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<p class="drop-cap">If the word "Yellowstone" only conjures up images of the lush landscapes of America's first national park, please forgive us for thinking that you've been living under a rock for the last five years.</p><p>That's because "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yellowstone-timeline-of-controversy-criticism-conflict-kevin-costner-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yellowstone</a>" the television show has become the <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/most-popular-tv-shows-highest-rated-2022-2023-season-yellowstone-football-1235623612/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most-watched scripted series</a> in America since it burst onto screens in 2018.</p><p>Cocreated by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, the Paramount Network series revolves around a ranch in Montana, named after its neighboring landmark.</p><p>At its center is John Dutton (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-costner-no-longer-under-contract-for-yellowstone-court-document-2023-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin Costner</a>), an aging rancher who spent the first five seasons maintaining and protecting his family's land and legacy in the face of myriad threats. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yellowstone-will-kevin-costner-appear-in-season-5b-episodes-2024-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Before his death</a> in the season five midseason premiere, he was still contemplating which of his children would be the right fit to inherit.</p><p>In recent years, the world of "Yellowstone" has expanded beyond the flagship series. Two prequels, "1883" and "1923," both featured other members of the Dutton clan, revealing more of the Dutton family tree and its ties to the Montana countryside. </p><p>Yet there's still one genealogical question that has yet to be answered: Who is the direct ancestor of the modern-day family featured in "Yellowstone?"</p><p>The mystery has had fans of the franchise second-guessing themselves ever since "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/1923-everything-we-know-about-season-2-yellowstone-prequel-series-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1923</a>" introduced two possible contenders as John Dutton III's grandfather: Jack (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/1923-darren-mann-jack-dutton-sweet-revenge-season-2-2023-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Darren Mann</a>) and Spencer (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/1923-star-brandon-sklenar-explains-1883-connection-elsa-knife-2023-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brandon Sklenar</a>).</p><p>Even the stars of the franchise are in the dark about how <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/1923-taylor-sheridan-dutton-related-yellowstone-michelle-randolph-2023-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the two generations of Duttons are related </a>to each other.</p><p>"Everyone on the cast is speculating too," <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/1923-brandon-sklenar-spencer-shift-in-tone-season-2-2023-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sklenar told Business Insider</a> earlier this year.</p><p>To keep track of the complicated familial connections and the expanding list of new faces, BI has created a comprehensive guide to the "Yellowstone" universe's Dutton family.</p><p><em>Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Yellowstone" and spinoffs "1883" and "1923."</em></p>      <span class="copyright"></span>  <h1 style="text-align: center;">Meet the Duttons</h1><h2><div type="image" title="Tim McGraw as James Dutton in &quot;1883.&quot;" height="1920" width="2559" msid="115341930" hostid="261" sizebytes="230658"></div></h2><h2>James Dutton</h2><p>James Dutton was a Civil War soldier and the first patriarch of the Dutton family. He led his family out West from their home in Fort Worth, Texas, in search of a better future. He settled on the land where the Yellowstone ranch sits, which previously belonged to Indigenous people. He was told by a local native tribe that after seven generations, they would take back the land.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Faith Hill as Margaret Dutton in &quot;1883.&quot;" height="2000" width="2666" msid="115341928" hostid="261" sizebytes="200816"></div></h2><h2>Margaret Dutton</h2><p>Margaret Dutton was the first matriarch of the Dutton family and mother to Elsa, John, and Spencer. She died of hypothermia during a bitter Montana winter, shortly after James died after being shot by horse thieves.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Isabel May as Elsa Dutton in &quot;1883.