How many children do Claire and Jamie have on Outlander? (2024)

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How many children does Jamie have in Outlander? ›

Claire and Jamie only have two biological children together: Faith and Brianna. Faith was the stillborn baby in France. Mother Hildegarde baptized the child despite it being against the law, and Jamie never got to see her. He was in the Bastille at the time, and Claire almost died of childbed fever.

The simple answer is no. Claire and Jamie don't have any more children after Brianna. Claire heads through the stones while pregnant with Brianna at the end of the second season/book. She spends 20 years in the 20th century, and she and Frank don't have any children together.

If we're looking for the straight answer, it's two. Claire and Jamie only have two biological children together: Faith and Brianna. Faith was the stillborn baby in France.

After the dust has settled, and with assistance from Ned Gowan, Jamie's marriage to Laoghaire is declared invalid – as Claire was clearly still alive – and he agrees to pay her a yearly fee and provide a dowry for each of her two daughters.

Claire gives him a beautiful, tender answer: she shares his regret, but regret is not enough. And together they make the decision to give the baby to Lucinda, a young mother who lost her own baby at birth, and has both love and milk in abundance.

When Claire returns to the past, she and Jamie reconnect and begin to live as man and wife once again. But some might be wondering what the legal implications of Jamie's marriage to Laoghaire might mean. Given he remarried after Claire, it seems possible their marriage might be void after all.

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Claire and Jamie care for her and give her goat's milk, keeping her warm as they bring her into Brownsville. Once in Brownsville, they find a nursing mother to feed the child, and Richard Brown makes the executive decision to take her in and raise her as his.

It was during that time apart that Jamie married another woman — Laoghaire MacKenzie (Nell Hudson). A character that still has a major impact on Jamie and Claire's story in season 6.

Jamie has a son named William Ransom with Geneva Dunsany, who died during William's birth. Jamie also has two stepdaughters, Marsali MacKimmie Fraser and Joan MacKimmie, from his marriage to his second wife, Laoghaire MacKenzie.

Does Jamie Fraser go to the future? ›

Diana Gabaldon has confirmed there is no possibility that Jamie Fraser will time-travel into the future and live out his life at Lallybroch.

She marries Roger and they have two children: a son, Jeremiah, known as "Jemmy" and a daughter, Amanda Claire MacKenzie (Mandy). Returned to the 20th century at the end of A Breath of Snow and Ashes due to baby Amanda's heart condition.

Unable to sleep, Claire heads to Colum's library to borrow a book, and ends up eavesdropping on a conversation between Colum and Dougal. She discerns that Dougal has gotten Laoghaire pregnant.

Murtagh is often mistaken for Jamie's father, but he is actually his kindly godfather. He is not married and hasn't fathered any children.

Up in their room, Claire is gathering her things. Jamie tries to explain himself, and we learn he is not the father of either of the girls (a total ye olde Maury episode). He married Laoghaire less than two years ago.

Because yes, Claire and Lord John end up married in book seven, and yes, they drunkenly (and full of grief for the loss of Jamie, whom they both love with all of their heart) consummate that marriage. And then Jamie shows up alive and well!

Claire Fraser was born on October 20, 1918.

That would make her 27-and-a-half at the time she and Jamie meet in the books, while Jamie's barely 22. This would make Claire five and a half years older than Jamie.

Brianna is the daughter of Claire and Jamie, but was raised by Frank Randall when Claire was transported back to the 20th century while pregnant. She has a half-brother, William, and an adopted brother, Fergus. Her sister, Faith, died at birth. When Brianna travels to 18th-century Scotland, she marries Roger MacKenzie.

While there are many other mothers in the series, I want to focus on Outlander's Claire Fraser today. She may only have two biological children in the show, but there are others close to her heart and a part of her life with Jamie.

While Brianna knows who William is, William does not yet know that Jamie is his father and that Brianna is his sister. He doesn't discover the connection until late in book seven, when he finds himself in Jamie's company and finally sees the resemblance between them.

