Chodakowski family Grzegorz Chodakowski (Wojciech Majchrzak) is a first child of Mr. and Mrs. Chodakowski and older brother of Tomasz Chodakowski. He was born on 6 May 1967.
Aleksandra Chodakowska (Małgorzata Pieczyńska) is a wife of Grzegorz Chodakowski. She was born on 12 May 1965. Aleksandra has one sister, a nun named Łucja (born 9 July 1967, died 14 March 2008). :
Aleksander Chodakowski (
Maurycy Popiel) is a first child of Grzegorz Chodakowski and his wife, Aleksandra Chodakowska. He was born on 6 June 1987. He married
Magdalena Marszałek on 22 December 2015. In March 2016, they adopted a son, Maciej Romanowski, who was born in 2006. Their marriage ended in divorce on 19 September 2017. Aleksander civilly married
Aneta Kryńska, a doctor whom he met at work, on 28 April 2020, in a prison in Warsaw. Their son, Borys Chodakowski, was born in April 2022. ::
Maciej Chodakowski, born
Romanowski (Franciszek Przanowski) is an adopted son of Aleksander Chodakowski and his first wife,
Magdalena Chodakowska, and biological son of Krzysztof Romanowski. He was born in 2006. His biological father, Krzysztof Romanowski, died because of heart attack on 18 January 2016. On 14 March 2016, he was adopted by Aleksander and Magdalena. His parents later divorced and he lives with his mother and stepfather, Andrzej Budzyński. ::
Borys Chodakowski is a son of Aleksander Chodakowski and his second wife,
Aneta Chodakowska. He was born on 12 April 2022, in Vienna, Austria. :
Marcin Chodakowski (born 18 August 1990,
Mikołaj Roznerski) is a son of Grzegorz Chodakowski and his wife, Aleksandra Chodakowska. He is married to Kamila Chodakowska (2025-) and was previously married to
Izabela Lewińska (2020-2023). He has two children: Szymon Chodakowski (born 2015) and Maja Chodakowska (born 2017). Marcin was raised in Germany by his father, because his mother left the family and moved abroad. He was a boxer. He came to Warsaw because he had a conflict with boxer club's chef. Marcin had romances with Weronika Zawada (who was married to Ryszard Zawada, 2013),
Agnieszka Olszewska (2012), Eryka Bufford (2013-2014) and
Jane Bufford (2013). In 2014 he met
Katarzyna Mularczyk. They started dating and she fell pregnant. Marcin got engaged to Katarzyna on 29 December 2014. On 9 March 2015, their son Szymon Chodakowski was born in Warsaw, but Katarzyna died as a result of severe blooding. Marcin, who raised his son alone, met
Izabela Lewińska. She worked as a curator and controlled Marcin's family. They fell in love and has a daughter, Maja Chodakowska, on 14 November 2017. In the meantime, Izabela married her former boyfriend, Artur Skalski and didn't say Marcin that she was expecting their child. Artur was killed in October 2019 by Aleksander Chodakowski. Marcin and Izabela engaged on 28 January 2020 and married in a church ceremony on 24 March 2020. Chodakowski owns a company. Marcin and Iza divorced on 24 October 2023 after her romance with Radosław. ::
Szymon Chodakowski is a first child of Marcin Chodakowski and his fiancee, Katarzyna Mularczyk. He was born on 9 March 2015. His mother died hours after his birth and he was raised by his father and stepmother, Izabela Chodakowska. His parents divorced in October 2023 and he was living with his father. ::
Maja Chodakowska is a first child of Marcin Chodakowski and his then girlfriend, Izabela Lewińska. She was born on 14 November 2017. Her parents married in 2020 and divorced in October 2023.
Tomasz Chodakowski (Andrzej Młynarczyk) was a second child of Mr. and Mrs. Chodakowski and younger brother of Grzegorz Chodakowski. He was born on 7 July 1978. He lived in Szczecin and worked as a policeman. He decided to change his work and become a driver after the death of his close friend. He took care of his daughter, Zofia Warakomska. Tomasz met Małgorzata Mostowiak and saved her life when a man tried to rape her. They married on 10 November 2009, and their son was born on 23 November 2009. In the past, Tomasz was engaged to
Agnieszka Olszewska, who escaped from the church minutes before their wedding. Agnieszka came to Warsaw from Szczecin and they renewed their relationship. Tomasz's relationship with Agnieszka and Małgorzata's work abroad was bad for their marriage. In 2014 Małgorzata left her family and moved to United States where she got engaged to her first husband, Michał Łagoda, and fell pregnant. Tomasz divorced her on 12 May 2014. Chodakowski had another one night stand with Olszewska. It resulted in a birth of their daughter, Helena Chodakowska, on 23 February 2016. Tomasz started dating
Joanna Tarnowska, a nanny of Wojciech. Tomasz and Joanna married on 28 March 2017. Chodakowski was attacked with a knife and died in a Warsaw hospital on 11 September 2017. :
Wojciech Chodakowski is a son of Tomasz Chodakowski and his wife,
Małgorzata Chodakowska. He was born on 23 November 2009 in Warsaw. :
Helena Chodakowska is a daughter of Tomasz Chodakowski and his then lover,
Agnieszka Olszewska. She was born on 23 February 2016. She spent her first years in Warsaw. In September 2017 her father died. In April 2020 she moved to home town of her mother, Szczecin.
Filarski family Zbigniew Filarski (
Andrzej Previgs) was a senior of Filarski family. With his wife Krystyna Filarska he had only child, Kinga Filarska. Zbigniew owned a company and produced windows. He was wealthy and was displeasured when his daughter started meeting Piotr Zduński who came from a middle-class family. Zbigniew was often aggressive towards Piotr and his family, even after in March 2004 he offered a work in his firm to Krzysztof Zduński. As a result of Zbigniew's behaviour, Kinga and Piotr married in a secret in May 2003. A great crisis in Zbigniew's relationship with his in-laws was in October 2004 when a client cheated Krzysztof Zduński and company lost a lot of money. The situation led to separation between Kinga and Piotr who were on opposite sites of the arguing. On 27 October 2004 Filarski had an accident and he was expected to be paralyzed. He died on 23 September 2023.