&quot;" height="1920" width="2559" msid="115341935" hostid="261" sizebytes="150598"></div></h2><h2>Elsa Dutton</h2><p>Elsa Dutton was the free-spirited daughter of James and Margaret Dutton. She died after she was shot with a poisoned arrow during a fight between her fellow travelers and a group of Indigenous people. The Duttons built their ranch on the spot where she eventually succumbed to her wounds.</p><h2><strong><div type="image" title="Martin Sensmeier in &quot;1883.&quot;" height="1998" width="2664" msid="115341945" hostid="261" sizebytes="139872"></div></strong></h2><h2><strong>Sam</strong></h2><p>Sam was a Comanche warrior whom Elsa married. She was his second wife. He avenged his first wife's death by taking her killer's name.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Dawn Olivieri as Claire Dutton in &quot;1883.&quot;" height="2000" width="2666" msid="115341963" hostid="261" sizebytes="126818"></div></h2><h2>Claire Dutton</h2><p>Claire Dutton was James' deeply pious sister. She was a widow who had lost all of her six children when they were young, except her daughter, Mary Abel. After Mary died, she took her own life.</p><h2>Henry Abel</h2><p>Henry was Claire's husband who passed away before the events of"1883," but outlived six of his children. He left his one remaining daughter, Mary Abel, and his wife behind.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Emma Malouff as Mary Abel Dutton in &quot;1883.&quot;" height="1258" width="1678" msid="115341929" hostid="261" sizebytes="98070"></div></h2><h2>Mary Abel Dutton</h2><p>Mary Abel Dutton was Claire and Henry's daughter. Like her mother, she held strong religious views, putting her at odds with her cousin Elsa. She died on the journey to Oregon when a gang attacked the camp.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton in &quot;1923.&quot;" height="5760" width="7680" msid="115341943" hostid="261" sizebytes="1880308"></div></h2><h2>Jacob Dutton</h2><p>Jacob Dutton was James' older brother. He took over running the Yellowstone ranch when James and Margaret died. As explained in "1923," he raised John and Spencer, who were just boys when their parents died. He was also commissioner of the Livestock Association. </p><h2><div type="image" title="Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in" height="3616" width="4821" msid="115341972" hostid="261" sizebytes="1653390"></div></h2><h2>Cara Dutton</h2><p>Cara Dutton was Jacob's loyal wife who was originally from Ireland. She saw John and Spencer as her own and wrote weekly letters to Spencer to convince him to return to Montana after the range war began in season 1.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Audie Rick as John Dutton in &quot;1883&quot; and James Badge Dale as John Dutton in &quot;1923.&quot;" height="1536" width="2048" msid="115341974" hostid="261" sizebytes="291148"></div></h2><h2>John Dutton I</h2><p>John Dutton I was James and Margaret's eldest son who was originally introduced as a child in "1883." In "1923," he was the lead ranch manager before he was killed in a shootout by sheepherder Banner Creighton, leaving behind his wife, Emma, and son, Jack.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Marley Shelton as Emma Dutton in &quot;1923.&quot;" height="3444" width="4592" msid="115341976" hostid="261" sizebytes="1002298"></div></h2><h2>Emma Dutton</h2><p>Emma Dutton was John Dutton I's wife and mother to Jack Dutton and another child who died in infancy. After her husband's murder, she shot herself.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Brandon Sklenar as Spencer Dutton in &quot;1923.&quot;" height="4000" width="5333" msid="115341940" hostid="261" sizebytes="416596"></div></h2><h2>Spencer Dutton</h2><p>Spencer Dutton was the youngest child of James and Margaret Dutton. He left the family homestead in Montana to fight in World War I but did not return after the war ended, instead choosing to become a big game hunter in Africa.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Julia Schlaepfer as Alexandra Dutton in &quot;1923.&quot;" height="4000" width="5333" msid="115341952" hostid="261" sizebytes="3369574"></div></h2><h2>Alexandra Dutton</h2><p>Alexandra Dutton was Spencer Dutton's wife. She came from an aristocratic English family and chose to leave her fiancé and run off with Spencer after the two met in Africa. They married on a ship in international waters after several near-death experiences in season one of "1923."</p><h2><div type="image" title="Darren Mann as Jack Dutton in &quot;1923.&quot;" height="5760" width="7680" msid="115341937" hostid="261" sizebytes="2122702"></div></h2><h2>Jack Dutton</h2><p>Jack Dutton was John I and Emma Dutton's only son. He worked with his great-uncle, Jacob, on the Yellowstone ranch and married Elizabeth Stratford, the daughter of neighboring ranchers. </p><h2><div type="image" title="Michelle Randolph as Elizabeth Dutton in &quot;1923.