Derek Shepherd might now not be on 'Grey's Anatomy,' however lovers felt his presence in the Season 19 premiere. Here's what to understand about his sisters.

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Season 19, Episode 1 of Grey’s Anatomy.

Loyal Grey’s Anatomy audience have seen more than one docs come and pass. Some characters go out Grey Sloan Memorial for a new process or an outdated flame, whilst others depart following a tragedy or demise. The latter scenario happened to Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) husband and the opposite part of #MerDer, Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey).

Derek and Meredith’s love story spanned Grey’s Anatomy’s first 11 years. But, in Season 11, the renowned neurosurgeon died after a automotive crash left him brain-dead. Fortunately for lovers, Derek lived on in Meredith’s flashbacks and dreams years after his death. In Season 17, he additionally made a number of appearances on Meredith’s imaginary seaside all through her near-fatal coronavirus (COVID-19) battle.

Season 19 proved that Grey’s Anatomy would stay Derek’s legacy alive. This season, the collection gave fans a deeper glance into his family and a stunning discovery about Derek Shepherd’s sisters.

How ‘Grey’s Anatomy's’ Season 19 includes Derek Shepherd’s sisters.

During Grey’s Anatomy’s Season 19 premiere, “Everything Has Changed,” viewers in the end met the brand new interns that can confidently trade Grey Sloan for the simpler. Before the premiere, showrunner Krista Vernoff told Variety how she sought after the most recent staff to remind them of Meredith’s intern years from Seasons 1-3.

In one scene, an intern named Lucas Adams (Niko Terho) flaunted his abilities and willingness to be the most productive in his magnificence. However, when Lucas said Derek’s vintage pre-surgery word, “It’s a beautiful day to save lots of lives,” many fanatics puzzled about his and Derek’s connection.

In the gallery, Meredith and Derek’s youngest sister, Amelia (Caterina Scorsone), printed that Lucas is one in every of Derek’s nephews. In the scene, Amelia mentioned they were fond of each other, as Derek was once “a god” to Lucas and he used to be “Derek’s favourite nephew.” However, Amelia feared Lucas’s conceitedness might get him in trouble earlier than his profession started.

Amelia then requested Meredith if she simplest picked him because he’s her and Derek’s nephew, and the meantime chief said he reminded her of any other Shepherd. “He is a mess,” she stated to Amelia. “He does need to do issues his own manner. But he additionally has a stroke of the circle of relatives genius. And he’s a little bit of a black sheep. You don’t see it, do you?”

Derek Shepherd has 4 sisters on ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’

While lovers now know that Lucas is one of Derek’s family members, it’s arduous to imagine that he would have a nephew sufficiently old to be a surgical intern. However, Grey’s Anatomy has been on the air since 2005, and Lucas was once most likely alive. In Season 1, Derek informed Meredith that he has 4 sisters — Amelia, Nancy (Embeth Davidtz), Liz (Neve Campbell), and Kathleen (Amy Acker). Derek described his sisters as “very girly” with “a ton of kids.”

Later in Season 1, we realized that he had 9 nieces and five nephews, even though that number has changed. Amelia and her ex, Link (Chris Carmack), had their son, Scout, in Season 16. Private Practice fans additionally take into account Amelia gave birth to her first child, Christopher, before he died from being born without a frontal lobe.

Since Amelia didn’t have kids in Grey’s Anatomy Season 1, Lucas would should be Nancy, Liz, or Kathleen’s child. Unfortunately, Meredith and Amelia never say which sister is the newcomer’s mother, despite the fact that the season is solely starting.

Although we don’t know how he’s Derek’s nephew, Lucas desires to flee his family’s legacy. According to Deadline, the aspiring surgeon is the “black sheep of his circle of relatives ... decided to end up himself as a surgeon, identical to many in his family that have come earlier than him.”

You can watch new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy Thursday nights at Nine p.m. EST on ABC.

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