Does Jamie ever sleep with Laoghaire? ›

Nonetheless, Jamie did have sexual relations with Laoghaire in a bid to make the marriage work but ultimately failed and so the couple separated. Additionally, it seems Jamie was acting of out duty to his new wife however past trauma meant Laoghaire was unable to reciprocate.

Claire chooses Frank for 20 years until his death and then she finds out Jamie survived Culloden. She heads back to the past to choose Jamie for a second time. There's no way Claire and Jamie will choose someone other than themselves after this. They are endgame, and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

Claire goes back to the 20th century and she is still married to Frank. They stay together for 20 years before Frank dies and Claire goes back to Jamie. However, there's a moment in later Outlander books where Claire believes that Jamie has died.

Among these is one moment in season three when Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) slept with Mary McNab (Emma Campbell-Jones). The scene took place after Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) returned to the future shortly before the Battle of Culloden after Jamie feared for the safety of his wife and their unborn child.

Claire Meets Jamie's Son and Saves Lord John Grey on Outlander - Outlander Season 4 Episode 6.

“And the information she's getting is to save the life of Jamie, to save the life of the clan.” Plus, once Claire realizes that Alex is the father of Mary's child, she's also willing to make concessions to Black Jack, “really for Mary and Alex's benefit.”

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He is a dwarf and some of the residents of Fraser's Ridge believe he is a punishment for his parents' sins. Henri-Christian is placed in a basket and put into a stream by some boys. Roger saves him and baptized him.

Season(s) Geneva Dunsany was the daughter of Lord and Lady Dunsany, who reside at the Helwater estate. She blackmailed Jamie Fraser into a one-night stand, which resulted in their illegitimate child, William Ransom.

Who are Jamie's Biological Parents? Though Jamie was raised by John and Evelyn Dutton, his real parents are Garrett and Phyllis Randall. Since Jamie was a baby when he was adopted he does not remember them.

Jamie's big, looming secret was finally revealed in this week's episode of “Outlander.” Not only did he marry another woman in Claire's absence, but he married her nemesis, Laoghaire.

What happens to Jamie's son Willie in Outlander? ›

William loses both his mother Geneva, who dies during childbirth, and his supposed father the Earl (killed by Jamie), shortly after his birth, from there he ends up in the care of Jamie's friend and close confidant Lord John Gray - who had married Geneva's sister Isobel.

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And Ian, played by Steven Cree, is a warm and welcoming presence after Laoghaire's bitterness. He accepts immediately that Brianna is Jamie's daughter–even though Jamie never mentioned her.

Since the age of six, William has been raised by Lord John Grey, his legal guardian and husband of Geneva's younger sister, Isobel Dunsany.

Some think Jamie's spirit (but not his body) traveled to through time to guide Claire to him; others suggest Jamie had a near-death experience after the Battle of Culloden, and that's why his ghost is 25 when he appears to Frank.

Jamie and Brianna first meet in Outlander (Season 4, Episode 9, "The Birds & The Bees") when they encounter each other on the streets of North Carolina in 1769, but the factors surrounding how they get to this point slightly differ from how it occurs in Diana Gabaldon's fourth Outlander book, Drums of Autumn.

Director Brendan Maher told Vulture that while both Menzies and Heughan had stunt doubles for the physically demanding sequence, neither used them much.

Roger is the father of Bree's baby in Outlander

The Outlander Season 6 finale included the lice scene. It wasn't quite the same way as the books, but it was still a great way to make it clear that Jemmy and Roger are related by blood.

Brianna slept with Roger after they were handfast. However, that same night, she was raped by Stephen Bonnet. It was after this that Bree learned she was pregnant with Jemmy, and now nobody really knows who Jemmy's father is.

Brianna gives birth to Jeremiah in mid-May 1770. It is unclear whether the boy's father is her hand-fast husband Roger MacKenzie, or her rapist Stephen Bonnet. In June 1770, Roger finally arrives at the Ridge, vowing to take Brianna's child as his own, regardless of its paternity.

In the first season, Dougal picked Jamie to marry Claire so that the British army could not lay hands on her.

Does Jenny know Claire is from the future? ›

Claire tells the entire family her true identity of being a time-traveller from the future, but Jenny still views her as a 'witch' or 'faery-woman'. Later in the hen coop Jenny confronts Claire and begs her to cure Ian's illness and prevent him from dying, believing her to have the power to do so.

What happens to Jamie and Claire at the end of the Outlander series? Because yes, Claire and Lord John end up married in book seven, and yes, they drunkenly (and full of grief for the loss of Jamie, whom they both love with all of their heart) consummate that marriage.

Jocasta is Ellen's sister and has loved Murtagh from afar for decades, knowing that he was always in love with another. In the final episode of season four the pair came together, uniting a couple that were never united in the books and setting the television show on a brand new path.

Jamie rushes over to his godfather and in his upset reminds him that he had released Murtagh from his promise to Jamie's mother, meaning he shouldn't have tried to protect him. Murtagh dies, saying, "I would never betray your mother no matter who asked."

The last episode of Outlander was all about Jamie and Willie, and Claire and Lord John Grey. So you might have overlooked the fact Lord John Grey called Murtagh “Mr. Fitzgibbons” when his last name is Fraser. Which you have to admit is weird, right?

Claire knows that she didn't have the same thing, but she can't get to the bottom of the cause. It's Tom who eventually finds out. Malva, before her death, tells him that she made them sick. She'd collected parts of the dead Sin Eater and poisoned Claire and Tom.

Claire learns why Jamie married Laoghaire in Outlander Book 3, Chapter 37. Claire learns more about Jamie's life during the 20-year separation in Outlander Book 3, Chapter 37. This is an important chapter for the backstory.

Geneva was due to be wed to a man many years older than her and decided she wanted to lose her virginity to Jamie rather than her husband-to-be. Jamie reluctantly obliged to her demands and fulfilled her wishes, resulting in Geneva falling pregnant with his child.

Season(s) Geneva Dunsany was the daughter of Lord and Lady Dunsany, who reside at the Helwater estate. She blackmailed Jamie Fraser into a one-night stand, which resulted in their illegitimate child, William Ransom.

Since the age of six, William has been raised by Lord John Grey, his legal guardian and husband of Geneva's younger sister, Isobel Dunsany.

Who takes care of Jamie's son? ›

Who takes care of Jamie's son? William loses both his mother Geneva, who dies during childbirth, and his supposed father the Earl (killed by Jamie), shortly after his birth, from there he ends up in the care of Jamie's friend and close confidant Lord John Gray - who had married Geneva's sister Isobel.

So, yes, Jamie does have another child in addition to those he had with Claire: William Ransom. The boy's mother is the late Geneva Dunsany of Helwater, the house where Jamie serves his parole after his stint in Ardsmuir Prison.

While Brianna knows who William is, William does not yet know that Jamie is his father and that Brianna is his sister. He doesn't discover the connection until late in book seven, when he finds himself in Jamie's company and finally sees the resemblance between them.

It was during that time apart that Jamie married another woman — Laoghaire MacKenzie (Nell Hudson). A character that still has a major impact on Jamie and Claire's story in season 6.

Grey falls in love with Jamie, who rejects his advances. Still, Grey cannot dismiss his feelings.

Ellen Fraser's pearl necklace was a wedding gift to Ellen Fraser from Marcus MacRannoch, a former suitor. Jamie tells Claire that his father, Brian, gave the pearls to him to offer to his future wife, though he didn't say where they had come from.

Did you guess Lord John Grey? Because yes, Claire and Lord John end up married in book seven, and yes, they drunkenly (and full of grief for the loss of Jamie, whom they both love with all of their heart) consummate that marriage.

Does Jamie know Brianna is his daughter? He tells her Jamie is just outside, and she goes running. She finds him relieving himself against a tree and tells him she is his daughter.

William Buccleigh MacKenzie is the illegitimate son of Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan, and was raised by William John and Sarah MacKenzie.