&quot;" height="5760" width="7680" msid="115341950" hostid="261" sizebytes="1351976"></div></h2><h2>Elizabeth Dutton</h2><p>Elizabeth Dutton (née Stratford) was Jack Dutton's wife. Like Jack, she lost her father in the shootout between the sheepherders and the Duttons. After that, she came to live at the Dutton ranch and became pregnant, but later miscarried.</p><h2>John Dutton II</h2><p>John Dutton II was the previous owner of the Yellowstone ranch. Upon his retirement, his son took over. He died of cancer several years before the events of "Yellowstone." His last wish for his son was that he never give up the land.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in &quot;Yellowstone.&quot;" height="2141" width="2854" msid="115341959" hostid="261" sizebytes="1083198"></div></h2><h2>John Dutton III</h2><p>John Dutton III is in charge of one of the biggest cattle ranches in the United States. In "Yellowstone" season five, he became the governor of Montana. His shocking death came in the middle of season five.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Gretchen Mol as Evelyn Dutton in &quot;Yellowstone.&quot;" height="1453" width="1937" msid="115341927" hostid="261" sizebytes="200666"></div></h2><h2>Evelyn Dutton</h2><p>Evelyn Dutton was John's wife and the mother of their children. She died in a horseback-riding accident witnessed by Beth and Kayce.</p><h2><strong>Peter Dutton</strong></h2><p>Peter Dutton was the brother of John Dutton III who died shortly after his premature birth. He was alive for just 18 hours.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Dave Annable as Lee Dutton in &quot;Yellowstone.&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="115341964" hostid="261" sizebytes="117762"></div></h2><h2>Lee Dutton</h2><p>Lee Dutton was the eldest of John and Evelyn's children and was meant to inherit the ranch from his father. He died from a gunshot wound after being caught in the crossfire of a fight between the ranchers and the Broken Rock tribe.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton in &quot;Yellowstone.&quot;" height="533" width="711" msid="115341953" hostid="261" sizebytes="20294"></div></h2><h2>Beth Dutton</h2><p>Beth Dutton is John and Evelyn's only daughter and a cutthroat businesswoman who divides her time between working for the leading Montana bank, Schwartz &amp; Meyer, and helping the family ranch. After an on-again, off-again relationship with Rip Wheeler, they married in season four.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler in &quot;Yellowstone.&quot;" height="533" width="711" msid="115341962" hostid="261" sizebytes="40084"></div></h2><h2>Rip Wheeler</h2><p>Rip Wheeler is the ranch's most loyal employee. He came to the ranch as a teenage orphan and has worked his way up to foreman. He is married to Beth Dutton.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Finn Little as Carter Dutton in &quot;Yellowstone.&quot;" height="534" width="800" msid="115341966" hostid="261" sizebytes="34512"></div></h2><h2>Carter Dutton</h2><p>Carter is a young boy whom Beth and Rip unofficially adopt in season four of "Yellowstone." He had a troubled upbringing and lived in several foster homes before Beth took him under her wing following the death of his father.</p><div type="image" title="Wes Bentley plays Jamie Dutton in &quot;Yellowstone.&quot;" height="534" width="800" msid="115341932" hostid="261" sizebytes="39438"></div><h2>Jamie Dutton</h2><p>Jamie Dutton is an attorney and was adopted by the Duttons as an infant. Across the seasons, he has fluctuated between helping his father and trying to destroy him. In season five, he turned his hands to getting John impeached as governor.</p><div type="image" title="Katherine Cunningham in character as Christina on Yellowstone." height="1334" width="2756" msid="115341948" hostid="261" sizebytes="154004"></div><h2>Christina</h2><p>Christina was Jamie's assistant when he was an attorney. Their professional relationship became a romantic one, but they broke up after Christina gave him an ultimatum to choose between her and his family. After disappearing for a while, she returned and revealed that she and Jamie had a son.</p><h2>Jamie Dutton II</h2><p>Jamie Dutton II is Jamie and Christina's infant son. None of the Dutton family knows about his existence, apart from Beth, who only found out when she confronted Jamie about the baby seat in his car in season five.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton in &quot;Yellowstone&quot; season five." height="2000" width="2666" msid="115341978" hostid="261" sizebytes="199938"></div></h2><h2>Kayce Dutton</h2><p>Kayce Dutton is John and Evelyn's youngest son and a former US Navy SEAL. He initially lived on the Broken Rock Indian Reservation with his wife and son before moving to the Yellowstone ranch.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Kelsey Asbille as Monica Long-Dutton in Yellowstone." height="1346" width="2020" msid="115341968" hostid="261" sizebytes="112180"></div></h2><h2>Monica Long-Dutton</h2><p>Monica Long-Dutton is a teacher and professor married to Kayce Dutton. She is also the granddaughter of Broken Rock tribe elder Felix Long.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Brecken Merrill wears a sweatshirt and cowboy hat in character as Tate Dutton in Yellowstone." height="1346" width="2398" msid="115341955" hostid="261" sizebytes="54156"></div></h2><h2>Tate Dutton</h2><p>Tate Dutton is the son of Kayce Dutton and Monica Long-Dutton. As a descendant of both the Dutton family and the Long clan, he has a claim to the Yellowstone ranch land on both sides.</p><h2>John Dutton IV </h2><p>John Dutton IV was the second son of Kayce Dutton and Monica Long-Dutton. He died shortly after birth. </p>