Krystyna Filarska-Marszałek is a first wife of Zbigniew Filarski. In November 2004, after her husband's accident, she had to run their windows company but was struggling. :
Kinga Filarska-Zduńska, born Filarska (Katarzyna Cichopek) is a daughter of Zbigniew Filarski and his wife, Krystyna Filarska. She was born on 22 May 1984. Kinga graduated from secondary school in Gródek. In 2001 she started a relationship with
Piotr Zduński, her classmate. Her parents, owners of a wealthy firm producing windows, were opposed to Piotr, because his family was not so wealthy. In early 2002 Kinga was supposed to be pregnant but she was not. However, her parents wanted her to split with Piotr and moved her to a Catholic secondary school. In October 2002 Kinga was injured in a car accident and lost her vision. After an unsuccessful operation she was predicted to never see again. Piotr took care of Kinga and it convinced her parents that he was a great partner for their daughter. In February 2003 Kinga had another operation and regained her vision. On 11 March 2003 Kinga and Piotr decided to get married and engaged on 23 April 2003. They married in a secret civil ceremony in Gródek on 13 May 2003 with Paweł Zduński and Anna Waszkiewicz as their witnesses. Kinga changed her surname to Filarska-Zduńska. After their parents learnt about the wedding, they decided that Kinga and Piotr will live at Filarski's house and it generated a lot of conflicts between Piotr, Kinga and their in-laws. Kinga passed a matura exam in 2003 and moved with her husband to Warsaw. There, she bought a flat after her mother gave her money. In November Kinga was accepted into Warsaw University to study psychology. She and Piotr moved into a flat with their new friends:
Kamil Gryc and
Magdalena Marszałek. In January 2004 Kinga had a one night stand with Kamil. Filarska-Zduńska started working as a waitress in a night club.
Gryc family Jerzy Gryc :
Kamil Gryc (
Marcin Bosak) is a lawyer from Warsaw. In late 2003 he was a student in Warsaw and moved into a flat with
Kinga Filarska-Zduńska,
Piotr Zduński and
Magdalena Marszałek. In January 2004 he had a one-night stand with Kinga, causing a crisis in her young marriage. Then he had a romance with Magdalena Marszałek who discovered in February 2004 that she was expecting his child. ::
Pola Gryc is a daughter of Kamil Gryc and his former partner, Weronika. Kamil has his parental rights and raises his daughter with Anita Laskowska, his current fiancee.
Janik family Jędrzej Gutowski is a paternal uncle of Franciszka Janik. He is married to Hanna Gutowska since 2024.
Hanna Gutowska (
Elżbieta Wójcik-Firek) is a wife of Jędrzej Gutowski since 2024. :
Franciszka Zduńska, born
Janik (born 1992,
Dominika Kachlik) is a fourth wife of Paweł Zduński. She is married to
Paweł Zduński and has two children:
Adam Lewicki and Antoni Zduński. She was born in 1992. Her parents are unknown and believed to be dead. She was raised in Bukowina Tatrzańska. In 2010 or 2011, she fell pregnant with an unknown man. She went to New York to give birth to her son Adam, gave up her paternal rights and her son was adopted by Karol Lewicki and his wife Marta. Franciszka came back to Poland. In 2020, she was engaged to marry an older man. She escaped from a shop in Warsaw when she was buying her wedding dress and met
Paweł Zduński. They started dating, engaged in 2021 and married in a religious ceremony in Bukowina Tatrzańska on 1 February 2022. On 17 May 2022 adopted parents of her son Adam called her to inform her that her son has an undisclosed illness and further decisions depends on family medical history. Franka agreed to help them, went to United States and contacted them. Franciszka has hidden from Paweł that she already has a child but he later learnt and forgave her. Adam Lewicki is not aware that Franciszka is his biological mother, but after their meeting Franciszka wants a contact with him. In April 2022 she was diagnosed with endometriosis and she and her husband (who doesn't have biological children) are struggling with conceiving a child on their own. ::
Adam Lewicki (Liam Culbreth) is a son of Franciszka Janik and her unknown partner. He was born on 6 December 2011 in New York, United States. Franciszka, who was then 19, gave up her paternal rights and Adam was adopted by Karol Lewicki and his wife, Marta Lewicka. Adam doesn't know that Franciszka is his biological mother. He lives in New York and came to Warsaw in September 2022 to meet Franciszka and her new husband, Piotr Zduński.
Lisiecki family Andrzej Lisiecki (Tomasz Oświeciński) is an older brother of Bartosz Lisiecki. In the past he was married to Elżbieta but his marriage lasted only a few months. On 31 January 2017, he married his friend, Marzena Laskowska and they're expecting their first child.
Status: present, living in Grabina.
Marital status: married to Marzena Lisiecka since 2017.
Elżbieta Lisiecka (Anna Sarna) is a divorced first wife of Andrzej Lisiecki. She came to Grabina to stop Andrzej's wedding with Marzena Laskowska, saying that they're not divorced.
Status: non-present since 2017.
Marital status: divorced from Andrzej Lisiecki.
Marzena Lisiecka, born
Laskowska (Olga Szomańska) is a second wife of Andrzej Lisiecki. She worked at Siedlisko with Urszula Lisiecka. Marzena gave birth to her daughter Kalina on 17 March 2020. :
Kalina Lisiecka is a first child of Andrzej Lisiecki and his wife, Marzena Lisiecka. She was born on 17 March 2020, in Warsaw.
