What started as a single show about a complex family of ranchers, led by patriarch John Dutton, has evolved into a full-fledged franchise with a winding lineage of characters. So now, fans of ...

He ends up taking over the Dutton Ranch in the 19th century from his brother when tragedy strikes and he raises James' two sons as his own. He's presumably the great-great-grand-uncle of John ...

Kevin Costner's John Dutton III is the lead of Yellowstone, and the most iconic character Taylor Sheridan has created. He's the quintessential Dutton, and he descends from 1883's James Dutton.