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!! Nick's family

[[folder:Maria Grazie]]
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!! Nick's family

[[folder:Maria Grazie]]
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[[folder:Dominick "Nicky" Carisi III]]


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!!!'''Played By:''' N/A

The first son of Amanda Rollins and Sonny Carisi, born after the two started a relationship and got married.
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!! Nick's family

[[folder:Maria Grazie]]
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
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* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Originally born in January 2014 and adopted in May 2015, he jumped forward several years after Ryan Buggle took over the role in Season 19. In Season 24, he is stated to be 12 during Christmastime 2022, making his birth year 2010 or 2011, if approximating his birthday within the next month. In Season 25, his birth year is now 2011 and his adoption date June 2013 according to his adoption papers.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Once she finds God and is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she stops directly harming her sister. She still screws up and eventually ends up in prison again, but it wasn't out of malice towards Amanda.]]
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* ShesAllGrownUp: Nick mentions in Season 23 that she's 15.
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!! Olivia's family/Noah's family

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!! Olivia's family/Noah's family

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!! Olivia's family

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!! Olivia's family/Noah's family



[[folder:Ellie Porter]]
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/EmmaGreenwell

Noah's biological mother.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Gang-raped, tortured, and finally, burned alive.
* MissingMom: Murdered by the sex traffickers she was going to testify against while Noah is still an infant, meaning he has no memory of her.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Killed in her first episode, but gave birth to Olivia's adopted son.
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Ellie Porter's mother and Noah's biological maternal grandmother.

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Ellie Porter's Ellie's mother and Noah's biological maternal grandmother.
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Noah's biological grandmother.

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Ellie Porter's mother and Noah's biological maternal grandmother.



* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Averted. Sheila no doubt knows Noah was conceived as a result of Ellie being raped, but doesn't hold that against him and would've happily taken him in if she'd been notified before his adoption was made official.

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* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Averted. Sheila no doubt knows Noah was conceived as a result of Ellie being raped, but doesn't hold that against him and would've happily taken him in if she'd been notified before his adoption was made official.

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Ellie's been dead for about four years by the time Sheila first appears in "Contrapasso."

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Ellie's been dead for about four three years by the time Sheila first appears in "Contrapasso.""
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Averted. Sheila no doubt knows Noah was conceived as a result of Ellie being raped, but doesn't hold that against him and would've happily taken him in if she'd been notified before his adoption was made official.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: The most conventionally beautiful among Elliot's children.
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!! Nick's family

[[folder:Maria Grazie]]
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!! Nick's family

[[folder:Maria Grazie]]
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[[folder:Mason Rollins]]



!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LauraBenanti

Nick's (eventual ex) wife and a member of the U.S. Army.

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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LauraBenanti

Nick's (eventual ex) wife and a member of the U.S. Army.
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Kim's son with an unknown man.



* ActionMom: Mother to Zara and stepmother to Gilberto and a member of the U.S. Army.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has a very rigid demeanor.
* GoodLookingPrivates: A character who is a member of the U.S. Army that is played by the sultry Laura Benanti.
* LongDistanceRelationship: She's stationed in Iraq while Nick is in New York. This is part of the reason for their eventual split.
* MistakenForCheating: Nick sees her with a male therapist, assumes the worse, and ultimately attacks the man. This marks the beginning of their marriage's disintegration.
* StatuesqueStunner: A beautiful woman (as Nick rightfully points out) standing 5'8.

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* ActionMom: Mother to Zara and stepmother to Gilberto and a member of the U.S. Army.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has a very rigid demeanor.
* GoodLookingPrivates: A character who is a member of the U.S. Army that is played by the sultry Laura Benanti.
* LongDistanceRelationship: She's stationed in Iraq while Nick is in New York. This is part of the reason for their eventual split.
* MistakenForCheating: Nick sees her with a male therapist, assumes the worse, and ultimately attacks the man. This marks the beginning of their marriage's disintegration.
* StatuesqueStunner: A beautiful woman (as Nick rightfully points out) standing 5'8.
NomDeMom: His parents are not married.



[[folder:Zara Amaro]]
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!! Nick's family

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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlisonFernandez

Nick's daughter.

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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlisonFernandez

Creator/LauraBenanti

Nick's daughter.(eventual ex) wife and a member of the U.S. Army.



* TwoFirstNames: "Zara" and "Amaro".

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* TwoFirstNames: "Zara" ActionMom: Mother to Zara and "Amaro".stepmother to Gilberto and a member of the U.S. Army.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has a very rigid demeanor.
* GoodLookingPrivates: A character who is a member of the U.S. Army that is played by the sultry Laura Benanti.
* LongDistanceRelationship: She's stationed in Iraq while Nick is in New York. This is part of the reason for their eventual split.
* MistakenForCheating: Nick sees her with a male therapist, assumes the worse, and ultimately attacks the man. This marks the beginning of their marriage's disintegration.
* StatuesqueStunner: A beautiful woman (as Nick rightfully points out) standing 5'8.