A guide to the Dutton family tree in 'Yellowstone' and its spinoffs, '1883' and '1923'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Californian home damaged by a fallen tree has been listed for sale for $499,999.</li><li>The LA County bungalow was severely damaged in May, with the roof and some walls crushed.</li></ul><p>"Did you see on TV the home destroyed by an old stone pine?" reads an unusual <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/113-S-Mountain-Ave-1-Monrovia-CA-91016/439659015_zpid/">Zillow listing, which went up last week</a>.</p><p>The property in question is a mangled <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/live-in-a-tiny-mansion-home-so-could-afford-california-2023-10">home</a> just outside Los Angeles that could be yours for $499,999, if you're willing to buy a half-destroyed house.</p><p>In May, a large tree uprooted and toppled over, severely damaging the Southern California bungalow, as well as crushing a parked car and some fences.</p><p>Despite two people being inside, no one was injured, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/monrovia-home-crushed-by-fallen-tree-is-up-for-sale/">according to CBS News.</a></p><p>What remains of the building — a partial structure with missing walls and ceilings — is now on the market.</p><p>It's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/mortgages/what-is-zillow">advertised on Zillow</a> as a "flat and abated lot / partial structure ready for new construction or rebuild."</p><p>Or, as listing agent Kevin Wheeler joked to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-04/half-a-house-half-a-million-a-tree-crushed-home-hits-the-market-in-monrovia">the Los Angeles Times</a>, it's an "open-concept floor plan."</p><p>The Zillow listing notes that the 2,504-square-foot lot northeast of Los Angeles is red-tagged, meaning it is unsafe for habitation.</p><p>But while the electricity is switched off, it still has functioning plumbing, Wheeler told the Times.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/monrovia/latest/monrovia_ca/0-0-0-71727"><u>He also told the outlet that while Monrovia legal codes</u></a> typically require a review for the demolition of properties more than 50 years old, since the house was destroyed by an act of God, a review isn't necessary.</p><p>Although half a million dollars may seem like a lot for a property in this condition, the listing agent said there has been "a lot of interest," explaining that demand in the area is high and inventory low.</p><p>Wheeler said the buyer could easily rebuild the home, and it could make a good investment for somebody wanting to flip it.</p><p>In the immediate aftermath of the tree collapse, would-be buyers had tracked down the homeowners and made <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-respond-to-low-ball-offer-potential-client-freelancing-2021-10">low-ball offers</a>, Wheeler told the Times.</p><p>"They were trying to buy it for $250,000 or $300,000," he said. "But market comparisons for similar properties in Monrovia put the value at $500,000."</p><p>In <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/open-plan-half-tree-crushed-232546863.html">an interview with AFP,</a> Wheeler added: "There's a house nearby about the same size on the same street that sold for $900,000... so there's enough meat on the bone for them to make a profit."</p>

An LA home that was crushed by a falling tree is on sale for $500K

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="22630410" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hugh-Hammer" source="keywords">Hugh Hammer</keyword> claims to be related to some popular Targaryens in the latest "<keyword id="20023656" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="House-of-the-Dragon" source="keywords">House of the Dragon</keyword>" episode.</li><li>In "Fire and Blood," he is also a bastard, but his parents are never revealed.</li></ul><em>Warning: Spoilers ahead for "House of the Dragon" season two, episode seven, and the "Fire and Blood" novel.</em><br /><br />Hugh Hammer casually drops a massive bombshell in the latest episode of "House of the Dragon," which may have complicated the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/house-of-the-dragon-targaryen-kid-guide-photos-jace-aegon">Targaryen family tree</a> even further.