Bartosz Lisiecki (
Arkadiusz Smoleński) is a younger brother of Andrzej Lisiecki. He is married to Dorota Kawecka since 2024 and was previously married to Jolanta Lisiecka and
Urszula Mostowiak (2019-2023).
Dorota Lisiecka, born
Kawecka (
Dorota Rejzer) is a third wife of Bartosz Lisiecki. They married on 26 November 2024. She was previously married to Tomasz Kawecki.
Aniela (Elżbieta Kijowska) is a grandmother of Marzena Lisiecka and Beata. She made a testament and decreased her furtune to her only great-grandchild, Kalina Lisiecka.
Beata (Izabela Warykiewicz) is a half-sister of Marzena Lisiecka. She came to Grabina in 2021 after her sister's death and wanted to take care of her niece Kalina to take a decrease from her great-grandmother Aniela.
Łagoda family Feliks Łagoda (never seen on screen) was a senior of Łagoda family. He was born in 1896 and died on 28 June 1960. He was married to Zofia Łagoda. :
Zenon Łagoda (
Emil Karewicz) was a first child of Feliks Łagoda and his wife, Zofia Łagoda. He was born on 14 June 1936. In 1960, he was engaged to marry
Barbara Wrzodak but decided to move to United States. Unaware that Barbara was expecting his child, he broke the engagement off and emigrated. His daughter
Maria was born in December 1960, but was raised as a daughter of Lucjan Mostowiak. In United States, Zenon married a woman with whom he had a son, Michał Łagoda. In 2000 Zenon came back to Poland and owned a processing plant in Lipnica. In 2001 Barbara's daughter-in-law,
Hanna Walisiak, spread the information that Zenon, not Lucjan, was Maria Zduńska's biological father. In June his biological daughter gave birth to a daughter Maria who died hours after birth. Zenon wanted to come back to United States but he suffered from a sudden heart attack and died on 17 November 2001. He was buried in Lipnica. ::
Michał Łagoda (Paweł Okraska) was a son of Zenon Łagoda and his unnamed wife. He was born on 18 August 1974. Michał came to Poland with his father in 2000. Accidentally, he met
Małgorzata Mostowiak when he hit her while she was riding a bike. They started a relationship which was strained by Małgorzata's romance with Konrad Badecki and Michał's financial problems. In November 2001, Michał learnt that he had a paternal half-sister, Maria Zduńska and his father suddenly died. In September 2002 he became a godfather of Mateusz Mostowiak, Małgorzata's and Maria's nephew. In October 2002 Michał and Maria opened a water bottling plant in Lipnica. On 26 December 2002 Michał announced his engagement to Małgorzata Mostowiak. They married on 19 February 2003 and rented a house where they lived with Małgorzata's parents. In April 2003 a man claiming to be Michał's paternal uncle, visited Michał's house. A new guest was addicted to alcohol and was a thief. Michał threw his out of house in May 2003, despite thinking that he was an uncle. In May 2003 Michał got a letter from an American lawyer of his uncle, confirming that Marian Łagoda was terminally ill and staying in United States. Michał realised that his guest was a fraud. In June 2003 Michał and his wife had a marital crisis which ended in Małgorzata's move to her brother's home in Grabina. In September 2003 Michał went to United States to take care of his uncle and left Małgorzata in Poland. In October 2003 Michał came to Poland to bury his uncle Marian in Lipnica. He admitted that the considered United States as his homeland. Michał wanted Małgorzata to move with him to America and it caused another conflict between them. In 2003 Michał's and Maria's water plant was taken over by
Waldemar Jaroszy, who in January 2004 offered Michał director position. Michał apologized Małgorzata for leaving her, forgave her romance with Zbigniew Napiórkowski and they started a new chapter in their lives. However, Małgorzata discovered sex tapes Michał recorded with his male friend Grzegorz and filed for divorce. Their divorce was announced on 17 May 2004. :
Marian Łagoda was a son of Feliks Łagoda and his wife, Zofia Łagoda. He died in October 2003 in United States and was buried in Lipnica, Poland, next to his brother Zenon Łagoda.
Unnamed Starski, born
Łagoda was a brother of Feliks Łagoda. He moved to United States and changed his surname to Starski. :::
Kamil Starski (Radosław Krzyżowski) was a grandson of Unnamed Starski. He died in 2019. ::::
Maciej Kalicki (Aleksander Kaleta) is a son of Kamil Starski and his former partner, Miss Kalicka.
Marszałek family Wojciech Marszałek (born 19 June 1954, died 2023,
Emilian Kamiński) was a senior of Marszałek family. He was married to Halina Marszałek (?-2009) and
Krystyna Filarska (2011-2023) and had one daughter, Magdalena Marszałek (born 1982). He died due to heart attack.
Halina Marszałek (
Marta Klubowicz) was a first wife of Wojciech Marszałek. She was born on 9 April 1960. Halina died on 21 November 2009, after a long illness.
Krystyna Filarska-Marszałek (born 1956,
Hanna Mikuć) is a widowed wife of Wojciech Marszałek and has one child,
Kinga Filarska-Zduńska. She was previously married to Zbigniew Filarski (divorced). She currently lives in Warsaw and helps her daughter raising her four children. :
Magdalena Budzyńska (born Marszałek, 14 September 1982,
Anna Mucha) is a daughter of Wojciech Marszałek and his wife, Halina Marszałek. She is married to
Andrzej Budzyński (2019-) and was previously married to Sasza Maksymowicz and
Aleksander Chodakowski (2015-2017). She has one adopted son,
Maciej Chodakowski (born 2006). In January 2014 she had a heart transplantation. Magdalena is a lawyer and workes in Warsaw. Since 2025, she lives in Warsaw with her husband.
