DiMera family
| Days of Our Lives family | |
| Type | Fictional family |
|---|---|
| Created by | Pat Falken Smith |
| Original run | November 6, 1981— |
| Address | DiMera Mansion 430 Lakeview Drive Salem, U.S.A. 06649 |
The DiMeras are an upper-class Italian Catholic family on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Over the years, the nature of the family itself has been retconned several times; although never directly and overtly, it has been represented as old-line Italian nobility, a relatively self-made European business dynasty, and a stereotypical Mafia family. Its current incarnation appears to be a sort of combination of these: a fairly wealthy Tuscan family with roots in ancient Italian nobility, which according to Stefano goes back centuries and includes kings and popes, and with a strong hand in organized crime (and occasionally, political terrorism) throughout the world. The family is currently represented by the patriarch Stefano's surviving children André and Chad DiMera, adoptive son Peter Blake, and his living grandchildren Steven Hawk, Johnny DiMera, Sydney DiMera, Theo Carver and Thomas DiMera.
At one point the family lost its position but Santo DiMera rebuilt the family, through both legitimate and illegitimate means. Currently has ties to traditional Italian organized crime (and at times, various terrorist elements). It has intermarried with the Brady, and Horton families over the years. In November 2015, the DiMera wealth was substantially reduced when Sami Brady DiMera, under EJ DiMera's instructions, drained all of the liquid assets out of Stefano's financial accounts. Sami kept half of the DiMera money while Belle Black Brady kept the other half. In September 2016, Belle returned her half of the DiMera money to Chad by wiring it to the DiMera Enterprises operating account, prior to her becoming a lawyer for the company. Belle did it to ensure Chad that she was honest and trustworthy.
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