<br /><br />In the latest episode, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rhaenyra-targaryen-death-house-of-the-dragon-fire-and-blood-2024-6">Rhaenyra</a> (Emma D'Arcy) tries to recruit Targaryen and Velaryon bastards as dragon riders for her army, because only people with <keyword id="22630411" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Valyrian-blood" source="keywords">Valyrian blood</keyword> can bond with a dragon.<br /><br />After the loss of their daughter, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-hugh-hammer-house-of-the-dragon-vermithor-rider-2024-6">Hugh</a> (Kieran Bew) tells his wife that he wants to go to <keyword id="22630412" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dragonstone" source="keywords">Dragonstone</keyword> to claim a dragon so that he can have more power to protect their family.<br /><br />Hugh explains that his mother was a prostitute who was successful because she had the Targaryen's signature silver hair color.<br /><br />"She used to tell me I was no different to her brother's boys, Viserys and Daemon," Hugh says, seemingly referring to the former king, Viserys I, and his brother, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-daemon-targaryen-die-house-of-the-dragon-2024-6">Daemon Targaryen</a>.<br /><br />Hugh never specifies his mother's name, implying that she was just another illegitimate child of Baerlon the Brave, Viserys, and Daemon's parent.<br /><br />This claim is strengthened later in the episode when Hugh becomes the only person who is able to bond with Vermithor, the second-largest dragon in the land.<br /><br />If what Hugh says is true, it is a major departure from "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-jacaerys-targaryen-die-house-of-the-dragon-fire-blood-2024-7">Fire and Blood</a>," the novel that "House of the Dragon" is based on, since it makes Hugh a direct relative of the Targaryen royal family.<br /><br /><h2>Hugh is not directly related to the Targaryens in 'Fire and Blood'</h2>  <div type="image" title="A still image of &quot;House of the Dragon&quot; episode seven featuring Emma D'Arcy in a black robe with a brown dragon behind her." height="1280" width="1920" msid="112095069" hostid="261"></div>In "Fire and Blood," Hugh is the bastard of an unnamed blacksmith from Dragonstone. Though it is later revealed he has Valryian blood when he claims the dragon Vermithor, there is never a direct link between him and the Targaryens.<br /><br />In an interview before episode seven was released, Bew told<a href="https://decider.com/2024/07/28/house-of-the-dragon-hugh-the-hammer-mother-saera-targaryen/?utm_campaign=decider&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank"> Decider</a> that Hugh is related to Saera, one of Baerlon Targaryen's seven sisters.<br /><br />This is not the first time that "House of the Dragon" has changed the "Fire and Blood" storyline. Fans have praised some of these changes, while others have left plot holes, making the story more confusing.<br /><br />Hugh's addition to the Targaryens makes an already puzzling family tree even more complicated. It also seems to hint that the show will adapt another major part of the civil war in "Fire and Blood."<br /><br />In "Fire and Blood," Hugh betrays Rhaenyra and eventually tries to seize the Iron Throne for himself so that he can rule as king.<br /><br />Hugh is not part of the royal succession in Westeros in the TV series, but the fact that he is related to the royal family and has one of the biggest dragons could give him a genuine claim to the throne. It's not like the Targaryens haven't skipped over generations before.<br /><br />We will likely find out Hugh's ambitions with his dragon in next week's season two finale.<br /><br /><em>"House of the Dragon" season two airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and is streaming on </em><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=fed657e5d456898628c785351016f7b12b4d269a5d17af0f15435159aef229d0&amp;postID=66a3ac146550c8ac4ef14301&amp;postSlug=is-hugh-hammer-related-daemon-viserys-house-of-the-dragon-2024-7&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.max.com%2F"><em><u>Max</u></em></a><em>.</em><br /><br /><em>Correction: July 29, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misspelled Baelon and mistated how many sisters he had.</em><br /><br />

