19 Years Ago, Sami Brady Got the News That Would Change ‘Days of our Lives’ Forever

Days of our Lives’ Samantha Gene Brady has done it all. A legacy character born on the soap in 1984, Sami (Alison Sweeney) was already a young mom in 2007 when she learned she was pregnant again. But that pregnancy came with one of the biggest surprises of her life that would change the fabric of Salem for years to come.

Sami and Lucas Get the Shock of Their Lives

When Lucas (Bryan R. Dattilo) and Marlena (Deidre Hall) accompanied Sami to an ultrasound appointment, they were all stunned and thrilled to learn that Sami was having twins. At first, Sami thought there must be something wrong with her baby, as you can see in the clip here, but the doctor revealed that there was nothing wrong with her baby…either baby.

While twins can be a dime a dozen on soaps (after all, Sami is a twin, as is her mother, Marlena), Sami’s twins turned out to have two different fathers. Although Sami was with Lucas, her ex, EJ (then played by James Scott), forced Sami to have sex with him in exchange for saving Lucas’ life one night when Lucas was stuck in a cabin whose roof had collapsed.

Sami eventually gave birth to Johnny (Carson Boatman) and Allie (Lindsay Arnold), with Johnny fathered by EJ (Daniel Feuerrigel) and Allie fathered by Lucas, and each twin knew who their father was. Sami and EJ tried to keep the circumstances behind Johnny’s conception from him for years, but he learned the truth in 2025 after Sami’s dad, Roman (Josh Taylor), let it slip during an argument.

Sami had to explain to her son why she chose to marry EJ again after what he had done to her, as she had been undergoing therapy to understand many of her toxic life choices. Allie might be off in Europe raising her young son, Henry, but all these years later, Johnny is now a young Salem hero, awaiting the birth of his child and supporting his wife through her battle with cancer.