### 🧑‍⚖️ Parents
Father: Albert James Lewis
A successful solicitor in Belfast, known for his strong personality and love of storytelling. He encouraged Lewis’s imagination but had a complicated relationship with his sons after their mother’s death.
*Mother: Florence Augusta Lewis (known as *Flora)
Highly educated and one of the first women in Ireland to earn a degree in mathematics and logic. She had a major influence on Lewis’s early intellectual development. Her death in 1908 deeply impacted him.
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### 👬 Sibling
Brother: Warren Hamilton Lewis (*Warnie)
Lewis’s only sibling and lifelong companion. They were extremely close, especially in childhood—creating imaginary worlds together. Warnie later served in the army and lived with Lewis for much of his adult life.
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### ❤️ Wife
Wife: Joy Davidman
An American poet and writer whom Lewis married in 1956. Their relationship began as a friendship through letters. Her battle with cancer and eventual death in 1960 had a profound emotional impact on Lewis.
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### 👶 Children
*Stepchildren (through Joy Davidman):
David Gresham
Douglas Gresham
Lewis did not have biological children, but he became a stepfather after marrying Joy.
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## đź’ˇ Family Influence
Lewis’s family played a major role in shaping his life and writing:
His *mother sparked his love of learning
His *father influenced his storytelling instincts
His *brother shared his imagination and remained his closest companion
His *wife brought emotional depth reflected in later works like *A Grief Observed