Rafael "Rafe" Hernandez (played by Galen Gering),[2] is the older brother of Arianna, Dario and Gabi Hernandez. He is the FBI Agent assigned to guard Sami Brady after she goes into witness protection following the murder of mayor Anthony Marino. Rafe falls in love with Sami while they are together, even after Sami learns she is pregnant with EJ's child. Nicole DiMera switched Sami's baby (Sydney) after she was born. Rafe agrees to stay in Salem to be near Sami and, together, they fabricate a story to make everyone believe Grace was adopted from an orphanage. Rafe initiates adoption proceedings to become Grace's legal father, but the baby suddenly dies from bacterial meningitis. He finds that Nicole DiMera miscarried her baby and switched Grace with Sydney, Sami's biological daughter. While trying to collect clues to support this theory, his deceased fianceé Emily Hudson's sister, Meredith, kidnaps him and holds him hostage. Meredith built a brick wall to hold him in so that he can't escape and dumps him into the harbor where Dr. Carly Manning saves his life. Rafe comes back trying to prove that Sami's baby is Sydney. He proves it by having a DNA test done on Sydney's teething ring and Sami's toothbrush. Stefano tries to kill him, but EJ saves his life. Rafe's love life is complicated: he was with a woman Emily Hudson whom he reveals as the "one who got away." Rafe's serious relationship on the show is with Samantha "Sami" Brady. They were married until he found out that Sami slept with EJ when they both thought that their son Johnny was dead. Rafe and Kate become lovers, but she would break it off. Rafe was placed in a medical induced coma after he was found beaten.