<Tr> <Th> Nieces and nephews </Th> <Td> Melanie Jonas (adoptive) Parker Jonas (adoptive) Holly Jonas (adoptive) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First cousins </Th> <Td> Sandy Horton (adoptive) Hope Williams (adoptive) Julie Williams (adoptive) Steve Olson (adoptive) Mike Horton (adoptive) Jennifer Horton (adoptive) Lucas Roberts (adoptive) Jessica Blake (adoptive) </Td> </Tr> <P> Melissa Horton is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives . She was played by child actors Joseph Trent Everett from October 18 to November 29, 1971, Matthew Bowman from December 16 to 29, 1971, and Kim Durso from April 15, 1975, to June 25, 1976 . A teenaged Melissa was portrayed by Debbie Lytton from May 31, 1977, to April 17, 1980, and March 16, 1982, to November 29, 1982 . Lisa Trusel played an adult Melissa from May 12, 1983, to November 8, 1988, with returns from June 28 to July 4, 1994, November 1 to 15, 1996, May 30 to June 3, 2002; January 14 to 19, 2010, and June 18 to 28, 2010 . Camilla Scott played the role from February 14, 1990, to June 13, 1991 . Trusel's run as Melissa earned her various nominations and a Daytime Emmy award nomination . </P> <P> Born to Jim and Linda Phillips, Linda claimed that Mickey Horton was Melissa's father, but when Mickey's wife Laura revealed to her in private that Mickey was sterile (a fact that Mickey did not even know about as Laura had been keeping it from him so that he wouldn't discover that he was not the father of Laura's son Mike), Linda reluctantly admitted that Jim was Melissa's father . </P>

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