Nancy "The Black Widow" Price Botwin-Scottson-Reyes-Bloom (previously Price, Botwin, Scottson and Reyes), (known as Nancy Botwin) is the protagonist in the series, and mother of Silas Botwin, Shane Botwin & Stevie Botwin-Reyes. and sister-in-law of Andy Botwin. She met her late husband Judah while attending Berkeley, and hired Nancy as a dancer for one of his performance pieces. In season one, Andy reveals that the two of them dated for several years before getting married shortly after Judah's graduation with an engineering degree. Nancy herself never graduated, but did study dance for some time. They married in 1988. The two are married for almost 17 years before he suddenly dies of a heart attack while jogging with their younger son Shane. Nancy has stated that she is of Welsh ancestry.