Jack Dutton's parents are John Dutton I (Sr.) and Emma Dutton, while Spencer Dutton's parents are the original patriarch James Dutton and his wife Margaret Dutton, making Spencer Jack's uncle, not his father. James and Margaret Dutton founded the ranch, and their children included John (Jack's father), Spencer, and Elsa.
Carrying on his family's heritage, Jack (Darren Mann) worked with his father, John Dutton Sr. and great-uncle, Jacob Dutton on the family's Montana ranch. (Note: As Jack is sometimes a nickname for John, it's possible that Jack is John Dutton Jr. but that has not been confirmed onscreen.)
James Dutton: The original patriarch from “1883” who founded the Yellowstone Ranch after his daughter Elsa's tragic death. Margaret Dutton: James's wife, a nurse for the Confederate Army, who raised their three children—Elsa, John, and Spencer.
Emma Dutton (Marley Shelton) is the wife of John Dutton I and mother to Jack Dutton in 1923. She dies of suicide after her husband is shot and killed early in the season.
Spencer Dutton
Spencer is John and Elsa's brother on 1923. He was apparently born sometime after James and Margaret settled in Montana but was not featured as a baby on 1883. At some point, he left to fight in World War I before finding himself in Africa.
In Season 5 of Yellowstone, we can expect love to be in the air not just for newlyweds Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, but for Beth's son-not-son, Carter (Finn Little). For those of you who need a refresher, Beth invited Carter to live and work on the Dutton ranch after he lost both his parents.
Her assistant found a parcel addressed to Beth, before she could stop her assistant from opening the box, it exploded killing her assistant instantly and sent Beth back in the blast which caused her multiple lacerations with permanent scarring and burns all over her back.
After Beth and Rip began their romance as teenagers, Beth decided to make Rip jealous by going on a date with an older cowboy named Rowdy (Kai Caster).
What did Beth whisper to the casket? The Dutton family finally has a service for John, where Beth once again promises to avenge her dad. After laying a white rose on his casket, Beth leans down and whispers, "I will avenge you," then leaves the service.
Originally from Wormleighton in Warwickshire, the Spencers made their fortune from sheep farming. Then, in 1508, Sir John Spencer joined the landowning elite when he bought the estate of Althorp near Northampton, which is still the country seat of the Spencer family today.
Brecken Merrill as Tate Dutton, Kayce and Monica's son and John's only biological grandchild, and heir to the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.
The staff told Jamie that when performing abortions, they were also required to sterilize the patient (forced sterilization is still legal in the U.S. today). Jamie agreed to this without telling Beth, and she didn't learn until later. She never told Rip because she knew he would kill Jamie for it.
Actor Kevin Costner got into a physical altercation on set during the filming of the hit cowboy drama Yellowstone. The altercation resulted in a temporary pause in filming of the series, shocking fellow castmates. The fight began between Costner and co-star Wes Bentley, who plays Costner's son in the series.
Cole Hauser & Cynthia Daniel
On screen, Hauser's character Rip Wheeler is married to Beth Dunton, played by Kelly Reilly, but in real life, the 48-year-old actor is riding off into the sunset with Cynthia Daniel. The two have been together since the '90s and were wed in 2006.
The reason why Beth has had extreme hate for brother Jamie since the beginning of the show was revealed during Season 3. The episode titled “Cowboys and Dreamers” features a flashback, featuring a teenage Beth who was pregnant with Rip Wheeler's child.
1 Elsa Dutton
Elsa Dutton's death is doubtlessly the saddest in the Yellowstone franchise.
Kelly Riley's natural hair
It might be surprising to know that the actress has red hair naturally. Kelly's beautiful shoulder red hair is why she has to wear a blonde wig in the drama. Being a redhead naturally, the producers must ensure the character's looks do not underplay her character.
Beth's mom wanted to toughen her up. So she could succeed in a man's world. In season one episode seven, when Beth 'becomes a woman' her mother says “I have to turn you into the man most men will never be … You're gonna hate it, sweetheart.”
All of Beth's cigarette smoking. "I don't smoke, so all those cigarettes are the herbal cigarettes," Reilly told ET in an interview back in January 2022. "I hate them so much and he [Taylor Sheridan] has it in the script when she's smoking and when she takes a drag, it's all written.”
In the final episode of Yellowstone, John Dutton's remaining two children, Beth and Kayce, sell the Yellowstone Ranch to their Broken Rock Indian Reservation neighbors for pennies on the dollar, if the tribe agrees never to sell or divide it.
Elsa's indian name "Lightning with the yellow hair" in Comanche is pronounced: "eka kwitsu baitʉ̠ (pronounce: bahita) oha (pete?) papi".