She could be very vulnerable and a damsel in distress. Elena is best friends with her twin sister Alex Gilbert; Bonnie Bennett; Caroline Forbes; Matt Donovan; and her husband,
Her brother Jonathan, also adopted by Barbara Cowen and Paul Gilbert, was an actor and her adopted sister, Sara Gilbert, is best known for starring on the sitcom Roseanne. It shouldn't have been any surprise the Gilbert children wanted to be performers as Paul Gilbert and his wife Barbara were actors.
The Salvatore Twins are the first set of twins to be born in the Salvatore Family. Most of the Salvatore relatives are deceased or found peace. These Twins are the son and daughter of Damon and Elena. After Damon and Elena got married they wanted to have children, so Bonnie found a spell for Fertility.
It is revealed that Elena is a Petrova Doppelgänger (like Katherine, Amara and Tatia), which is thus responsible for her being identical to her ancestor, Katherine Pierce (née Katerina Petrova). This also has the implication of making her a supernatural creature.
Elena was born on June 22, 1992, in Mystic Falls and lived there peacefully for 17 years, with her parents, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert, as well as with her brother, Jeremy.
Stefanie is the witch daughter of Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert; the younger sister of Jenna, Grayson, and Zachary Salvatore; the older sister of Sarah Salvatore, and the older half-sister of Macaria, Johnathan, and Alatheia Mikaelson. Due to his marriage to Elena, Elijah Mikaelson is her step-father.
They are first cousins and not brother and sister. It wasn't until after the death of her adoptive parents Grayson and Miranda Gilbert in 2009 did Elena learn that her uncle John was in fact her biological father. Jeremy is the person Elena loves most in the world.
The two of them discuss what happened between Stefan and "Elena" and Caroline also tells him about Nadia and Matt and the text he sent to her. From Matt's text, who used "K" and not "E", they put the pieces together and they realize that Katherine is in Elena's body.
Elena was born in 1992 and was adopted by Grayson and Miranda when Elena's biological mother, Isobel Flemming, a descendant of Katherine, gave her up.
Indeed, Stefanie Salvatore — as referenced during a Season 1 episode of The CW's Legacies — is the daughter of Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore, named in loving memory of the late, great Stefan.
Somtime during season six of The Vampire Diaries, Elena give birth to her and Jacob's first and only child, Bonnie Rebekah Fogerty. They named their daughter in honor of their two friends, Bonnie Bennett and Rebekah Mikaelson.
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Stefanie Salvatore is the heretic daughter of Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert, as well the younger twin sister of Stefan Salvatore. She is a witch from the Salvatore bloodline and a vampire, she gets her vampire side from both of her parents.
Early life and family
They later adopted a son, Jonathan, who co-starred on Little House on the Prairie. Gilbert's parents divorced when she was 8 years old.
Elena was adopted by Grayson Gilbert, her biological uncle and his wife Miranda, her adoptive mother and aunt by marriage. Aunt Jenna, who was her and Jeremy's legal guardian.
In fact Elena would be more of an aunt for the twins because their mother is Elena's sister-in-law.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries
In the season four finale of The Vampire Diaries, Graduation, Katherine slept with Niklaus Mikaelson and conceived her daughter, Adyelya.
Elena Gilbert (3rd Petrova Doppelgänger): Elena was born on June 22, 1992, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the biological daughter of John Gilbert and Isobel Flemming, and was therefore a descendant of Katerina Petrova, to whom she bears a striking physical resemblance.
As to the reasoning behind the change in her appearance, fans suggest that Nina wanted to be seen as a more mature star -- so pursued some facial modifications.
The Vampire Diaries 5x11 Katherine gives birth to Nadia Petrova in Bulgaria.
She says goodbye to everyone in her own way leaving Stefan last. She kisses him and Stefan stabs her. Katherine collapses and leaves Elena's body.
Season Six
She had taken it with the intention of giving it to her mother, Abby, however she had grown accustomed to her life as a vampire. Instead, she gave it to Damon for Elena. Bonnie tells him do whatever he wants with it. In I'd Leave My Happy Home For You, Elena takes the cure and becomes human again.
Both Rose and Lexi, as ghosts helped both the Salvatore brothers, respectively. Rose's death causes Damon to cry for the first time showing her true meaning to him.
It is mentioned that he is two years younger than Elena.
Jeremy's attempts to become a vampire failed because he didn't take enough pills to kill him and the blood he took healed him. After Stefan checks on Jeremy to make sure that he is not a vampire, John gives Jeremy his ring before leaving town.