[[folder:Cesaria Amaro]]
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[[folder:Cesaria [[folder:Zara Amaro]]
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NancyTicotin

Nick's mother.

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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NancyTicotin

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Nick's mother.daughter.


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* TwoFirstNames: "Zara" and "Amaro".
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[[folder:Cesaria Amaro]]
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NancyTicotin

Nick's mother.
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A notorious criminal and Olivia's paternal half-brother.

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A notorious criminal and Olivia's younger paternal half-brother.



Olivia's adopted son.

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Olivia's adopted son. The biological son of Johnny Drake and Ellie Porter.



* BabyBeMine: Kidnapped by Roger Pearson for his wife Alexa prior to his introduction.

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* BabyBeMine: Kidnapped by Roger Pearson for his wife Alexa prior to his introduction. In Season 19, his biological grandmother Sheila Porter, Ellie's mother, kidnaps him to raise by herself.



* MissingMom: His biological mother, Ellie Porter, was burned to death before she could regain custody of him.

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* MissingMom: His biological mother, Ellie Porter, was burned to death before she could regain custody of him. He was only a baby, so he has no memory of her.
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* ChildByRape: Noah was conceived when his biological mother, Ellie Porter, was raped by the sex trafficker holding her hostage at the time.

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* ChildByRape: Noah was conceived when his biological mother, Ellie Porter, was raped by the sex trafficker holding her hostage at the time. This is a trope he shares with his adoptive mother and half-brother Connor.



* HappilyAdopted

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* HappilyAdoptedHappilyAdopted: Has a happy life with Olivia.
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* DotingGrandparent: She loves Zara dearly.
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* {{Flanderization}}: He starts off as a character who's impulsive and doesn't think things through (see NotHelpingYourCase), but is a generally decent guy who cares about his family and just needs to grow up a bit, and while he has a drug arrest in a Season 13 episode, it's only for marijuana, and at that he was using it for medical, not recreational, purposes. In his final appearance, he's a severe heroin addict.

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* {{Flanderization}}: He starts off as a character who's impulsive and doesn't think things through (see NotHelpingYourCase), but is a generally decent guy who cares about his family and just needs to grow up a bit, bit and learn to think things through instead of reacting, and while he has a drug arrest in a Season 13 episode, it's only for marijuana, and at that he was using it for medical, not recreational, purposes. In his final appearance, he's a severe heroin addict.
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* NotTheFirstVictim: When Serena's rapist was finally identified long after both of their deaths, it was revealed that she was not the only victim.
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Ellie's homicide was Olivia's case. It wasn't just the NYPD in general that dropped the ball, it was Olivia specifically, and she benefited from her own screw up by getting to adopt Noah.


* VillainHasAPoint: The NYPD was supposed to notify her about Ellie's death and Noah's existence. The only reason Olivia was able to adopt Noah was because the police didn't do their due diligence in locating Ellie's next of kin. While none of this justifies anything Sheila did, she's not wrong for believing the situation was unjust.

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* VillainHasAPoint: The NYPD was supposed to notify her about Ellie's death and Noah's existence. The only reason Olivia was able to adopt Noah was because the police she didn't do their her due diligence in locating Ellie's next of kin. While none of this justifies anything Sheila did, she's not wrong for believing the situation was unjust.
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This trope is about twins who are identical despite being different genders, not just different gender twins.


* HalfIdenticalTwins: His twin is a female, Elizabeth.



* HalfIdenticalTwins: Her twin is a male, Dickie.
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* VillainHasAPoint: The NYPD was supposed to notify her about Ellie's death and Noah's existence. The only reason Olivia was able to adopt Noah was because she didn't do her job of locating Ellie's next of kin. While none of this justifies anything Sheila did, she's not wrong for believing the situation was unjust.

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* VillainHasAPoint: The NYPD was supposed to notify her about Ellie's death and Noah's existence. The only reason Olivia was able to adopt Noah was because she the police didn't do her job of their due diligence in locating Ellie's next of kin. While none of this justifies anything Sheila did, she's not wrong for believing the situation was unjust.
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Meganekko is no longer a trope. It's a Fanspeak term. Moving wicks to Bespectacled Cutie when appropriate.


* {{Meganekko}}: She's wearing specs.
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* VillainHasAPoint: The NYPD was supposed to notify her about Ellie's death and Noah's existence. The only reason Olivia was able to adopt Noah was because she didn't do her job of locating Ellie's next of kin. While none of this justifies anything Sheila did, she's not wrong for believing the situation was unjust.
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* OutnumberedSibling: He was Elliot's only son until Elliot, Jr. was born during Season 9.

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