's You I Like:

Dr. Andrea Lena DiMaggio (Andy); 1981 - Present
Married 2006 to Carrie (Petersen) DiMaggio Davidson (Divorced 2009) see below
Remarried 2012 to Betty Aberlin DiMaggio
Carrie DiMaggio Davidson remarried to Jim Davidson; both deceased 2012
One Child:
Joshua Davidson DiMaggio (2011-Present)

Giuseppina (Mrs. G) Giordano (1926-2012) married to Angelo Giordano (1923-1989) Friends to the Ardmore area community.
Two Children:
Anthony (Toni) Giordano; 1944-1968; KIA-Vietnam
Margo Giordano; 1949-1950; SIDS


Truth:

Kenny Reilly (Kiera); 1987 — Present; married 2010 to Connie Reilly; 1986 - Present


Something to Live For:

Bobby Manceau (Suzanne); 1984 — Present; married 2011 Alexis Soriano; 1988 — Present


Eileen in Genderland:

Jamie Connors (James) married to Anne Stuart O’Reilly; deceased; married 2011 to Bridey O'Casey
One Child:
Eric O’Reilly Connors (Eileen) ; 1994 — Present; engaged to Karen Reagan


Providence:

Lainey Esposito; (Eddie); 1992-present) married 2012 to April Colavito; 1987-present)
Two Children:
Deedee (Diane) 2012-present
David; 2013-present

Taryn Esposito (Tommy)

Bobby Esposito married Colleen McGuire (Francis)

Terri O'Hara; 1987 — present; married 2013 to Joey Carlucci (Joseph); 1991 — present


The Prayer:

Cal Stuart (Annabeth); 1981- 2013; married 2012 to Maeve Ryan; 1985 — Present


Three Sisters:
Karen Atkins (David); 1982 - Present; married Nancy Ling; 1981 - Present
Joan Atkins Collier; 1984 - Present; is married to Marty (Marta)Collier; 1980 - Present


Occupations:

Diane Alluccio runs a consignment boutique.

Davey (Ronni) McPherson was in the Marine Reserves and drove for UPS. Lainey Esposito and April Esposito are partners in Diane’s store.
Michelle Alluccio runs an Art Studio and Gallery.

Charli Calabrese and Beth Goldberg run a Surf Shop in Virgina Beach, VA

Sean Kelly was a business man. Mary Kelly worked in a coffee shop part-time.

Maired Kiernan
is a musician.

Erica Kiernan is a successful author of children's books.

Dr. Katie Kelly counsels as a free ministry as the Lord leads.

Dr. Gina Kelly is a children's psychologist and head of Guidance Department at Central High

Linda Sorrento and Alice Chang both attend Temple University as seniors.

Danny Argento (Paula) and Rickie (Ricki) Olerud both attend University of Science of Philadelphia as juniors.

Jeff Lomonica (Gia) works at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as a social worker in the Children's Oncology Ward.

Angela Olerud works as a nurse in Labor and Delivery at the same hospital.

Kenny Reilly (Kiera) works as sports reporter for the local paper.

Connie Reilly works as an RN at Children's Hospital.

Donna Carter works as a Liaison for the Victims Assistance Program of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Dani Liu works as a Behavioral Analyst for the U.S. Marshall's Investigative Operations Unit/Philadelphia office.

Terry Manahan works as a private investigator and security consultant.

Sherri Manahan is a special agent for the FBI.

Dr. Andrea DiMaggio
is a veterinarian in the Ardmore area.

Her second cousin and namesake, Dr. Drea DiMaggio, served as a Hospice Counselor at the Home that Love Built until her passing.

Betty DiMaggio works as a guidance counselor at Central High School

Bobby Manceau (Suzanne) works as a social worker at the Children’s Hospital Children’s Oncology Ward

Alexis Manceau is a nurse who works with her sister Tina Soriano and mother Nancy Soriano on the same unit as Bobby.

Jamie and Bridey Connors own a Photography and Modeling Studio in Philadelphia.

Eric (Eileen) Connors and Karen Reagan are full-time students at Muhlenberg University.

Cal (Annabeth) Stuart worked as a guidance counselor at Central High School before his passing.

Maeve Ryan Stuart works as an guidance counselor at Central High while working on her graduate degree in Psychology.

Karen Atkins and Nancy Ling-Atkins own an Architectural Firm.

Joan and Marta Collier own a Nursery and Landscaping Business.

Giuseppina Giordano was a friend to the Ardmore area community.

Rocco, a full-time bull terrier, assists Dr. Katie Kelly in her counseling ministry.

Daniel Tiger, a full-time Tabby Tomcat, and Henrietta Pussycat, a full-time Persian Female, act as assistant veterinary aids to Dr. Andrea DiMaggio and provide occasional CAT Scans.

Scooter, a full-time basset hound, and Angelo, a full-time Airedale, wag their tails in approval.

Note: Names in red italics are the femme personae of characters. The name appears first if they are living full time as women; the name appears second in parentheses if they are living femme part-time or haven’t yet settled their gender identification.

The Reading Order is as follows, with the stories occasionally overlapping, time-wise:

The Secret — the Novella
Gina and Katie - the Journey Begins Novelette
Another Secret
Something to Live For!
It’s You I like! — the Novella
Salvation — the Novella
The Defender - Beginnings
Defender's Dream -the Novella
Send Me A Song — the Novella
Truth
Eileen in Genderland — the Novella
Providence — the Novella
Secrets
Gina and Katie - the Journey Continues
Jeannie and Claire — the Novelette
The Prayer - the Novelette
Three Sisters

Any discrepancies may be reported to me via PM. I tried to edit these the best I could, but I'm quite sure I missed a whole bunch of stuff.

Character list more or less follows story list.

All stories in the Kiernan Family Chronicles series in chapter versions available through my stories page.

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A great guide

This, along with your author page is a great guide, one thing, ok many, would make this even better. Could you convert the story names listed here to links to the various story title pages?

Thank You So Much

I recall that I asked you about the order of your stories a little bit ago. I really appreciate that you put the list together.

thanks hon.

this "score-card" helps a lot.

Dorothycolleen

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