<Tr> <Th> Grandfathers </Th> <Td> Reginald Bradford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First cousins </Th> <Td> Letitia Bradford </Td> </Tr> <P> Eugene Bradford was played by John de Lancie from 1981 to 1986 and again in 1989 . Also known as Gene and Euge, he went by the pseudonym Bettina Lovecraft while working as a Salem Today columnist . </P> <P> Eugene was a distant relative of the DiMera family through a prior marriage, and referred to Tony DiMera as a cousin . Prior to marrying Calliope Jones on December 31, 1985, Eugene had been married four other times . Eugene's first two wives were murdered, while his third marriage to Marlena Evans was actually a cover - up (Eugene pretended to be married to Marlena when she was pregnant with Roman Brady's twins; at this time Roman was believed to be dead) and not legal . He later served as the namesake for Roman and Marlena's daughter Samantha Gene . </P>

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