Longtime fans can hardly forget the original Carly Corinthos, then known as Carly Roberts, despite her given name being Caroline Benson. Brown's Carly was just as loud and brash as Carly remains in 2022, but with an even bigger chip on her shoulder, if that can be believed. 

Back then, Carly did not have a close relationship with her mother, Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman). In fact, she came to town to find Bobbie as she was the woman who gave her up for adoption. Resentful of that, Carly didn't tell Bobbie who she was at first. Instead, she seduced Carly's husband, Tony Jones (Brad Maule), according to Soaps.com. She was also sleeping with Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) on the side. 

Then, she had a one-night stand with Jason's brother, AJ Quartermaine (then played by Billy Warlock), and didn't know who the father was when she got pregnant (via Soaps In Depth). That's also when Carly's unhealthy obsession with Jason started. She knew that the timing wasn't right for him to be her baby's father, but she gave birth and told everyone he was — and soon left the baby boy with Jason as she ran away from her problems for months. 

That baby boy grew up to be Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell), as he was eventually adopted by Carly's five-time husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard). They're divorced again in 2022, for anyone keeping score.