Ryan Samuels

Ryan Samuels is a character on the TV Generation drama series, Our Lives.

He is the adoptive son of Mitch Samuels and his first wife, Jasmine Price.

Ryan previously hosted the radio show, "Rush Hour with the Samuels Bros." (along with his adoptive younger brother, Darien) on the 108.5 The Scene radio station in Oakridge, Illinois.

He also worked part-time as a nightclub promoter for the NyteLife nightclub owned by his friends, Trent Parker and Jerome Robinson.

Early Life
Ryan was born on February 10, 1984 in Crescent Valley, Illinois to Charmaine and Frederick Thompson. His older siblings, Bridgette and Brendan were 18 months old when he was born.

When he was 4 years old, Frederick died in a car accident which left Charmaine with minor injuries. Afterwards, Charmaine was unable to function without her husband and became dependent on alcohol which later led to a full-blown addiction.

Ryan and his siblings were placed in foster care when he was 7 years old after Charmaine accidentally set a table on fire when her cigarette lighter fell on the ground while she was passed out drunk. Charmaine's parental rights were later terminated when she failed to follow court-ordered instructions to regain custody and fell out of contract with her kids for years.

Bridgette, Brendan and Ryan lived together in five different foster homes. Between late 1995\early 1996, they lived with a single foster mother, Hilary Davenport, who was the next door neighbor of Mitch Samuels and his first wife, Jasmine.

After it was revealed that Hilary had gotten a job promotion that required her to move out of state and she wouldn't be able to continue being a foster parent to Brendan and his siblings, Mitch and Jasmine decided to start the process to become their new foster parents.

By January of 1997, they became foster parents to Bridgette, Brendan and Ryan, who were 14 and 12 years old at the time. The siblings were adopted in August of 1998 when he was 14 years old. Four months after the adoption was finalized, the Samuels moved to Mount Larkin, Illinois after Mitch gets a new job at Copeland Bros. Realty once he is certified as a real estate managing broker.

Ryan graduated from Mount Larkin High School in 2002. Around 2001, Jasmine was laid off from her job due to the company filing for bankruptcy which caused to become depressed and she turned to alcohol to cope with it. Mitch tried to intervene and get Jasmine help for her depression and alcoholism; however, Jasmine refused to get any help which put a strain on their marriage and caused frequent arguments between her and Mitch. Eventually, it caused Mitch and Jasmine to separate and they later filed for divorce.

Although Jasmine later sought help, she decided to give up custody of Jake and Darien to Mitch. Afterwards, she moved out of state and cut off all contact with her family.

In August of 2004, Mitch reunites with his former girlfriend, Andrea Watkins after he and his parents attend the funeral of Andrea's husband, Jason Watkins. After Jason's funeral, Mitch offers to help Andrea out with her children which rekindles their relationship and they start dating each other during the summer of 2005.

The day before Valentine's Day in 2006, Mitch proposed to Andrea which she accepted. At the time, Ryan and Brendan were sharing an apartment together.