Drake Family

The Drake Family is a prominent family line throughout the Freeform series, Pretty Little Liars. The Drake family is heavily connected to both the DiLaurentis and Hastings family|Hastings families.

Family Members

 * Mary Drake -
 * Jessica DiLaurentis -
 * Charles DiLaurentis b. Charles Drake - Charles was the first-born son of Mary Drake and the adoptive child of Jessica and Kenneth DiLaurentis. Charles was the persona of Charlotte DiLaurentis before she transitioned. As a child, he worried his adoptive parents, because he suffered from many behavioral episodes which were originally assumed to have been violent and/or psychopathic. It was later revealed that these "episodes" were the early formation of Charles' realizing his identity as a transgender girl, something Kenneth was uncomfortable with. At the age of seven, Charles was admitted to Radley Sanitarium and his adoptive siblings/cousins were told that "Charlie" was just an imaginary friend of Jason's. Charles was often visited by Jessica and occasionally by his Aunt Carol Ward. Unlike her husband, Jessica embraced Charles' desire to physically transition into a female and helped him achieve this. One day, Charles was taken out of Radley for a symbolic burial for "Charles DiLaurentis", and was then readmitted to Radley Sanitarium as Charlotte DiLaurentis. Jessica then lied to Kenneth and told him that Charles overdosed in Radley, donated his organs, and was then cremated and buried in Carol's backyard.
 * Charlotte DiLaurentis b. Charlotte Drake - Charlotte Drake was born on May 21, 1988, at Radley Sanitarium as born Charles Drake and assigned male at birth. She was born to Mary Drake, a patient at Radley Sanitarium, and her ex-boyfriend, Ted Wilson, who was unaware that Mary was pregnant. Mary's sister, Jessica DiLaurentis and her husband, Kenneth DiLaurentis adopted Charlotte into the DiLaurentis family. Charles lived with her father, mother, and adoptive siblings and cousins, Alison and Jason until she was seven-years-old. At this age, Kenneth and Jessica admitted Charlotte to Radley for "impulsive and psychopathic behavior". Kenneth never visited her, but Jessica did, and support her desire to physically transition from male to female. Charlotte officially transitioned as an early teen and legally changed her name from Charles DiLaurentis to Charlotte DiLaurentis. She later escaped Radley and began hanging out with Alison DiLaurentis under the alias of "CeCe Drake", and became the non-intimate girlfriend of her adoptive sibling and cousin, Jason. When Charlotte received word that her enemy from Radley, Bethany Young, was planning to escape Radley and kill Jessica, Charlotte decided to hit Bethany over the head with a rock. She accidentally hit Alison, which led to Jessica burying Alison and covering for Charlotte. Years later, Charlotte became the second "A", and both tortured and kidnapped Alison and her friends. After her reveal as "A", Charlotte was admitted to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital where she pretended to get well so she could be released from the hospital. On the night of her release, she was murdered and thrown from the bell tower. Her funeral took place a few weeks later.
 * Jason DiLaurentis - Jason is the first-born son of Jessica and Peter Hastings, the half-brother of Alison, Spencer, and Alex. He is also the cousin of Charles/Charlotte. Jessica had an ongoing affair with Peter, which led to her becoming pregnant with his child. To protect both of their families, Jessica lied to Kenneth and told him the child was his. Kenneth and Jessica then raised Jason together as their son. As a teenager, he used to smoke marijuana and hang out with Ian Thomas and Garrett Reynolds. In high school, he, along with them, was in a secret club called N.A.T. Jason almost hated Alison because she would often go into his room and take his belongings. Jason later reveals that he was always jealous of Alison, and had felt that his parents thought they "lost the wrong kid". After Alison returned, Jason left to travel the world and study abroad. He later became the co-owner of the Carissimi Group alongside his sister, Alison, and is estranged from his father.
 * Alison DiLaurentis - Alison is the first-born daughter of Jessica and Kenneth DiLaurentis, the half-sister of Jason, and the cousin of Spencer, Alex, and Charles/Charlotte.

Related Families

 * DiLaurenits Family - Jessica married into the DiLaurentis family when she married Kenneth DiLaurentis. She and Kenneth later had one child together, Alison DiLaurentis, and raised Jason DiLaurentis as their son.