'House of the Dragon' just made a major change not in the book. It could make the Targaryen family tree even more complicated.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bethany Joy Lenz said that a cult took $2 million from her checking account, leaving $220,000.</li><li>Lenz wrote about her experience in the Big House Family cult in her memoir released Tuesday.</li></ul><p>"<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/one-tree-hill-cast-then-and-now-2018-9">One Tree Hill</a>" star <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/one-tree-hill-bethany-joy-lenz-costars-rescue-her-cult-2023-8">Bethany Joy Lenz</a> said that the cult she was part of for 10 years took $2 million from her checking account, leaving her with $220,000 and struggling to make ends meet.</p><p>Lenz wrote about her experience in the organization, which she refers to as the Big House Family, in her memoir "Dinner For Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)," released Tuesday.</p><p>The actor is best known for playing Haley James Scott on all nine seasons of "One Tree Hill," which aired on The CW from 2003 to 2012. The drama centered on half-brothers Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) navigating high school and relationships in the fictional town of Tree Hill, North Carolina. "OTH" is widely regarded as one of the most iconic, quintessential TV shows of the early 2000s.</p><p>At the same time that Lenz starred in "OTH," she was also part of the Big House Family organization. Throughout her memoir, she referred to the organization as a cult. In the author's note, Lenz said that she changed identifying details of her experience "for clarity, brevity, or privacy," including the names of individuals.</p><div type="image" title="haley james in season 1 episode 1 one tree hill" height="1270" width="2258" msid="114521263" hostid="261" sizebytes="54630"></div><p>Lenz first became acquainted with the group when she attended a Bible study as a young actor in Los Angeles. Through the cult, she met Michael Galeotti Jr., whom she married from 2005 to 2012. In the memoir, Lenz referred to him as "Quiet Boy" or "QB." Galeotti is the son of Michael Galeotti Sr., a pastor who founded <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.wildbranchministries.com/About">Wild Branch Christian Ministries</a> and is referred to as "Les" in Lenz's book.</p><p>Lenz and her now ex-husband welcomed a daughter named Rosie in 2011. The following year, when Rosie was 11 months old, Lenz decided to leave the cult and divorce Galeotti.</p><p>While starring in "OTH," Lenz said that she constantly traveled back and forth between LA, Wilmington, where the show was filmed, and Idaho, where "Les" moved the group to a large house.</p><p>In her memoir, Lenz said that the millions she earned from "OTH" supported her husband and daughter, plus "the extended Family's various endeavors, including a motel, a restaurant, and, most importantly, a ministry."</p><p>Lenz said that while she was "on the outs" with the remaining members of the Family post-divorce, she was informed of "shady" business dealings involving the restaurant.</p><p>When she reviewed her balance at the bank, she was astounded to see that her checking account was drastically lower than expected.</p><p>"It couldn't be right," Lenz wrote. "I had been making around a million dollars a year for several seasons."</p><p>Even with government taxes, paying her team, yearly expenses, and $200,000 going toward the restaurant, Lenz estimated that she should have had $2.4 million in her account. Instead, there was $220,000 remaining.</p><p>"I knew $200,000 was more than many people would see in their whole lives," Lenz said. "But I'd spent 20 years building a career."</p><p>The actor said she was filled with feelings of self-loathing after building up her acting career, only for her earnings to then be depleted by the cult.</p><p>"It was really horrifying," she told <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://people.com/bethany-joy-lenz-lost-millions-to-a-cult-exclusive-8728595">People magazine</a>.</p><p>"Not knowing how I was going to make rent because all the money was gone, it was legitimately incredibly difficult," she said.</p><p>Additionally, Lenz said that the cult controlled her career and Les deterred her from accepting an offer to play Belle on Broadway, which was her "biggest theatre dream for years."</p><p>Lenz said that Les convinced her that pursuing her Broadway dream would be "at the expense" of her soul. She ended up turning down the offer.</p><p>"It felt shallow to even consider," Lenz wrote. "The answer had to be Family."</p><p>Since leaving the cult, Lenz landed roles on shows like "Dexter" and "Grey's Anatomy," as well as a variety of holiday movies for Lifetime and Hallmark. She's also the co-host of the podcast "Drama Queens" with "OTH" costars Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton.</p><div type="image" title="Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Lenz, and Sophia Bush at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas." height="2150" width="3224" msid="114521270" hostid="261" sizebytes="447560"></div><p>Galeotti Sr., Lenz's former father-in-law, reacted to the allegations in Lenz's book in an interview with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13983803/bethany-joy-lenz-big-house-family-cult-claims-michael-galeotti.html">DailyMail.com</a>, published on Tuesday.</p><p>"Everybody sees things a little differently and she's going to cling to the fame," he said. "Good for her. She's going to make a name for herself. But it's not the way it went down."</p><p>Lenz's ex-husband also spoke to the publication and said that he was unsure "what to make of this memoir after all this time."</p><p>"I have a daughter who's really important to me," Galeotti Jr. said. "I don't want it to affect her. It's too much. I don't really want to cause any problems for her."</p><p>Lenz, Galeotti Sr., and Wild Branch didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>

