The plot of Greenshaw's Folly centres around the fairly complex family tree of the Greenshaws.
Note: Spoilers are inherent in the family trees below.
The Greenshaw family tree[]
- (i) unnamed wife
- Unnamed son and wife
- Laura Greenshaw (d)
- (i) an unnamed curate
- (i) Harry Fletcher
- Nat Fletcher (Miss Marple thinks he might have died)
- (i) Mrs Cresswell (Harry marries her after Nettie dies)
- son - real name unknown, impersonates Nat Fletcher
- (ii) unmarried union with unnamed woman (one of Nathaniel's "bye blows")
- (i) unnamed wife
- unnamed son and wife
- (i) unnamed wife
The Greenshaw family in the 2013 ITV adaptation[]
- (i) unnamed wife
- Decimus Greenshaw and unnamed wife
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- (i) unmarried union with Thomas Pollock
- Nettie Greenshaw (died giving birth to Nat)
- (i) Harry Fletcher
- Nat Fletcher (died shortly after birth)
- (i) Mary Cresswell (Harry marries her after Nettie dies)
- son - real name unknown, impersonates Nat Fletcher