Zuzanna Marszałek (Jolanta Fraszyńska) is a cousin of Wojciech Marszałek. She worked as a nanny of Magdalena Zduńska and Mikołaj Zduński. She was dating Zbigniew Filarski and Wiktor Żak (whom she met in a secondary school and then again in Warsaw in 2016). In May 2016 Zuzanna and Wiktor Żak moved together to Sweden.
Michał Marszałek is a brother of Zuzanna Marszałek.
Mostowiak family Ludwik Mostowiak was a brother of Teodor Mostowiak and paternal uncle of Lucjan Mostowiak.
Teodor Mostowiak was a father of Lucjan Mostowiak and Hanna Smine. He was married to Maria Mostowiak. :
Hanna Smine, born Mostowiak was a daughter of Teodor Mostowiak and his wife, Maria Mostowiak. She was born in 1922. Hanna was first declared missing after
World War II. Her family looked for her through The Polish Red Cross and got the information that Hanna was dead. In April 2013 Hanna's brother Lucjan learnt that she survived the war, moved to United States, married there and had descendants. Hanna died in 1978. :::
Jane Bufford is a granddaughter of Hanna Smine. She was born in 1990 in United States. :
Lucjan Mostowiak (Witold Pyrkosz) was a son of Teodor Mostowiak and his wife, Maria Mostowiak. He was born on 19 December 1931 in Grabina. When he was 8, the World War II started. Lucjan survived but his sister was missing and later declared dead. Lucjan was arrested by Germans and his father had to pay soldiers for freeing him. Teodor Mostowiak stole money from neighbour Markowski and it led to Markowski's suicide. One of Lucjan's friends was
Zenon Łagoda and they both were interested in Barbara Wrzodak. Barbara loved Zenon, they got engaged and Barbara fell pregnant. Zenon wanted her to make an abortion and left her, sure that she ended her pregnancy. In 1960 Lucjan took care of his pregnant neighbour, proposed to Barbara and they married in September 1960. Lucjan's parents were not happy with that marriage, mainly because of Barbara's out of wedlock pregnancy. In December 1960 Barbara gave birth to Maria, who was raised as Lucjan's daughter and had a surname Mostowiak. Lucjan had three more children with Barbara: Marta in April 1972, Marek in January 1978, Małgorzata in April 1980 and a stillborn son Filip in the 1960s. In 1980 in Grabina Lucjan helped to save a life of five years old girl,
Hanna Walisiak, who was injured in a car accident caused by Waldemar Jaroszy. Hanna's parents died and Hanna was sure that Mostowiak was the one, who caused the accident and wanted a revenge on his family. Lucjan was injured as a result of saving Hanna. In a revenge in 2001 Hanna told Mostowiak family members that Maria was not Lucjan's daughter and it led to Zenon's heart attack and Maria's premature labour. Lucjan had learnt that Hanna married his son Marek to take their fortune and gave her his sad for leaving their family. However, Hanna and Marek had a happy marriage and members of a family forgave her. In April 2002 he lost consciousness in his sad and was hospitalized due to heart attack. For a few months Lucjan and his wife lived in a flat in Gródek but were unhappy there and missed their home. In February 2003 Lucjan and Barbara moved into a house rented by their daughter Małgorzata and her new husband, Michał Łagoda. When Michał left to United States, Lucjan and Barbara helped their daughter with work on her agrotourism farm. On 22 December 2003 Lucjan was hit by a car and saved by
Waldemar Jaroszy. In February 2004, Lucjan and Barbara, angry that Małgorzata had a romance with Zbigniew Napiórkowski, decided to move out of their house and back to Grabina. :
Barbara Mostowiak (born Wrzodak, 15 May 1940,
Teresa Lipowska) is a matriarch of Mostowiak family. She was married to Lucjan Mostowiak (1964-2017) and has five children: Maria Mostowiak (born 1964), Marta Mostowiak (born 1972), Marek Mostowiak (born 1978), Małgorzata Mostowiak (born 1980) and Filip Mostowiak (stillborn). She lives in Grabina with her daughter and some members of her family. ::
Maria Rogowska (born Mostowiak, 24 December 1964 in Grabina,
Małgorzata Pieńkowska) is a daughter of
Zenon Łagoda and his former fiancee, Barbara Wrzodak; legal daughter of Lucjan Mostowiak. She is married to
Artur Rogowski (2008-2015, 2018-) and was previously married to
Krzysztof Zduński (1984-2005). She has four children:
Piotr Zduński (born 1984),
Paweł Zduński (born 1984),
Maria Zduńska (born 2001, died 2001) and
Barbara Rogowska (born 2009). She is a nurse and workes at a medical clinic in Lipnica. Maria was raised unaware that she was not Lucjan's biological daughter. She was 37 and heavily pregnant when she learnt from her sister-in-law, Hanna Mostowiak, that her biological father was Zenon Łagoda. A shocking information led to an unexpected birth of her daughter Maria who lived only few hours. Shortly after that Łagoda also died and Maria inherited his water processing plant in Lipnica. Since 2018, she lives in Grabina with her husbad, mother and daughter. ::
Marta Milecka (born Mostowiak, 6 April 1972,
Dominika Ostałowska) is a daughter of Lucjan Mostowiak and his wife, Barbara Wrzodak. She is married to
Jacek Milecki (2003-2004, 2024-); was previously married to
Norbert Wojciechowski (2005-2007) and
Andrzej Budzyński (2012-2017). She has two children:
Łukasz Wojciechowski (born 1993) and
