Evelyn Kavanagh is the matriarch of the illustrious wardkeeping Kavanagh family. She is ambitious, conceited, and ruthless.
She has two children: Myles Kavanagh (married to Kimberly Durand, with three children – Aiden, Sloane, and Quinby); and Harlowe Kavanagh (never married, one child – Vanda).
Evelyn never married, but with greater discretion than her daughter, entertained a series of lovers over the years. Her children were born from what were, in effect, breeding contracts. She paid for their fathers to absent themselves.
In social and political terms, the Kavanagh family is pre-eminent. Financially, they are comfortably situated, but they by no means rival the fortunes held by corporate dynasties.