Family First! A Guide to How ‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘Chicago P.D.’ and ‘Chicago Med’ Characters Are Related

usmagazine.com:

A tangled web we weave! Dick Wolf’s characters on Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med are intertwined on a variety of levels, including siblings, marriages and failed romances.Fans got a taste for the crossover connections early on with Chicago Fire’s Gabby Dawson (Monica Raymund) and Chicago P.D.’s Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda).

The fictional sister and brother duo first appeared on screen together during season 1 of Fire, which is the first One Chicago series from Wolf. (The show debuted in October 2012.)“When they first offered me the role, