Family Ties: How General Hospital’s Michael Corinthos Is Related to *Everybody*

Now that General Hospital has returned Michael Corinthos to Port Charles — with Rory Gibson in the role — you might be asking yourself anew, “Is there anyone to whom he isn’t related?” And the answer is yes. But just barely. Keep scrolling to see how deep his roots run.

Michael (here Dylan Cash) was born to Bobbie Spencer’s spitfire daughter, Carly. That’s the easy part.

Michael’s father was Carly’s one-night stand, A.J. Quartermaine. But she really didn’t want to be connected to him for the rest of her life, so she called in a favor.

Carly recruited A.J.’s half brother — her sometime lover Jason Morgan — to pass out cigars. But A.J. could only be fooled for so long.

Eventually, Carly had new lover Sonny Corinthos make A.J. an offer he couldn’t refuse to give up his paternal rights to Michael (Chad Duell here).

Sonny and Carly’s marriages gave Michael a half brother in ill-fated Morgan Corinthos.

Sonny’s brief fling with attorney Alexis Davis gave Michael a… Hmm. What would Kristina be to him? Since Michael isn’t Sonny’s biological son, he and Kristina would be stepsiblings. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

Sonny’s mausoleum hookup with Ava Jerome gave Michael another stepsister in Avery. Carly’s marriage to “Jax” Jacks resulted in the birth of Michael’s half sister Josslyn.

Sonny and Carly’s most recent reunion added a place at the table for their youngest child — Michael’s half sister — Donna.

Michael’s relationship with scheming Nelle Benson left her pregnant with his child — and him with major apprehensions about her maternal instincts.

Rather than risk letting Michael take son Wiley, Nelle passed off the newborn to Brad Cooper, who in turn lied to husband Lucas Jones (then Ryan Carnes) that it was their adopted baby.

When the truth came out, Willow Tait, who once believed that Wiley was her son with cult leader Shiloh, married Michael in order to give him a better chance of winning custody away from Nelle.

Michael and Willow then gave Wiley a little half sister in Amelia. They didn’t realize it at the time, but their relationship was on the endangered-species list.

Willow began an affair with Michael’s uncle Drew Quartermaine… who just happened to have also carried on with her and late twin Nelle’s mother, Nina Reeves. (Got all that?)

Wiley did his best to roll with the punches. But he was as happy as fans when Michael came home after being treated for burns he sustained in an explosion at Sonny’s penthouse.

Did we mention that after Michael found out that Willow had cheated on him, he cheated on her with ex-girlfriend Sasha Gilmore? ’Cause he did. Now she’s expecting Michael’s baby and — stop us if you’ve heard this one before — telling everyone Jason’s the father.

Though Michael calls Sonny Dad, A.J. will always be his biological father. So he works at the family business, ELQ, and is second cousins with Ned Quartermaine and… hmm. Would he be third cousins with Ned’s daughter, Brook Lynn? He’s related to the lot of ’em, anyway.

Since Dante Falconeri is Sonny’s son, he’s also Michael’s stepbrother. Which means that Dante and Brook Lynn’s surprise son Gio Palmieri is Michael’s nephew.

Once your head stops spinning, check out this photo gallery to see how Gio fits into his new family.