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I am tempted to say Gabaldon is homophobic in her portrayal of Captain Randall. Why must the gay man be the villain? And there is another gay man in the novel, the Duke of Sandringham, who also preys on innocent young boys and even tried to have his way with Jamie when he was a younger man. Secretly homosexual "in a time when that particular predilection could get one hanged", the character has been called "one of the most complex and interesting" of the hundreds of characters in Gabaldon's Outlander novels.

[1]. In one of the more tender scenes from “Of Lost Things,” the fourth episode from Starz’ Outlander, Jamie (Sam Heughan) offers his body to Lord John Grey (David Berry), a closeted gay soldier, in. Upon the release of 'Outlander' season 4 on DVD, David Berry is revealing why Lord John Grey being gay is 'the most relatable thing' about him. In season 4 of Outlander, Lord John Grey.

Diana Gabaldon took to her Facebook Page today to clarify the sexual preference of one of her characters, Black Jack Randall. Some reviews of Episode have noted that Jack Randall is gay based on his behavior in the episode. Here is Diana's post. While the tree mentioned earlier would appear to have some errors, reading it closely, that is only because of the way it is set up.

So, its better go through family by family.

Beauchamp Family. This tree specifically notes the relationships Jamie has to his biological and adopted children, and their moms. It is worth poining out that Jamie had married Claire Fraser and Laoghaire MacKenzie, but not Geneva Dunsany, with the second marriage declared invalid after Claire returns, with Marsali and Joan being daughters from that marriage.

A French child pickpocket named Fergus was adopted by Jamie, resulting in him taking the Fraser surname. While this family has a major part in some of the spin-off novels, it is a minor one in the series as a whole. This fictional Scottish clan which dispersed after the failed Jacobite Rising of In this tree, Hamish was the biological son of Dougal MacKenzie, though only a few people ever knew this.

Additionally, Dougal and Geillis were lovers and never married, with their son was born out of wedlock and never acknowledged.

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A few important notes on this family. There is one gay character in the series, Lord John Grey , but he is closeted at a time that he could be hanged for being outwardly gay. There are a number of interesting notes. Additionally, after her first husband died, Mary Hawkins Randall remarried to Robert Isaacs, and in turn he adopted Denys. As such, he took the name Denys Randall-Isaacs.

In another interesting time travel note, even though Brianna Mackenzie was the biological child of Jamie Fraser , she was raised by Frank Randall. For one, this tree is interesting because William and Sarah MacKenzie are not the biological parents of William Buccleigh. Additionally, the three intervening generations from Jeremiah Buccleigh to Jeremiah Walter are not show and are represented by a dotted line on this chart.

Gabaldon also went out of her way to say that a sadistic character, Black Jack Randall was NOT gay, which is interesting to say the least. Burkely Hermann was served as Metadata Librarian at the National Security Archive beginning in March , using his experience with arrangement, indexing, electronic databases, cataloging, metadata creation, and knowledge of history on a daily basis, until he was unfortunately laid off in April Mary's College of Maryland.

He is also a member of the Society of American Archivists. In his free time, he researches his family genealogy, serves as a judge for National History Day, which he participated in for several years, and keeps up with changes in the library and archives fields. He currently runs seven WordPress blogs, either reviewing archives and libraries in pop culture, or others about his family history. View more posts. Grey Family While this family has a major part in some of the spin-off novels, it is a minor one in the series as a whole.

Murray Family A few important notes on this family. All rights reserved. Like Loading Published by Burkely Hermann Burkely Hermann was served as Metadata Librarian at the National Security Archive beginning in March , using his experience with arrangement, indexing, electronic databases, cataloging, metadata creation, and knowledge of history on a daily basis, until he was unfortunately laid off in April Previous Post Previous post: Family secrets, family trees, and family history in Spellbound.

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