Anna Wojciechowska (born 2006). Marta is a lawyer and worked as a judge in Warsaw. In 2002 she was brutally attacked by a man whom she was judging and remained in a coma. From 2017 to 2018 she lived in Colombia with her children. Since 2025, she lives in Italy with her husband and her son's family. ::
Marek Mostowiak (born 4 January 1978,
Kacper Kuszewski) is a son of Lucjan Mostowiak and his wife, Barbara Wrzodak. He is married to
Ewa Kolęda (2015-) and was previously married to
Hanna Walisiak (2001-2011). He has three children: Natalia Mostowiak (born 1996, adopted 2005), Urszula Mostowiak (born 1996, adopted 2008) and Mateusz Mostowiak (born 2002). Marek had different works, most notable as an owner of a pub in Lipnica and as a manager of a water plant, inherited by his sister Maria. Since 2018, Marek lives in Australia with his wife and stepson. :::
Natalia Mostowiak (born 21 March 1996,
Marcjanna Lelek,
Dominika Suchecka) is an adopted daughter of Marek Mostowiak and his wife,
Hanna Walisiak. She was married to
Franciszek Zarzycki (2017-2020) and has one daughter, Hanna (born 2015). Natalia works as a policewoman in Lipnica. She was raised in an orphanage in Józefowo. ::::
Hanna Mostowiak (born 5 October 2015 in Grabina,
Maja Marczak) is a daughter of Natalia Mostowiak and her former lover,
Dariusz Maj. Her godparents are Urszula Mostowiak (her maternal aunt) and Franciszek Zarzycki (her mother's friend and later Hanna's legal father). :::
Urszula Mostowiak (born Jakubczyk, 2 September 1996,
Iga Krefft) is an adopted daughter of Marek Mostowiak and his wife, Hanna Walisiak; biological daughter of Bronisław Jakubczyk and his unnamed wife. She was married to
Bartosz Lisiecki (2019-2024) and has one foster daughter, Kalina Lisiecka (2020). Her biological mother was dead and her father was addicted to alcohol, unable to take care of his child. She was adopted by Mostowiak family in 2008. Since 2023, Urszula lives in Australia with her daughter. :::
Mateusz Mostowiak (born 3 April 2002 in Grabina,
Krystian Domagała,
Rafał Kowalski) is a son of Marek Mostowiak and his wife,
Hanna Walisiak. Mateusz was christened on 24 September 2002 and his godparents were Małgorzata Mostowiak (his paternal aunt) and
Michał Łagoda (her fiance). He was married to
Lilianna Banach (2020-2022).In November 2002 Mateusz was kidnapped by
Irena Gałązka, former adoptive mother of Hanna, who was obsessed with having a child on her own. He is currently studying at Military Academy in Warsaw and previously worked as a sailor. ::
Małgorzata Chodakowska (born Mostowiak, 8 April 1980,
Joanna Koroniewska) is a daughter of Lucjan Mostowiak and his wife, Barbara Wrzodak. She was married to
Michał Łagoda (2002-2004),
Stefan Miller (2004-2005) and
Tomasz Chodakowski (2009-2014) and has one son,
Wojciech Chodakowski (2009). Małgorzata studied in Warsaw and is a landscapre architect. In 2013, when she was still married to Tomasz, Małgorzata moved to United States with her son and her first husband, Michał Łagoda. They got engaged but just before their wedding they had a car accident in which Michał was killed and Małgorzata lost their unborn child. Since 2013, she lives in United States and after joining a religius sect she has no contact with her family.
Nowicki family Krystyna Cholak (Joanna Jędryka) was an accountant in a wholesaler owned by
Krzysztof Zduński.
Janina Nowicka (Ewa Wencel) is a sister of Krystyna Cholak and mother of Ewa Nowicka. :
Ewa Nowicka (Dominika Figurska) started her work as a secretary in Krzysztof Zduński's wholesaler in April 2002. Ewa and Krzysztof had a romance which led to a separation between Krzysztof and his wife,
Maria Zduńska. In early 2003 Ewa fell pregnant and her mother accused Krzysztof that he was child's father. Ewa was hospitalized in September 2003 because she collapsed. She gave birth to her daughter Aleksandra on 10 November 2003 in Gródek. A girl was born in critical condition and Krzysztof Zduński donated his blood to her. Ewa confessed that child's father was Leszek Skalski. In May 2004 Ewa started work in a medical clinic owned by
Janusz Kotowicz. They became dating in November 2004. ::
Aleksandra Skalska is a daughter of Leszek Skalski and his then former lover, Ewa Nowicka. She was born on 10 November 2003 prematurely and in critical condition. Krzysztof Zduński, who then became her godfather, was believed to be her father and donated his blood to her.
Popławski-Modry family Stanisław Popławski (Sławomir Holland) is a policeman from Lipnica. He got engaged to
Krystyna Banach in 2022 and they married on 8 November 2022.
Krystyna Popławska is a wife of Stanisław Popławski. She was previously married to
Krzysztof Banach and has two children, Liliana and ?.
Alicja Modra was a sister of Józef Modry. She had one child, Jagoda.
Józef Modry lives in Lipnica and is an uncle of Jagoda Kiemlicz. :
Jagoda Kiemlicz (
Katarzyna Kołeczewek) is a daughter of Stanisław Popławski and his former partner, Alicja Modra. :
Tadeusz Kiemlicz (
Bartłomiej Nowosielski) is a husband of Jagoda Kiemlicz. ::
Dorota Kiemlicz (born 4 March 2025 in Warsaw) is a daughter of Tadeusz Kiemlicz and his wife, Jagoda Kiemlicz. During pregnancy, she was diagnosed with heart disease and operated before birth.
Tarnowski family Adam Tarnowski (Juliusz Krzysztof Warunek) is a senior of Tarnowski family. He was born in 1958.
