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A Yellowstone genogram of the Dutton family

This Yellowstone genogram draws six generations of the Dutton family, from James and Margaret Dutton in 1883 to Tate and Carter in the sequels of 2026. It covers five series, sorts every fact by the series that establishes it, and marks with a question mark what the series leave open. The chart gives away deaths up to the Yellowstone finale and the first season of Marshals.

Last checked on 9 November 20268 minute read

A Yellowstone genogram in six rows. At the top, Jacob and Cara are married with no children, and a dashed bracket joins Jacob to his brother James, who is married to Margaret. Their children are Elsa, John Sr., married to Emma, and Spencer, married to Alexandra. Jack, son of John Sr. and Emma, is married to Elizabeth, with a miscarriage and a pregnancy marked with a question mark below them. John II, son of Spencer and Alexandra, is married to an unnamed woman marked with a question mark. Their sons are John III, the index person, married to Evelyn, and Peter. John III and Evelyn have Lee, Jamie on an adoption line, Beth, married to Rip, and Kayce, married to Monica. Carter hangs from Beth and Rip on an adoption line, and Tate and a son named John from Kayce and Monica. Crosses mark everyone who has died.
The Dutton family across five series, drawn by the editor. A question mark marks a fact the series leave open, and the genogram symbols guide explains every other mark.Open the full-size diagram

The chart covers five series and six generations

The scope of this Yellowstone genogram is the five series that follow the Duttons, which are 1883, 1923, Yellowstone, Marshals and Dutton Ranch. The prequel 1944, still in development, is not included. The chart follows the line of descent from James Dutton to his great-great-great-grandson Tate, with the spouse and children of each couple.

Branches that end inside one series stay off the chart, so that six generations remain readable on a phone. They include Claire Dutton, James’s widowed sister, and her daughter Mary Abel, who both die in 1883, and Jamie’s birth family.

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Each series adds a generation or settles a link

The series were made out of order, with Yellowstone first, so the table puts them in the order of the story.

SeriesEra on screenWho it adds to the chartWhat it settles
1883, 2021–2022The journey west in 1883James, Margaret, Elsa and John Sr. as a boy of fiveJames is the great-grandfather of John Dutton III
1923, 2022–20251923, with a flash-forward to 1969Jacob, Cara, Spencer, Alexandra, Emma, Jack, Elizabeth and the infant John IIJacob is James’s older brother, and Spencer and Alexandra are the parents of John II
Yellowstone, 2018–2024The present, with flashbacks to 1893John III, Evelyn, Peter, the four children, Rip, Monica, Tate, Carter and the baby JohnJamie is adopted, and the ranch is sold in the finale
Marshals, from 2026After the Yellowstone finaleNobody newMonica has died of cancer, and Kayce raises Tate alone
Dutton Ranch, from 2026After the Yellowstone finaleNobody newBeth and Rip move to Texas with Carter, their adopted son
The five series in story order, from the Wikipedia articles and the TV Insider family tree under sources.

The 1923 finale settled whose son John Dutton II is

Until the 1923 finale in April 2025, the series had not said whose son John Dutton II was. TV Insider calls Spencer and Alexandra a long-held fan theory, with Jack and Elizabeth the other possibility.

In the finale Alexandra gives birth three months early and dies hours later. The boy is named John after Spencer’s brother, and Jacob and Cara help to raise him. Wikipedia’s article on the franchise now calls Spencer the grandfather of John Dutton III, so John II hangs from Spencer and Alexandra on solid lines. The numbering misled many viewers, because John II is named after an uncle rather than a father.

Facts the series leave open carry a question mark

A question mark in a small circle beside a symbol means that the series leave the fact open. The table gives each reason, with the facts kept off the chart for want of a name or a scene.

Open questionWhat the series showHow the chart draws it
What follows Elizabeth’s pregnancyShe is pregnant in 1923, season 2, and leaves for Boston after Jack’s deathA pregnancy with a question mark
Who John Dutton III’s mother isShe is never named or seen. John tells Monica that his brother Peter lived about eighteen hoursAn unnamed circle with a question mark
Whether Elsa married SamOne summary calls them betrothed, and the cast list calls her his wifeNot drawn, as Elsa has no children
Who Spencer’s second son isThe narration mentions a son with a widow and names neitherNot drawn, with no name or scene
Whether Jamie or Beth is olderNo birth years are given for the four childrenJamie before Beth, between Lee and Kayce
Whether Carter is formally adoptedBeth takes him in at fourteen, and Dutton Ranch coverage calls him their adopted sonAdoption lines from Beth and Rip
Open questions as of 9 November 2026. The planned prequel 1944 could settle some of them.

Several Duttons are raised by someone other than a parent

Raising by relatives runs through the family. Jacob and Cara have no children and raise John Sr. and Spencer after the deaths of James and Margaret, then help to raise John II. John Dutton III takes in Rip as a teenager, and Beth and Rip later take in Carter.

The Star Wars genogram draws such raising with a dotted line. Here a dotted line from Jacob and Cara would cross the line of descent, so the raising is written in the notes and only the adoptions of Jamie and Carter are drawn. Jamie’s birth father, Garrett Randall, served a prison term for killing Jamie’s mother, and Jamie kills him in the season 4 finale of Yellowstone.

Deaths across six generations and where the series show them

An X through a symbol marks each death, without a year, because the series give almost none. The table names where each death happens.

PersonWhat the series showWhere
Elsa DuttonAn arrow wound on the journey west1883, final episode
John Sr. and EmmaHe is killed in an ambush, and she later takes her own life1923, season 1
Jack DuttonKilled by men sent against the family1923, season 2
Alexandra DuttonDies the night after giving birth, having refused surgery for frostbite1923, finale
Spencer DuttonDies as an old man in 19691923, flash-forward in the finale
Lee DuttonKilled in a fight over cattle on the reservationYellowstone, first episode
Evelyn DuttonThrown from her horseYellowstone, season 1, in a flashback
John Dutton IIIMurdered, with the death staged as a suicideYellowstone, season 5
Jamie DuttonKilled by BethYellowstone, finale
Kayce and Monica’s son JohnDies after Monica’s car crash, and is buried on the ranchYellowstone, season 5
Monica Long DuttonDies of cancer off screenBefore Marshals, season 1
The deaths on the chart, from the episode lists and recaps under sources. James and Margaret died before 1923, as TV Insider says.

Common questions

Why John Dutton III is the index person

Yellowstone is built round him, and every other generation is defined by its tie to him. If your course centres another Dutton, move the double outline and the structure stays the same.

Whether Rip is a Dutton by blood

No. John takes Rip in as a teenager, and Rip marries Beth in the season 4 finale of Yellowstone. The chart joins him to the family by marriage only.

Why Jamie’s son is not on the chart

Jamie meets his son by his former girlfriend Christina in season 4 of Yellowstone. The sources checked give the boy no name, so he is left for your own version.

Whether the chart will change

Yes, if later series add people. The prequel 1944 was reported in development in February 2026, and the chart was last checked on 9 November 2026.

Sources and methodology

We make Genogram Builder. We used the references below for this guide. Last checked on 9 November 2026.

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