Kathryn Kennish

Kathryn Kennish
Kathryn Kennish is the mother of Toby and Bay Kennish. (Daphne Vasquez) Kathryn is also the wife of John Kennish. When Kathryn gave birth to Daphne, Daphne was switched and she took home Bay instead. Toby Kennish might be one year older than Daphne and Bay. When Bay was 16, Bay got a different blood type as her. Bay wanted to know more about that, so they went to a DNA Research Lab. 6 months later, Kathryn found out that Bay is not her biological daughter. With some more research, Kathryn found out that Daphne Vasquez is her biological daughter and Daphne's mother is alcoholic Regina Vasquez and she is poor. Bay gets arrested and Daphne loses her home. Kathryn lets Regina, Daphne and her grandmother move into the guesthouse. Kathryn starts to have a problem with Daphne getting on a motorcycle with her deaf best friend, Emmet. Kathryn admits to Bay that she hates Regina and Bay says that if she hates Regina, then she also hates Bay. Kathryn and Bay get along again and everything is turning out not normal.

Background
Played by Lea Thompson, Kathryn is the mother of Bay, but the biological mother of Daphne. At first she wasn't too excited about telling her friends that Bay and Daphne were switched at birth for the sake of keeping her reputation, but after some pressing from Regina, she finally comes clean at a fundraiser. She was also against Daphne riding a motorcycle with Emmett, but it was again Regina who defended Daphne's actions. Regina tells Kathryn that Daphne was not the child Kathryn raised, so she and John should not try to co-parent Daphne. Kathryn and Regina more often clash than compromise with each other, but they have their moments of grace.