Everyone on the House of Spirits family tree
| Portrait | Person | In the story | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SV | Severo del ValleLiberal politician | Dies in a car accident | Father of Rosa and Clara. | Find on the chart |
| NV | Nívea del ValleWife of Severo | Dies in a car accident | Mother of fifteen children and a campaigner for women’s rights. | Find on the chart |
| RB | Rosa the BeautifulEldest del Valle daughter | Dies in chapter 1 | Poisoned by brandy meant for her father. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| CV | Clara del ValleWife of Esteban Trueba | Dies in chapters 10 to 12 | Clairvoyant, silent for nine years, keeper of the notebooks. | Find on the chart |
| DE | Doña Ester TruebaMother of Esteban and Férula | Chapters 1 to 3 | Crippled by arthritis until her death. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| ET | Esteban TruebaPatron of Tres Marías, senator | Dies in the epilogue | A violent patriarch who ends the novel caring for Alba. | Find on the chart |
| FT | Férula TruebaSister of Esteban | Chapters 1 to 6 | Driven out by Esteban, she curses him. | Find on the chart |
| BT | Blanca TruebaDaughter of Clara and Esteban | From chapter 4 | Lover of Pedro Tercero and mother of Alba. | Find on the chart |
| JT | Jaime TruebaTwin son, a doctor | Dies in the coup | Killed by soldiers after the coup. | Find on the chart |
| NT | Nicolás TruebaTwin son | From chapter 4 | Sent abroad by his father to North America. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| CJ | Count Jean de SatignyHusband of Blanca | From chapter 8 | A French count whom Blanca is forced to marry. | Find on the chart |
| A | AlbaDaughter of Blanca and Pedro Tercero | From chapter 9 | The narrator, who survives prison and writes the story. | Find on the chart |
| OP | Old Pedro GarcíaElder of Tres Marías | Chapters 1 to 9 | A healer and the head of the García family. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| PS | Pedro Segundo GarcíaForeman of Tres Marías | Chapters 1 to 12 | Esteban’s foreman and the father of Pedro Tercero. | Find on the chart |
| PT | Pedro Tercero GarcíaRevolutionary singer | From chapter 4 | Father of Alba, he leaves for Canada with Blanca. | Find on the chart |
| PG | Pancha GarcíaOf the García family | Chapters 1 to 3 | Raped by Esteban, she bears his son. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| P | Pancha’s sonSon of Esteban Trueba | Unnamed on the chart | The link between Pancha and the colonel. | Find on the chart |
| EG | Esteban GarcíaColonel of the regime | From chapter 7 | Grandson of Esteban Trueba, he tortures Alba. | Find on the chart |
| A | AmandaSister of Miguel | Dies in the Terror | Loved by both twins. | Find on the chart |
| M | MiguelBrother of Amanda | From chapter 10 | A revolutionary and the man Alba loves. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| TS | Tránsito SotoBrothel keeper | Chapters 1 to 14 | She helps to find and free Alba. | Find on the chart |
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