there is a bit of confusion going on in the comment section. one of you even came to the conclusion that arthur is calum's dad. that is certainly not true. so i thought i would do a break down of families as we know them so far. and hopefully that will help clear up some doubts. so here we go!

symbol meanings:
(x) = dead.
(+) = married.
(-) = dated .
(*) = curently dating.

in an effort to make things even more clear, i will also write them out in a small paragraph. hopefully this is clear.

1. ashton(x) - claire(x)
As you all remember, Ashton and Claire were engaged. They never got married and had no children.

2. con(x) + anne(x)
                  |
          richard(x) + joy(x)
                _________|________
              |                               |
        calum                       mali(x)
Con married Anne. Together they had a son named Richard. Richard married a woman named Joy. Together they had two kids: Mali and Calum.

3. con(x) + claire(x)
     _______|_______
   |                          |
cole               clarissa
After Anne died, Con and Claire got married. Both of them had two children: Cole and Clarissa. Richard is half brother of Con and Claire's kids.

4.    claire(x) - bobby(x)
                         |
harleen - arthur + mary lou(x)
                |                |
          harley    michael
So Claire would flirt with Bobby to make Hayley angry. Eventually she took Bobby from Hayley and together they had Arthur. Arthur dated Harleen when he was young. When Harleen got married to Aaron, Arthur married Mary Lou and they had Michael. At one point, Arthur and Harleen saw each other again and they had Harley.

5. bobby - hayley + thomas
                                  |
          arthur - harleen + aaron
                        |                 |
                  harley        billy * cindy
Hayley was dating Bobby. When Claire took Bobby from her, Hayley started dating Thomas Davis (has not been mentioned in the story yet). They eventually got married and had Harleen and her siblings. Harleen dated Arthur when she was young. When Arthur left to care for his sick adoptive mother, Harleen was told Arthur wasn't coming back. So she started dating Aaron Quinn. They got married and had Billy. Billy is currently dating Cindy.

6. lucas + mary joy(x)
     ______|______
   |                       |
joyce             logan + gerelynn
                             ____|____
                           |               |
                        luke       cindy * billy
Mary Joy and Lucas started dating after he lost all that dorky gear he was wearing (braces, big glasses, etc). They got married and had two kids: Logan and Joyce. Logan married a woman Gerelynn and they had Cindy and Luke. Cindy is dating Billy Quinn.

i really hope this helps. i might be missing a few people. so sorry about that. thank you for reading my books. it means so much to me. i love you. IM SORRY IF I CONFUSE YOU MORE. THIS WAS MEANT TO HELP.

-clary xx