Dorota Tarnowska (Katarzyna Żak) was a wife of Adam Tarnowski. In a past she was diagnosed with a cancer and recovered after her daughter stole money from the casino she worked. Later, she was diagnosed with a pancreatic cancer and died on 1 June 2015. :
Joanna Chodakowska, born
Tarnowska (Barbara Kurdej-Szatan) is a first child of Adam Tarnowski and his wife, Dorota Tarnowska. She was born on 15 March 1987. She worked in United States as a nanny of Wojciech Chodakowski. After his mother, Małgorzata Chodakowska, and her fiance, Michał Łagoda, had a car accident, she took care of Wojciech and later took him to Poland. Joanna fell in love with
Tomasz Chodakowski and they married on 28 March 2017. Tomasz unfortunately died on 11 September 2017. Joanna lives in Warsaw and raises Wojciech Chodakowski. On 6 December 2021, she got engaged to Leszek Krajewski.
Walisiak family Władysław Walisiak was a senior of Walisiak family. He was born in 1947. In his youth Władysław was dating Wanda Kalicka but married her younger sister, Maria Kalicka. They had one child, Hanna, born in 1975. In 1980 Walisiak family came home from a party in a car driven by Waldemar Jaroszy. Jaroszy had no driving license and caused an accident with Lucjan and Barbara Mostowiak. Władysław and Maria died as a result and Hanna had to live in an orphanage. In 1978 Władysław had a child out of wedlock, Anna Gruszyńska.
Maria Walisiak, born Kalicka was a wife of Władysław Walisiak. She was born in 1949 and died in a car accident in 1980. She had one daughter, Hanna, and has never learnt that her husband had also a daughter out of wedlock. :
Hanna Mostowiak, born Walisiak (
Małgorzata Kożuchowska) was a daughter of Władysław Walisiak and his wife, Maria Walisiak. Hanna took part in a car accident in 1980, caused by Waldemar Jaroszy, where her parents were killed. She was rescued by
Lucjan Mostowiak, but was convinced that Mostowiak was the one who caused an accident and wanted a revenge on him. Hanna moved to an orphanage in Józefowo where she met her best friend, Jolanta Kowalska. She was temporary adopted by
Irena Gałązka and her husband who couldn't have children on their own. When after the adoption Irena fell pregnant, they turned Hanna back to an orphanage. However, Irena lost her biological child and started to have psychiatric symptoms. In November 2000 Hanna worked as a waitress in a local pub in Lipnica and she met
Marek Mostowiak. Lucjan's broke off his engagement to
Katarzyna Wójcik to start a romance with Hanna. Hanna and Marek soon became engaged and married in a secret civil ceremony in 2001. Hanna wanted to sell Mostowiaks'ground to
Zenon Łagoda and was fired from work. Also, Marek decided to end their marriage and Hanna met her former boyfriend, Jan Rogowski. Hanna revealed to Maria Zduńska that her biological father was not Lucjan, but Zenon Łagoda. She then felt guilty, because Zenon died from a sudden heart attack and Maria lost her stillborn daughter. When separated with Marek, Hanna discovered that she was expecting his child. She attempted a suicide but was rescued. Hanna met
Irena Gałązka, her former adoptive mother, who offered her work and living in her house. Marek decided not to divorce Hanna. Jan Rogowski warned Hanna that she cannot feel safe living with Gałązka and was arrested for coming into Gałązka's house. Hanna, scared, escaped from Gałązka and was hospitalized because stress influenced her pregnancy. Hanna agreed to come back to her husband and their house in Grabina. On 3 April 2002 Hanna gave birth to their son
Mateusz Mostowiak in Grabina. Hanna and Marek married in a religious wedding on 24 September 2002. Their reception was broken by
Katarzyna Wójcik who announced that she was expecting Marek's child. Katarzyna then miscarried and it was revealed that she lied to regain Marek. Hanna had a nervous breakdown after her son Mateusz was kidnapped by Irena Gałązka in November 2002. In January 2003 Hanna started taking German language lessons from her new neighbour,
Stefan Miller. In September 2003 Hanna took part in a meeting of people who lived in an orphanage in Józefowo in the past. There, she met her first boyfriend,
Marcin Polański-Van Burgen. Hanna left her husband and son because her strong feelings to Marcin revived. She was hiding with him. Marcin, diagnosed with last stage of leukemia, died in October 2003, leaving Hanna heartbroken. Hanna, after talking with her mother-in-law, came back to her husband in Grabina but her marriage strained after her betrayal. Mateusz's accident in November 2003 led to Hanna and Marek's reconciliation. In January 2004 Hanna agreed to run a foundation with Waldemar Jaroszy. A foundation, called
Serce dziecka, was projected to help children from orphanages. In March 2004, Hanna met
Natalia, a girl from Józefowo orphanage, who was suffering from colitis ulcerosa. Hanna helped her through foundation. Hanna had an idea to adopt Natalia and talked about that with Marek but he was shocked at first reaction. In October 2004 Hanna discovered that Waldemar Jaroszy was making financial frauds in their foundation. :
Anna Gruszyńska (
Tamara Arciuch) is a daughter of Władysław Walisiak from his extramarital relationship with an unnamed woman. For some time she lived in Grabina before moving to France. She was previously married and divorced. She was later engaged to Adam Werner.
Wanda Kalicka (Grażyna Marzec) was an older sister of Maria Walisiak and maternal aunt of Hanna Mostowiak. She was born in 1945. Wanda dated Władysław Kalisiak but he chose to marry her sister. In 1980 her sister and brother-in-law died in a car accident and Wanda refused to take care of their daughter resulting in Hanna living in an orphanage. She moved to Germany and was thought to be dead. In 2004 Hanna learnt that her aunt was still living and sick. Mostowiak went to Germany and took her aunt to Grabina. It was later revealed that Kalicka had much money but posed that she was poor. She came back to Germany to take care of one of her former wards, Erika.
