The Duttons’ story spans generations, and we’ve gotten to see so much of it on screen.

From the modern Yellowstone to 1883 to 1923, we’ve learned a lot about the founding and present members of the Montana-based family. Now, with upcoming Yellowstone shows like 1944 and the Rip and Beth spinoff, we’ll get to learn more.

That means it’s beneficial to know the family tree (which you can see below) and the various questions about it that we still need answers to.

(Image credit: Future/Riley Utley)

Will Alex And Spencer’s Kid Be The Father Of Kevin Costner’s John Dutton?

The end of 1923 felt like it confirmed that Alex and Spencer’s baby was the John Dutton II who eventually becomes the father of Yellowstone’s John Dutton III (Kevin Costner). However, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer and Michelle Randolph, who play Spencer, Alex and Elizabeth, respectively, all told me nothing is confirmed. In the words of Schlaepfer:

The door’s open until Taylor Sheridan shuts it…Brandon and I have talked a lot about who’s the lineage, and of course, I think we would love to imagine that our John is the John, but time will tell.

Meanwhile, Randolph, whose character was also pregnant at the end of 1923, told me that she could “confidently say that it’s not confirmed.”

So, those red lines of the family tree connecting Jack and Elizabeth as well as Spencer and Alex to John Dutton II are warranted, and illustrate maybe the biggest question we have going into 1944.