The Man Both Ashley And Traci Abbott Married On The Young And The Restless

In 2000, Ashley Abbott returned from a trip having secretly gotten pregnant by Victor Newman. She quickly reunited with Brad Carlton, who was still holding a torch for her. Brad agreed to raise the baby as his own not knowing that Victor was the father, and little Abby was born later that year (via Soap Central).

Brad was furious when the truth came out about Abby’s paternity years later, but he remained with Ashley when she discovered she was pregnant again. However, their son Robert Carlton was stillborn in 2003, and the grief over losing her baby caused Ashley to experience a psychological break. During that time she believed that she was still in love with Victor — who was happily married to Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) — and separated from Brad. In 2006, Brad and Ashley finally divorced when he proposed to Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), per (Soaps in Depth).

Unfortunately, Traci and Ashley and their respective daughters were robbed of Brad’s presence in their lives when he unexpectedly drowned in 2009 while rescuing Noah Newman (then Kevin Schmidt), who had fallen into a frozen lake. Less than a year later, while the family was still grieving Brad’s death, his daughter Colleen also tragically drowned in the very same lake.

Since then, Traci has again relocated to New York City, where she continues to work as a novelist, and Ashley moved to Paris, where she runs her own cosmetic company. However, Abby Newman remains in Genoa City as an integral member of both the Abbott and Newman families — and the last tie to Brad Carlton whom she considered her father.

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