Emma Manning Drake

Emma Grace Manning -Drake is a character on the ABC daytmie soap opera . She is the daughter of and his wife, Emma is seen as a miracle child because she was conceived naturally, even though her mother, Star is HIV-positive and despite that, her father, Patrick wasn't infected when she was conceived.

Casting
Twins Ruby and Rose Romero portrayed Emma from her birth in November 2008 to February 2009.

Twins Gianna and Jessie Salvatierra portrayed Emma from March 2009 to December 2010.<ref Francesca Cistone portrayed Emma in three episodes from March to June 2011 http://star-kidz.net/FrancescaCistone.php

She is currently being portrayed by, Brooklyn Rae Silzer, who debuted on July 29, 2011.

Background
Star decides she wants to have a child, but when her boyfriend, Patrick, doesn't want to, Star  decides to use an anonymous sperm donor to have a child. Just as she is about to set up the donor to get an in vitro with, Star's cousin, Georgie Jones, is killed by a serial killer in town. At her funeral, her sister, Maxie, rips into their mother for abandoning Georgie, and Star is overwhelmed by everything that happens. She goes to Patrick's apartment because she is so distraught. He consoles her and they end up sleeping together.

A month later, Robin undergoes tests before her in vitro is done, and is shocked to find out she was already pregnant. She realizes from her gestation period that the baby is Patrick's and during their one-night-stand, the condom broke. Robin worries that she could have infected Patrick due to her HIV status. She goes to tell him that she's pregnant and that he might have been infected with HIV, but she overhears him talking to another doctor about the fact that he underwent tests to see if he had HIV when he realized the condom broke; the results were negative.

Crimes Committed

 * Bit a women in self-defense (she tried to take Emma) [Nov 16, 2015]

Health and Vitals
Approached by a child predator (under the orders of whoever is holding Robin against her will at a medical clinic) who pretended to lose a dog named Bella, asked her for help finding it, and then when she refused, the predator tried to grab her but failed when Emma bit her to free herself and she'd been emotionally and physically traumatized [Nov 16, 2015]
 * Born via emergency C-section because the cord was wrapped around her neck [Oct/Nov 2008]
 * Wasn't breathing when she was born [Nov 2008]
 * Had an HIV scare when her father found a nick on her ear; the HIV test came back negative [Nov 2008]
 * Placed in a tree by her mother [Feb 2009]
 * Suffered from pneumonia [Feb 2009]
 * Accidentally left at Kelly's by her mother [Mar 11, 2009]
 * Accidentally pushed down the stairs, in her stroller, by her mother (she was uninjured) [Apr 24-27, 2009]
 * Stalked and tormented by Dr. Lisa Niles for over a year [Jul 2010-Oct 2011]
 * Kidnapped by Lisa Niles (she had permission from the babysitter to take her for ice cream, but did not have permission from Emma's parents) [Aug 20-23, 2010]
 * Threatened by Lisa Niles when she boiled one of her toys in the lab [Sep 7, 2010]
 * Left alone in a car when Lisa Niles took her mother [Sep 24, 2010]
 * Briefly kidnapped by Lisa Niles, a second time, on Halloween in order to make her mother, Star appear paranoid [Oct 29-30, 2010]
 * Suffered from minor smoke inhalation after being inside Mac's house when it caught on fire [Nov 2010]
 * Experienced a fever after ingesting the toxin Jerry Jacks had placed in the Port Charles water supply [Sep 2012]
 * Ran away because Dr. Britt Westbourne told her she didn't like her [Jan 2013]
 * Had pink eye [Sep 2013]
 * Threatened by Luke Spencer [Apr 2014]
 * Rendered unconscious in a car accident caused by Rafe Kovich, Jr., who was put up to it by Victor Cassadine [Apr 23-24, 2014]
 * Trapped in a flame-engulfed building [Feb 23-24, 2015]
 * Being threatened by the people holding her mother, Robin hostage (in order to keep Robin in line) [Revealed Nov 16, 2015]