The Horton family is an original and the core fictional family on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, featured continuously since the series debut episode first-run November 8, 1965. The ensemble is created around the marriage, children, and family of Dr. Tom Horton (Macdonald Carey) and his wife Alice (Frances Reid). Prominently a family of doctors, the Hortons have branched out to include lawyers, journalists, police officers and more. Along with the Brady family, the Hortons are one of the two central families on the show.

Since April 1966, every episode is opened by Carey speaking the voice-over epigraph, "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the 'days of our lives' ... "; from Days inception until Carey's death in 1994, and on special episodes since, the initial words are followed by " ... this is Macdonald Carey, and these are the 'days of our lives.'" The family is currently represented by: Julie Olson Williams, Hope Williams Brady, Maggie Horton, Jennifer Horton, Lucas Horton, Will Horton, Shawn-Douglas Brady, Belle Black, Abigail Deveraux, JJ Deveraux, Ciara Brady, Claire Brady, Eli Grant, Arianna Horton and Thomas DiMera.

Members[edit]

This is a list of all known members of the Horton family, both past and present, deceased and living. Characters still presently on Days of our Lives are bolded, characters who are members of the family through marriage only are italicized. Dates of birth are those as seen on screen and do not necessarily reflect the portrayed age at any given time.

Backstory generation[edit]

• William Horton I (deceased)
  
  • 
    Adelaide Horton (deceased)


• Sid Grayson (deceased)
  
  • 
    Abigail Grayson (deceased)

First generation[edit]

• 
  Tom Horton (deceased, June 20, 1994)
  
  • 
    Alice Horton (née Grayson) (deceased, June 23, 2010)

Second generation[edit]

• Tommy Horton


• 
  Addie Horton (deceased 1974)
  
  • 
    Doug Williams (Dissolved by Addie's death in 1974)
    


• 
  Mickey Horton (deceased January 2010)
  
  • Maggie Horton (née Simmons)


• Bill Horton


• Marie Horton

Third generation[edit]

• Sandy Horton


• 
  Julie Olson Williams
  
  • 
    Doug Williams (1976-1979, 1981-1986, 1994-present)
    


• Steven Olson


• 
  Hope Williams
  
  • 
    Bo Brady (deceased in 2015)


• 
  Melissa Horton (adopted)


• 
  Sarah Horton (legal)


• 
  Mike Horton
  
  • 
    Margo Anderman (1978 to 1980; dissolved by her death)


• 
  Jennifer Horton
  
  • 
    Jack Deveraux (married: July 1991- c.1993, 2003-May 2011; deceased August 2012)


• Lucas Horton


• Jessica Blake
  
  • Joshua Fallon

Fourth generation[edit]

• Spencer Olson


• David Banning (born onscreen 1967; died February, 2017)
  
  • Trish Clayton


• 
  Shawn-Douglas Brady
  
  • Belle Black Brady


• Zack Brady


• Ciara Brady


• 
  Nathan Horton (legal)


• Jeremy Horton


• 
  Abigail Deveraux
  
  • Chad DiMera


• Jack "JJ" Deveraux, Jr.


• 
  Will Horton
  
  • 
    Sonny Kiriakis (2014-18)


• Allie Horton


• Nick Fallon

Fifth generation[edit]

• Scott Banning II


• Eli Grant


• Claire Brady


• Arianna Horton


• Thomas DiMera

Sixth generation[edit]

• David Grant (stillborn 2018)

Family tree[edit]

Legend

Descendants[edit]