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There is a reason which Alex has never disclosed as to why he doesn't date: unbeknownst to his entire family, he is actually married.  As a young man, he dated Rebecca Mackenzie, in a relationship of which her family did not approve.  He later joined the military, and prior to an overseas deployment, he and Rebecca eloped.  Shortly after the honeymoon Rebecca discovered she was pregnant.  But jaded by the abuse he saw children suffering in third world countries, along with Melanie's kidnapping, he asked Rebecca to have an abortion.  Rebecca refused and the two separated; she would later have a son (Jordan Alexander Mackenzie) but never told her parents about the marriage, thus creating friction within her family.  To cover up the matter, Rebecca tells Jordan that his father is deceased.

There is a reason which Alex has never disclosed as to why he doesn't date: unbeknownst to his entire family, he is actually married.  As a young man, he dated Rebecca Mackenzie, in a relationship of which her family did not approve.  He later joined the military, and prior to an overseas deployment, he and Rebecca eloped.  Shortly after the honeymoon Rebecca discovered she was pregnant.  But jaded by the abuse he saw children suffering in third world countries, along with Melanie's kidnapping, he asked Rebecca to have an abortion.  Rebecca refused and the two separated; she would later have a son (Jordan Alexander Mackenzie) but never told her parents about the marriage, thus creating friction within her family.  To cover up the matter, Rebecca tells Jordan that his father is deceased.

But at 14 Jordan learns that his father is very much alive, and without telling his mother he flies to Minneapolis to meet Alex.  (Jordan learns the story after receiving a letter from a courier, part of an overarching story arc throughout the McKinley/BlackThorpe series about the company being under attack.)

But at 14 Jordan learns that his father is very much alive, and without telling his mother he flies to Minneapolis to meet Alex.  (Jordan learns the story after receiving a letter from a courier, part of an overarching story arc throughout the McKinley/BlackThorpe series about the company being under attack.) Rebecca ends up flying to Minneapolis afterwards and is convinced to stay at the Thorpe mansion due to the issues surrounding BlackThorpe, but since her marriage to Alex is at this point nothing but on paper, she wants to begin formal divorce proceedings.  Jordan also learns about the events surrounding his birth and not surprisingly is angry with Alex; however, the two are able to overcome their differences and bond as father and son.

 

===Adrianne===

===Adrianne===