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Daniel Romalotti believed that he was Danny Romalotti's son as per The Young and the Restless storyline. He has been one of the troublemakers of Genoa City who has since learned to sober down after becoming a doting father. Played by Michael Graziadei currently, Daniel is poised to help the Abbotts keep their company safe from Newman's takeover and bring in profit as well.
The character of Daniel, introduced in The Young and the Restless in 1994, was played by twins Hannah and Desiree Wheel as an infant, followed by Michael McElroy. A young child Daniel, then played by Chase Bebak, and later, Roland Gibbons, was written out of the soap, as the storyline sent Danny and Daniel away from Genoa City.
A quickly aged Daniel, with his birth year retconned, returned to town in 2004. The young adult was played by Cam Gigandet followed by Michael Graziadei. Graziadei has been playing the role intermittently for almost two decades.
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The Young and the Restless: Daniel Romalotti's history on the soap
Daniel is Phyllis Summers' son with Brian Hamilton. Since she was married to Danny Romalotti at the time, Daniel was thought to be Danny's son. However, after learning about the betrayal, Danny divorced Phyllis but took Daniel's custody as revenge. He then left for New York with a very young Daniel who missed his mother throughout his childhood.
Daniel returned to The Young and the Restless as a young adult who resented his mother. He became friends with Kevin and got involved with the crook, Alex, in trying to create a rescue drama for Lily. He started trusting Phyllis after she saved him from Alex. In 2005, Daniel was involved in Cassie Newman's accidental death but amnesia after the incident helped his exoneration.
At the same time, he and Lily Winter got romantically involved and the duo eloped. When caught, Lily was sent to boarding school leaving Daniel heartbroken. The duo again eloped to Las Vegas and got married. However, Amber's association hooked Daniel to pornography followed by a high-level heist with Amber and Kevin, leading to a breakdown of his marriage and left jobless.
While Daniel helped Amber get a job at the lifestyle magazine, Restless Style, he, received the proposal of being an assistant photographer on his father's music tour.
Back to town in 2008, The Young and the Restless viewers saw Daniel and Amber moving in and out of their relationship. Daniel's endeavor in fashion design led him to fake a painting for a huge sum of money. He was released from jail, due to the evidence sent by Amber's former lover, Deacon Sharpe, to ADA Heather.
September 2009 on The Young and the Restless saw Daniel proposing to Amber and getting married two months later. However, Kevin's half-sister Daisy drugged and raped Daniel. While Amber believed his innocence, she ended her marriage fearing for the safety of her son, Eric Sharpe. When Daisy returned pregnant, Daniel put up with her. However, after giving birth, she hit Daniel unconscious and escaped with the baby.
Daniel tried to move on, but his budding relationship with Abby Newman failed due to Diane's interference. When Daniel learned that Victoria and Billy's adopted daughter was his biological baby with Daisy. Though Daniel wrote off his parental rights to Billy, Phyllis fought for baby Lucy, wanting to have her granddaughter in her custody. The battle led to the court ruling in favor of Daisy and an upset Daniel withdrew from his mother.
Despite wanting to move on with Lily, Daniel found himself lending his shoulder to many other Genoa City residents to cry. That included Chloe Mitchell and Eden Baldwin. However, when another custody case over Lucy, between Daisy and Phyllis, ended with Daisy winning Lucy's rights, a desperate Daniel proposed to Daisy.
Daisy went missing and ended up in Fairview. As such, Daniel moved on with Heather Stevens despite his mother's disapproval. After ensuring that Daisy was safe, Daniel moved with Heather and Lucy to Georgia in 2013. He kept visiting Genoa City on various occasions or for his mother's requirements such as Phyllis's coma and Summer's engagement.
What are Daniel's current plot dynamics on The Young and the Restless?
November 2022 on The Young and the Restless saw Daniel back in Genoa City when he pitched Lily an idea for a gaming platform in her company, Chancellor-Winters. When accepted, he got down to work but was reluctant to discuss Heather and Lucy. He accepted to Danny and Phyllis that Heather was in a boarding school, and his marriage was under strain due to his jealousy over Heather's success.
Phyllis orchestrated Heather and Lucy's return to Genoa City and a pleasantly surprised Daniel reconnected with his daughter. Although his romance with Lily was getting stronger, her absence from town, brought Daniel closer to his family. The Young and the Restless storyline in 2024 found Daniel's happiness in his home life leading to an intimate time with Heather.
When Lily found out about this betrayal she dumped him, fired him and kept the rights to the game. When a furious Daniel planned to sue Chancellor-Winters, Lily compromised and settled with Daniel out of court. However, soon Lily was fired from the company when Billy Abbott was given all decision-making rights.
Phyllis has recently convinced Billy to take her into the company's employment on The Young and the Restless episode aired September 13, 2024. She has also tried to persuade him to give Daniel's job back to him. If Daniel joins Billy and makes his game a success, the Abbotts can fight back against Victor Newman's attempt to take over the company.
Watch out for Daniel on The Young and the Restless as he carves a place for himself in Abbott-Chancellor as well as in his family life with Lucy and Heather.
