How is everyone related in Shameless?

The main members of the family are the children of Monica and Frank Gallagher
Frank Gallagher
The Gallaghers are a large Irish-descended family living in Chicago's South Side, Back of the Yards neighborhood. The family is headed by alcoholic philosopher father Frank, who later died of COVID-19 while the children's mother Monica left them one day to live with another woman Roberta and die of a brain anuerysm.
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, both lazy and neglectful parents. During their marriage they had daughters Fiona, Debbie and Stella along with sons Lip, Carl, Liam and Ian who it was later revealed was the son of Monica but with her old boss.
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Is anyone on Shameless related?

Not only are the Shameless cast members friends, but they are a family offscreen as much as they are on-screen. Shameless season 11 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EST on Showtime.
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Are Fiona and Carl from Shameless related?

Fiona is not Carl Gallagher's mother, although she did raise them for most of the series. When Shameless Season 1 began in 2011, Carl was nine years old, and Fiona was 21. So, the eldest Gallagher child was 12 years old when her sibling was born.
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Are they siblings in Shameless?

Frank's three brothers: Jerry, Clayton, and Wyatt. Jerry is Frank's twin and seems estranged from the family, Clayton is heavily hinted to be Ian's true father and lives a lavish life with his wife Lucy and their son Jacob Gallagher, and Wyatt had his testicles blasted off in the navy.
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How many siblings does Shameless have?

The first series focuses on layabout Frank Gallagher and the lives of his six children, Fiona and boyfriend Steve, Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie and Liam, and next-door neighbours, Kev and Veronica.
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Are Carl and Debbie twins?

On first viewing Carl, played by 13-year-old Ethan Cutkosky, is nothing more than a kid in desperate need of parental supervision. For the majority of his, along with his sister Debbie and younger brother Liam, life he has been raised by their older siblings Fiona, Lip, and Ian.
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How is Frank Liam's dad?

Frank consents to this, but the Gallagher siblings rally to keep Liam with them. In Nana Gallagher Had an Affair, Monica and her partner Bob take Liam to the DNA clinic, where they do a paternity test and it reveals that Frank is, in fact, Liam's biological father.
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How is Kevin related to the Gallaghers?

Kevin "Kev" Ball (born Bart) is a main character. He is also the bartender at Frank's favorite bar and the Gallaghers' neighbor and friend along with his long term girlfriend Veronica, and the father of Amy, Jemma & Dominic Ball.
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Are the Gallaghers a real family?

No, The Gallaghers were not inspired by any real-life family. However, the American series is a direct adaptation of the original British series of the same name. Created and written by Paul Abbott, Shameless ran on the UK's Channel 4 for 11 seasons, between 2004 and 2013.
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Why is Liam Gallagher black?

It turned out that Liam was fully Frank and Monica's biological kid and that he was Black because Nana Gallagher had had an affair with a Black saxophone player. All of the Gallaghers are part Black - except Carl. Carl took a blood test when he was joining the army because he thought he had African American ancestors.
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Are Debbie and Fiona related?

Debbie Gallagher grew up watching her older sister Fiona raise a house full of kids. Fiona wasn't necessarily the ideal mother figure, but since she managed to keep a roof over the family's heads and food on their plates, Debbie incorrectly assumed that it was easy to be a teenage mother.
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Who is Fiona's baby daddy?

Craig Garland was a Chatsworth resident, first introduced in Series 2. He was legally married to Sue Garland for 8 years, but was no longer in any sort of relationship with her when he met Fiona Gallagher who he had a child with.
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Do they really smoke on Shameless?

Both actors just decided that their characters wouldn't smoke as much. Meanwhile, Lip has always smoked like a chimney, and that's because actor Jeremy Allen White actually does smoke.
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Is Emma Kenney and Ethan Cutkosky related?

'Shameless': Ethan Cutkosky Knew He and Emma Kenney Were Brother and Sister After He Did an 'A-Hole' Thing. People can say anything about the Gallagher siblings on Shameless but it's a fact they love each other. Even if “Everyone hates Debbie” or Lip is being a jerk, they keep love at their core.
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How many siblings does Fiona?

She was forced to look after her five siblings; Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie and Liam, when her mother Monica left them for Norma Starkey. Fiona was 17 years old at the time and had her appendix out in hospital only to return to five abandoned siblings.
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Do Debbie and Ian have the same dad?

The main members of the family are the children of Monica and Frank Gallagher, both lazy and neglectful parents. During their marriage they had daughters Fiona, Debbie and Stella along with sons Lip, Carl, Liam and Ian who it was later revealed was the son of Monica but with her old boss.
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Is Ian Gallagher Frank's son?

Ian receives a shock when it is revealed that he is the son of Frank's brother, which makes Frank his uncle and Ian the half-sibling, as well as cousin of the family.
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Why is Lip Gallagher so hot?

There's more to his charm than his tendency to jump fences and punch out security guards. Alongside his reckless nature is another quality that's always left women swooning: He's a f*cking genius. A natural genius, Lip had a tendency for getting in trouble for his attitude, and getting out of it with his intelligence.
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Why is Kevin bald in Shameless?

Steve Howey on Twitter: "I have alopecia areata.
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Why did Kev and Veronica leave Shameless?

Veronica practically begged for Kevin to give her some attention, and when he repeatedly failed to do so, she briefly put an end to their relationship. It was the first real fight Kev and V ever had with each other, and Veronica's response to it was to just call it quits and take a break from her family.
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Is Monica Liam's mom in Shameless?

Monica Jean Gallagher (née Darrgen, also Monica Jean Darrgen) was the estranged wife of Frank and the mother of Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam.
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Why did they replace Liam on Shameless?

The producers had to fast-forward Liam's age for Shameless season 3, so they had to switch out the children who played his character. However, since Liam was still a young child, they chose twins again.
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