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>     I believe Philip was also Joe and Ruth Martin's son.  He was
> definitely Ruth's.  However, he died in a plane crash at sea.


Ok, let's get this straight.  Ruth had a sister (don't know her name)
who had Philip by Nick Davis.  The sister was presumedly unwed or
otherwise unable to raise Philip, so Ruth did.

Ruth later married Joe Martin, father of Tara and Jeff, brother to
Paul Martin, son of Kate Martin.  Ruth and Joe adopted Tad when he
was young (not knowing about Tad's parents, who "popped" on the
show later as Ray and Opal Gardner), and had Joey (who was NOT a
result of Ray raping Ruth).

And before someone asks, the Tyler line:  Charles Tyler was wed to
someone long before Phoebe English.  By that woman, he had a child
who grew up to be Chuck Tyler's parent.  I don't think Chuck's
parents ever existed on the show -- possibly they "died" when he
was young.  Meanwhile, Charles & Phoebe got married and had Anne
and Lincoln.

To further confuse parentage, Tara & Philip "marry" themselves before
Philip leaves for war.  She becomes pregnant, and marries Chuck to
give the kid a name/home/etc.  Then for years we watch this family
to see when Little Philip (aka Charlie -- he changed his name to honor
"my real dad" -- besides, he resented Philip returning and breaking up
his folks) will learn who his dad really is.

Gee, sounds like a soap, huh?
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		Patricia Boren
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