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Book cover of Kindred
KindredOctavia E. Butler

Characters in Kindred

6 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Dana Franklin

    A Black writer from 1970s Los Angeles who is repeatedly pulled back in time to the antebellum Maryland plantation where her white ancestor Rufus Weylin lives.

Supporting characters

  • Tom Weylin

  • Margaret Weylin

  • Alice Greenwood