Wojciechowski family Kazimierz Wojciechowski (never seen on screen) was a senior of Wojciechowski family. :
Henryk Wojciechowski (Tadeusz Chudecki) was a first child of Kazimierz Wojciechowski and his first wife. He was born in 1961. He lived with his widowed sister-in-law, Marta Wojciechowska and her two children. Henryk was dating Matylda Górska. He married his girlfriend Nina. :
Norbert Wojciechowski (Mariusz Sabiniewicz) was a son of Kazimierz Wojciechowski and his unnamed wife. He was born in 1967. In the early 1990s he was dating Marta Mostowiak. In October 1993 their son Łukasz was born. He was fighting for his life. Norbert refuse to give his blood to Łukasz and left his family. As a result, Marta raised Łukasz as a single mother and told him that his father was dead. Wojciechowski worked abroad and he came back in 2000 as a famous politician. When a press reported that he had a child born out of wedlock, Łukasz learnt that he was Wojciechowski's son and they met. Norbert was closer to Marta and they fell in love again. He proposed on 21 May 2002. It was revealed that he was previously married in a religious ceremony to an unnamed woman and later divorced. In December 2002 Marta broke their engagement off after he announced in a TV interview that he was moving with his family to New York, without informing Marta. Norbert moved to United States but still had contact with Łukasz and took him on different trips. During one of them, on 13 May 2003, they had a car accident. Norbert saved Łukasz's life but he was left paralyzed from waist down. His state of health caused him to live in Poland. In October 2003 he met
Magdalena Rudnik, divorced sister of Jacek Milecki, his longtime rival and Marta's fiancee. Magdalena and Norbert fell in love with each other. In December 2003 he started work as a professor on university in Warsaw. Magdalena left Norbert in early 2004 after she renewed contact with her former partner Roman. In late 2004 Norbert was in a friendship with his student, Klara Sobieszczańska. ::
Łukasz Wojciechowski, born Mostowiak (Franciszek Żuchewicz) is a son of Norbert Wojciechowski and his then former fiancee,
Marta Mostowiak. He was born on 9 October 1993 in Warsaw. After birth, Łukasz needed a blood transusion and Norbert refused to give him his blood. Wojciechowski moved to United States and left Marta and their son. Łukasz was raised by his single mother, who told him that his father was dead. His godfather was
Krzysztof Zduński. In June 2001 Łukasz accidentally learnt from a newspaper that he was a son of a famous political who came back to Warsaw from United States in late 2000. Shocked with a news, he escaped. Łukasz met his father and they built a father-son relationship. In May 2002 Łukasz's parents engaged to get married. Their split in December 2002 caused Łukasz a lot of stress. Łukasz was still meeting his father and visited him in United States. On 13 May 2003 they were injured in a car accident - Norbert saved Łukasz's life but was left paralyzed from waist down. :::
Natalia Wojciechowska is a daughter of Łukasz Wojciechowski and his former lover,
Katia Tatiszwili. She was born on 9 March 2020 and is half-Georgian through her mother. :::
Jan Lucjan Norbert Wojciechowski is a son of Łukasz Wojciechowski and his lover,
Patrycja Argasińska. He was born on 22 March 2022 in Warsaw. Łukasz and Patrycja had a romance while she was married to Jerzy Argasiński, a doctor. She fell pregnant by Łukasz, but Łukasz learnt that she was expecting his child on Jan's day of birth. A boy was named Jan (after his maternal grandfather), Norbert (after his deceased paternal grandfather, Norbert Wojciechowski) and Lucjan (after his deceased paternal great-grandfather, Lucjan Mostowiak). ::
Anna Wojciechowska is a daughter of Norbert Wojciechowski and his then wife, Marta Wojciechowska. She was born on 14 February 2006 in Warsaw and named after her brother's favourite teacher.
Zakrzewski family Renata Zakrzewska (Hanna Bieluszko) is a doctor who worked in medical clinic in Gródek with
Maria Zduńska and
Janusz Kotowicz since 2003. Renata became friends with Maria. She had financial troubles after in early 2004 after another conflict her daughter escaped from home. Maria lent money to Renata to pay for detective. Renata and her husband Robert was temporary estranged. In October 2004 Renata discovered that she was pregnant with her second child. :
Justyna Zakrzewska (Izabela Małota) is a daughter of Renata Zakrzewska and her husband. Justyna and her mother often were arguing when Justyna was a teenager.
