<Tr> <Th> Aunts and uncles </Th> <Td> Estrella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nieces </Th> <Td> Arianna Horton </Td> </Tr> <P> Rafe Hernandez is a fictional character on Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network . Portrayed by Galen Gering and created by Dena Higley, Rafe is introduced in 2008 as the FBI agent assigned to protect the troublesome Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) during her stay in witness protection . Sami and Rafe's contentious dynamic later develops into romance and the two fall in love and eventually marry . However, their romance is plagued by Sami's supercouple romance with Salem's resident badboy, EJ DiMera (James Scott). Rafe's disdain for the DiMera family grows when he discovers that EJ is behind the kidnapping and presumed death of Sami's daughter Sydney and EJ's father Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) replaces Rafe with a doppelganger . The series also introduces Rafe's younger sisters, Arianna (Lindsay Hartley) and Gabi (Camila Banus) and later his younger brother Dario (Jordi Vilasuso). Rafe is very protective of his siblings having helped raise them when their father abandoned the family . Rafe also has an affair with Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) putting him at odds with Stefano, Kate's ex-husband . He later falls in love with physical therapist Jordan Ridgeway (Chrishell Stause) whom he tries to help overcome her own dark past . In 2015, Rafe is forced to confront his past when his estranged father Eduardo (A Martinez) resurfaces . Rafe later falls in love with his longtime colleague Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso) and supports her when she loses her true love to a brain tumor . When a grief - stricken Hope murders Stefano, Rafe helps her cover it up . </P> <P> In October 2008, Federal Agent Rafe arrived in Salem to relay information to Sami Brady and her guard, who had been assigned to her as part of the witness protection program . As Sami had become increasingly agitated by her isolation, she had slipped sleeping pills to her guard and knocking her unconscious . As a result, Rafe was permanently assigned to guard Sami, with whom he initially had a combative relationship . As time went on, however, Rafe and Sami began to form a friendship . While Rafe kept fairly quiet about his personal life, he did tell Sami that as a young child, he frequented a local convent due to his troubling behavior . Rafe became one of the very few people to learn that Sami was pregnant with the child of E.J. DiMera (James Scott), and agreed to help her conceal this fact . As time went on, Rafe began to develop feelings for Sami and after her stint in Witness Protection ended, he pursued a position within the Salem Police Department so he might remain close to Sami and her baby . Rafe also began to reconnect with his younger sister, Arianna (then Felisha Terrell), who had concerns over his involvement with Sami . Despite Arianna's disapproval, Rafe continued to pursue Sami and asked her if he could legally adopt her baby, who they had named Grace . Tragically, several months later, Grace died from complications due to bacterial meningitis, leaving Sami and Rafe utterly devastated . </P>

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