Petrova Family

The Petrova Family (Bulgarian: Петров or Петрова, Ancient Greek: Πέτροβα, Modern Greek: Petros, Latin: Petrus, English: Pierce; translates as "small rock", "rock" or "stone") is one of the main families in The Vampire Diaries and arguably the second most important family after Mikaelson Family. The family is one of the oldest families introduced, originally coming from Bulgaria before ultimately ending up in Mystic Falls, Virginia. The Petrova Family has been linked to both the Salvatore and Bennett families since 1st Century BCE, also known as the Biblical Times as well as the Redfern family since the 1400s.

Like the Salvatore family, the Petrova family is also known for having a bloodline of Doppelgängers, known as the Petrova Doppelgängers, starting from their earliest known ancestor, Amara the world's first Immortal woman.

When Amara became truly immortal, nature had to find a balance, and thus, created mortal versions of herself, known as "doppelgängers, shadow selves or mortal shadow selves", would appear century after century throughout time. Tatia is the first doppelgänger of the Petrova bloodline while Katherine and Liliya are the second and third, and finally Elena and Patricia are the third and fourth as well as the final doppelgängers.

As of the eighth season; Teodosi, Veselina, Viktoriya, Nataliya, Aleksi, James, Patricia, Miranda, Rayna, Grayson, Nevena, Johnathan, Sarah-Marie, Stefanie, and Zachary-James are the last livings member of the Petrova family.

Family Members

 * Demetrius:
 * Eirene:
 * Dionysius:
 * Amara:
 * Yemaya:
 * Zilyna:
 * Aegeus:
 * Aeschylus:
 * Eulalie:
 * Áedán:
 * Addiena:
 * Tatia:
 * Cadeyrn:
 * Cassius Dowsing:
 * Ediva Dowsing:
 * Teodosi Petrov (a.k.a. Theodore Pierson):
 * Veselina Nikolova (a.k.a. Selina Pierson):
 * Viktoriya Petrova (a.k.a. Victoria Pierson):
 * Katerina Petrova (a.k.a. Katherine Pierce, 2nd Petrova Doppelgänger):
 * Liliya Petrova (a.k.a. Lily Pierce, 3rd Petrova Doppelgänger):
 * Nataliya Petrova (a.k.a. Natalie Pierson):
 * Aleksi Petrov (a.k.a. Alexander Pierson):
 * Divna Aneva:
 * Rebecca Flemming: Rebecca is a distant descendant of Katerina Petrova and Amara and likely a recent ancestor of Isobel, perhaps her grandmother. Her tombstone indicates that she was born on August 18, 1919 and died on September 15th, 1971, a few years prior to the birth of Isobel. Nothing is known about her character or background and it can be assumed that she was human.
 * Kyle Flemming:
 * Adaline Claire:
 * James Flemming:
 * Isobel Flemming: Isobel was a distant descendant of Katerina Petrova, and thus Amara, the world's first immortal woman. Born on October 17, 1975, she grew up in Mystic Falls and as a teenager had two children by John Gilbert. She gave her daughters up for adoption to John's brother Grayson Gilbert and his wife Miranda Sommers-Gilbert, who named the girls Elena and Patricia. Years later, Isobel was married to Alaric Saltzman when she asked Damon Salvatore to turn her into a vampire. After she became a vampire, Isobel went looking for Katherine and Lili, who helped her get a Lapis Lazuli necklace so she could walk in the daylight unharmed. Isobel helped Katherine and Lili research about the tomb vampires and got the Gilbert Device for John Gilbert to destroy the tomb vampires so that Katherine and Lili could return to Mystic Falls. Isobel was later compelled by Klaus to betray Katherine and Lili and then kill herself. She removed her daylight necklace in front of Elena and Patricia and burned to death in the sun, ironically in front of her own tombstone. Isobel was a distant descendant of Amara.
 * Elena Gilbert (4th Petrova Doppelgänger):
 * Patricia Gilbert (5th Petrova Doppelgänger):
 * Juliette Gilbert-Donovan:
 * Rosalie Gilbert-Donovan:
 * Miranda Mikaelson:
 * Rayna Mikaelson:
 * Grayson Mikaelson:
 * Nevena Mikaelson:
 * Johnathan Salvatore:
 * Sarah-Marie Salvatore:
 * Stefanie Salvatore:
 * Zachary-James Salvatore:

Relatives

 * John Gilbert: John met and fell in love with Isobel Flemming during their teenage years and they dated each other for a while. When Isobel was just 16 in the year 1992, Isobel told John that she was pregnant and John brought her to his older brother, Grayson Gilbert, who was the local pediatrician or OB/GYN, so that she could give birth to two daughters named Elena and Patricia. Isobel left Elena and Patricia in the good hands of Grayson and his wife Miranda, who didn't know that John was actually the biological father of Isobel's twin babies. John later sacrificed himself to resurrect Patricia after Klaus had killed her for his ritual to trigger his werewolf gene, having Bonnie Bennett channel his life force into Patricia's body once she died. Though John and Isobel never married, he is considered a relative of the family.
 * Alaric Saltzman: Alaric was the history teacher and a vampire hunter is the former husband of Isobel Flemming and the stepfather of Elena and Patricia Gilbert. It was later revealed that he thinks his wife, Isobel, was killed by a vampire, who he suspects to be Damon. Later he find out that Isobel wanted to become a vampire, and begged Damon to turn her, thus making Isobel a vampire. Isobel later came back and compelled Alaric to move on from her and Alaric begins a new life with Jenna Sommers and takes in Elena, Patricia, and Jeremy as his own by becoming their guardian. Alaric is turned into an Original by Esther. Alaric dies after Patricia drowns in season three due to his sired connection to Patricia. In the season five finale, Alaric is brought back to life by Liv.
 * Niklaus Mikaelson:
 * Damon Salvatore:

Surname

 * Petrov or Petroff (Feminine: Petrova) is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria.
 * The surname is derived from the given name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian), both of which are equivalent to the English name Peter. These names derive from the Greek "Πετρος" (Petros), meaning "stone".