Zduński family Jadwiga Zduńska-Jabłońska, primo voto Zduńska, secundo voto Jabłońska (Barbara Horowianka) is a senior of Zduński family. Her first husband, Mr. Zduński, was a dentist. Jadwiga had two children with him: Krzysztof (born in 1958) and Renata. Her daughter Renata died as an infant because of SIDS. Zduńska wanted Krzysztof to become a doctor like his father. She was angry when he stopped his studies to marry his pregnant daughter Maria Mostowiak and they ended their contact. Jadwiga didn't like her daughter-in-law. On 17 March 2001 Jadwiga was diagnosed with stroke and hospitalized. She renewed contact with her son and met her grandchildren. Zduńska later moved to Krzysztof's and Maria's flat in Gródek where Maria took care of her. In November 2002, when her health improved, she met Karol Jabłoński (Stanisław Brudny), a boarder in a senior's house where she chose to live. :
Renata Zduńska (never seen on screen) was a daughter of Jadwiga Zduńska and her first husband, Mr. Zduński. She died as an infant. :
Krzysztof Zduński (Cezary Morawski) is a first child of Jadwiga Zduńska and her first husband, Mr. Zduński. He was born on 13 February 1953. His father was a dentist and Krzysztof studied medicine to become a doctor. When his girlfriend, Maria Mostowiak, fell pregnant, he quit his studies and married her. They had twin sons in February 1984, Piotr Zduński and Paweł Zduński. In 2000, Krzysztof owned a small company, but he had debts. He borrowed money from young men who later blackmailed him. He was suspected of a murder but acquitted. In June 2001 his wife Maria gave birth to their third child, daughter named Maria, who died few hours after birth because heart disease. In 2001 Maria inherited a processing plant from her biological father
Zenon Łagoda and Krzysztof started to manage it with his former business partner, Tomasz Kozielski. Zduński and Kozielski discovered that plant's workers steal money from firm. Then he lost his trust to Kozielski and Maria started managing a plant. Her success caused a major crisis in their marriage. Since April 2002 Krzysztof had a romance with
Ewa Nowicka, a young secretary in a wholesaler. In June 2002 Krzysztof filed for divorce. In October 2002 a wholesaler was sold by its owner Renata Kozielska, so Zduński lost his work and money. Krzysztof and his wife reconciled in October 2002, but two months later, after an accidental meeting, Krzysztof started seeing Ewa Nowicka again. In January 2003 Zduński opened video cassette rental
Casablanca. In April 2003 he learnt that Ewa Nowicka was expecting his child. Krzysztof helped Ewa through her pregnancy and gave his blood to daughter Aleksandra who was born on 10 November 2003. Ewa confessed that her father's daughter was Leszek Skalski. In January 2004 he agreed to be Aleksandra's godfather. In March Krzysztof agreed to work at firm producing windows, owned by
Zbigniew Filarski, Piotr's father-in-law. In first months at his new work Krzysztof had many successes. A crisis came when in September 2004 client cheated Zduński and Filarski wanted him to pay a lot of money for that. ::
Piotr Zduński (born 18 February 1984,
Marcin Mroczek) is a son of Krzysztof Zduński and his wife,
Maria Mostowiak. He is married to
Kinga Filarska (2003-) and has four children: Magdalena Zduńska (born 2008), Mikołaj Zduński (born 2014), Emilia Zduńska (born 2019) and Zuzanna Zduńska (born 2019). He is a lawyer and workes in a law firm in Warsaw, co-owned by his former uncle,
Andrzej Budzyński. Piotr met his future wife, Kinga, in a secondary school in Gródek but he was not accepted by her parents. They decided to marry in a secret civil ceremony in 2003. In 2008 Kinga and Piotr won a big prize at a lottery and bought a house at Deszczowa Street in Warsaw. In 2023 Piotr suffered from a heart attack, at a young age, like his father. Since 2003, he lives in Warsaw with his wife and children. :::
Magdalena Zduńska (born 15 November 2008 in Warsaw) is a daughter of Piotr Zduński and his wife, Kinga Filarska. She was christened on 15 November 2009 in Warsaw and her godparents are Paweł Zduński (her paternal uncle) and
Magdalena Marszałek (her mother's friend and later stepsister). :::
Mikołaj Zduński (born 6 May 2014 in Warsaw) is a son of Piotr Zduński and his wife, Kinga Filarska. He was christened on 8 September 2014 in Warsaw and his godparents are Ireneusz Podleśny and Mirosława Kwiatkowska (his parents' friends). :::
Emilia Zduńska (born 25 February 2019 in Warsaw) is a daughter of Piotr Zduński and his wife, Kinga Filarska. She was christened on 12 March 2019 in Warsaw and her godparents are
Andrzej Budzyński (her father's former uncle) and Anna Waszkiewicz (her parents' friend). :::
Zuzanna Zduńska (born 25 February 2019 in Warsaw) is a daughter of Piotr Zduński and his wife, Kinga Filarska. She was christened on 12 March 2019 in Warsaw and her godparents are
Andrzej Budzyński (her father's former uncle) and Anna Waszkiewicz (her parents' friend). ::
Paweł Zduński is a son of Krzysztof Zduński and his wife,
Maria Zduńska. He was born in February 1984. Paweł was a student of secondary school in Gródek but was fired in 2001 when he changed with his brother to pass an exam. Paweł resigned from continuuing his education and started his work as a car mechanic in Gródek. In March 2002 Paweł discovered that workshop where he worked was a warehouse of stolen car parts and called the police. Zduński was accused of stealing the parts and arrested. Since September 2002 he worked at his mother's processing plant in Lipnica. In February 2003 Paweł started a romance with his distant cousin,
Teresa Makowska, who was married and escaped from her aggressive husband. In April 2003 he was hospitalized after an accident. He loved Teresa, but she split with him in April 2003, forced by his mother, who didn't approve a romantic relationship between her son and older married woman with a child and also between cousins. She lied that she didn't love Paweł. In May 2003, Paweł was a witness at secret civil wedding of his brother and he met there
Anna Waszkiewicz, Kinga's and Piotr's classmate. Paweł and Anna started dating. Unexpectedly, in September 2003 Teresa came to Gródek and confessed Paweł that she was in love with him. In November Paweł decided to move in a flat with Teresa in Gródek. He went to Szczecin to meet Teresa's husband who forbade her meeting their daughter. Paweł fought for Teresa but she was undecided between living with Paweł or her husband. Paweł, tired with situation, left her. The reconciled again and when their lives with Agnieszka was happy, Paweł got a call for a military service and was forced to leave house. Teresa missed Paweł's oatch because her daughter was suddenly admitted to a hospital with appendicitis. In June 2004, when Teresa decided to reconcile with her husband and left Paweł, Paweł tried to commit a suicide by shooting. He shoot himself but was saved. :::
Antoni Lucjan Zduński (born 1 March 2025 in Warsaw) is a son of Paweł Zduński and his fourth wife,
Franciszka Janik. He is named after his paternal stepgreat-grandfather, Lucjan Mostowiak. ::
Maria Zduńska was a daughter of Krzysztof Zduński and his wife,
Maria Zduńska. Her mother's labour started suddenly and too early when she learnt that her biological father was Zenon Łagoda. Maria was born in 2001 in a hospital in Gródek and died few hours later. She was quickly christened and named Maria after her mother. == Minor families ==