Bethany Joy Lenz starred in 'One Tree Hill' for 9 seasons. She said that she lost $2 million of her TV show earnings to a Christian cult.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Tree bark absorbs significant methane, a potent greenhouse gas.</li><li>Methane has 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over two decades.</li></ul><p>Trees are a more powerful climate solution than previously known.</p><p>Microbes living in tree bark are absorbing methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere on a massive scale, <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=0f9cb2b791330408d51c02001bc32140a12dd4aecfbdbc6e0e63af59838ff557&amp;postID=66a24d48c79d31931d8590cd&amp;postSlug=a-groundbreaking-new-reason-to-plant-more-trees-2024-7&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41586-024-07592-w">a study published in the journal Nature</a> found. Trees are sucking up just as much, if not more, methane than soil does — the only other known natural sink on Earth.</p><p>"We've been undervaluing trees for their climate benefits," Vincent Gauci, a professor at the University of Birmingham and the lead author of the study, told Business Insider. "This is a new nature-based climate solution."</p><p>Both natural and human-made methane emissions from wetlands, cows, landfills, and burning fossil fuels are on the rise. The gas has 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over two decades, which is why climate scientists say one of the fastest ways to slow global warming is cutting methane emissions and harnessing natural ways to remove it from the atmosphere.</p><p>While trees' ability to breathe in carbon dioxide and pump oxygen back out is well understood, their relationship to methane is more complex. Gauci said he was surprised by the findings, which were pieced together over a decade by a team of international researchers measuring methane from trees in countries including Brazil, Peru, Panama, the UK, and Sweden.</p><p>In <a target="_blank" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29211724/">a 2017 study</a>, they found that trees in Amazon floodplains emitted more methane than they absorbed. However, as researchers expanded their data collection to tropical, temperate, and boreal forests that are above floodplains — also known as upland — an opposite trend emerged.</p><div type="image" title="A researchers positions a gas exchange chambers on a tree to measure methane." height="1000" width="1500" msid="112019914" hostid="261" sizebytes="298702"></div><p>"We thought that if all this methane was being emitted from wetlands, maybe upland forests were contributing small amounts of emissions, too," Gauci said. "What we found is that at the bottom-most meter of the tree, they do give off a little bit of methane. But the situation switches when you go up the trunk. We measured 2, 5, and 11 meters above the forest floor."</p><p>Tropical trees absorbed the most methane, probably because their methane-eating microbes thrive in warm conditions. But on average, trees' woody surface makes them about 10% more climate-beneficial than previously thought, the researchers found.</p><p>Gauci noted that there are far more upland forests than wetland forests. To estimate the full scope of climate benefits, his team had to quantify the surface area of all the tree bark in the world for the first time. They used "terrestrial laser scanners" that detect 3D tree structures.</p><p>If all the tree bark in the world were laid flat, it would cover Earth's land surface, the study found. And it may be removing between 25 million tons and 50 million tons of methane from the atmosphere, the researchers calculated. At that higher level, trees could be removing a couple times as much methane than what's released by Arctic permafrost that's melting, Gauci said.</p><p>He added that the findings helped close a discrepancy in the global methane budget. Satellites detect lower methane emissions than what scientists have found on the ground, implying that such "bottom-up" studies either overestimated methane emissions or missed a sink.</p><p>"Tree woody surfaces add a third dimension to the way life on Earth interacts with the atmosphere, and this third dimension is teeming with life, and with surprises," Yadvinder Malhi, a University of Oxford professor and coauthor of the study, said.</p>

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