The Dauterive Family live in the South, and were a once wealthy family and very numerous in numbers. But by the time the series had aired, the family had become a middle class, and most of the family were dead. By the end of the series, Bill and his cousin Gilbert are the only family members left. According to Gilbert, half of the clan is infertile, and the other half is deceased, imposters claiming to be dauterives, and in the asylums. The family lives at a manor called Chateau Dauterive, however Gilbert sold it.