Family Tree/Characters of the O'Brien Tales
***Warning- May contain spoilers if you have not read through book 3 (Shadow Guardian: An O'Brien Tale)
Characters from the O’Brien Tales Series
Sean O’Brien- Married to Sorcha (Mullen), father to Aidan, Michael, Brigid, Patrick, Liam, Seany (Sean Jr.), brother of William (deceased) and Maeve, son of Aoife and David. Retired and Reserve Garda officer. Native of Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Sorcha O’Brien- maiden name of Mullen. Daughter to Michael and Edith Mullen. Sister to John (deceased). Native to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Married to Sean O’Brien who she has six children and eight grandchildren. A nurse midwife of thirty years.
Michael O’Brien-Son to Sean and Sorcha, married to Branna (O’Mara), three children Brian, Halley, and Ian. Rescue swimmer for the Irish Coast Guard. Twin to Brigid.
Branna (O’Mara) O’Brien-married to Michael. American. Orphaned when her father was killed in the 2nd Battle of Fallujah (Major Brian O’Mara, USMC) and then lost her mother to breast cancer six years later (Meghan (Kelly) O’Mara. Mother of three. Real Estate investor.
Captain Aidan O’Brien, Royal Irish Regiment- Son and eldest child to Sean and Sorcha O’Brien. Married to Alanna (Falk). Father of two children, David (Davey) and Isla. Serves active duty in the Royal Irish Regiment and currently living in Shropshire, England.
Alanna (Falk) O’Brien- American, married to Aidan, daughter to Hans Falk and Felicity Richards (divorced). Stepdaughter to Doctor Mary Flynn. Mother to Davey and Isla. Best friend to Branna. Clinical Psychologist working with British military families battling PTSD and traumatic brain injuries.
Brigid (O’Brien) Murphy- daughter of Sean and Sorcha, Michael’s twin, married to Finn Murphy. Mother to Cora, Colin, and Declan.
Finn Murphy-husband to Brigid. Father of three. I.T. expert who works in Ennis but does consulting work with the Garda on occasion.
Cora Murphy-daughter to Brigid and Finn. Has emerging gifts of pre-cognition and other psychic abilities. Oldest grandchild of Sean and Sorcha.
Patrick O’Brien-son of Sean and Sorcha. Married to Caitlyn (Nagel). Currently residing in Dublin after joining the Garda. Serving on the National Security Surveillance Unit on the Armed Response Team.
Caitlyn (Nagle) O’Brien- daughter of Ronan and Bernadette Nagel, sister to Madeline and Lily. Married to Patrick. Early education teacher. English as a second language teacher for small children. No children of her own as she has fertility issues. Native to Co. Clare.
Liam O’Brien- second youngest child of Sean and Sorcha. Currently abroad and unresponsive to the families attempts to communicate with him. This is following a tragedy involving his girlfriend, Eve Doherty (now deceased). Finishing medical residency while on a medical mission in Manaus, Brazil. Internal Medicine and infectious disease. Unmarried with no children.
Sean (Seany) O’Brien Jr.- Youngest child of Sean and Sorcha. Serving with the fire services in Dublin. Trained paramedic and fireman. Unmarried and no children.
Tadgh O’Brien- only son of William (deceased) and Katie (Donoghue) O’Brien. Special Detectives Unit of the Garda. Married to Charlie.
Charlie (Ryan) O’Brien- American FBI Agent with the International Human Rights Crime Division. Married to Tadgh. Currently working in Europe as the liaison to Interpol.
Josh O’Brien- formerly Joshua Albert Ryan until he changed his name. Lives in Dublin with his sister Charlie and his brother-in-law Tadgh. Attending junior college for Maritime Studies.
Doctor Mary Flynn-Falk- retired M.D., wife of Hans (Alanna’s father). Stepmother to Alanna O’Brien and Captain Erik Falk, USMC.
Sgt. Major Hans Falk, USMC Ret.- American, father to Alanna and Erik. Married to Doc Mary.
Daniel McPherson- son to Molly Price and Jonathan (John) Mullen. Just recently found the Mullen family. Was an unknown offspring of John, who never knew he had a son. Raised in the Scottish borderlands by his English mother, who married an old friend who claimed Daniel as his son.
Maeve (O’Brien) Carrington- daughter of David and Aoife. Sister of Sean and William (deceased). Wife to Nolan, mother to Cian and Cormac. Lives in England.
Katie (Donoghue) O’Brien- native to Inis Oirr, Aran Islands. Widow to William O’Brien. Mother to Tadgh O’Brien.
Aoife (Kerr) O’Brien-wife of David O’Brien, mother to Sean, William, and Maeve. Originally from Co. Donegal.
David O’Brien- husband of Aoife, father of Sean, William, and Maeve. The oldest living patriarch of the O’Brien family.
Michael Mullen- resides in Belfast, Northern Ireland, married to Edith (Kavanagh). Father of Sorcha and John.
Edith (Kavanagh) Mullen-married to Michael, mother of Sorcha and John.
Lt. Izzy Collier, USN- Doctor/Surgeon in the United States Navy. Originally born in Yuma, Arizona. Close friend to Alanna O’Brien.
Jenny- daytime barmaid at Gus O’Connor’s Pub