Francoise Caine

Francoise is Anthony Caine’s daughter and the stepdaughter of Elizabeth Caine née Patterson.

Personality
Francoise can be timid and shy around others, but also outgoing when comfortable. She is very energetic and playful.

Background
Francoise was born on March 7,2005, to mother Thérèse and father Anthony. Soon after her birth, Thérèse was overcome with grief and postpartum depression. Feeling tied down by her marriage and motherhood, she had an affair and left her husband and child not long after to start a new life. Anthony was left to care for their child alone.

Due to being raised primarily by her father, Francoise is quite close to him.

Appearances
Her first appearance is in March 2005, when Thérèse gives birth to her. As her parents‘ relationship grows strained and Elizabeth Patterson reconnects with her father, Francoise appears more often, as an infant, all the way to three years old.

She only appears in the last few years of the strip.

Relationships
Elizabeth Patterson

When Liz and Anthony reconnect, Francoise is jealous and unsure of their relationship. Elizabeth takes on a motherly role towards her, and often tries to support Francoise as if she is her own, though she doesn’t pressure her to call her mom.

In 2007, Liz takes Francie to shop around the mall near Christmas so Anthony can buy presents. They happen to bump into Thérèse, who is not eager to see her daughter. Francoise begs for her attention, and Liz comforts her when Thérèse hastily leaves the scene.

Francoise was a flower girl in Liz and Anthony’s wedding.

The other Pattersons

Francie hasn’t really (to the strip’s end) interacted with the other Pattersons to the level she was with Elizabeth,so it’s hard to say what they think of her, Elly Patterson is shown to be at least tolerant to her,as she is her step-grandmother. April Patterson also seems to like her.

Trivia

 * Her nickname is often “Francie” in the strip, though some have called her “Frankie”
 * Her birthday is March 7,2005
 * At the end of the strip, she gains a stepmother in Elizabeth and a half brother, James Allen Caine
 * Much like her father, Francoise is abandoned by one parent
 * Despite being a year younger than Robin, she often acts looks and acts a little older than he does
 * Unlike Anthony, her hair is dark. She seems to have inherited more of Thérèse’s features