<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Jax Teller (deceased) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Abel Teller (stepson) Thomas Teller </Td> </Tr> <P> Dr. Tara Grace Knowles - Teller is a fictional character on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy, played by Maggie Siff . </P> <P> Tara is a native of Charming, California . (She said her heritage was half - Irish .) Her mother died when Tara was nine, and according to ATF Agent Stahl, Tara had a "drunk daddy", whom Tara described as a "bit of a packrat". Tara was Jax Teller's high - school sweetheart, and during that era she had a crow tattooed on her lower back representing her connection to SAMCRO . Tara was arrested in Jax's company at least three times in 1996 . She left town when Jax was 19, in order to get away from small - town life and the influence of the club . According to his mother Gemma, this broke Jax's heart . </P>

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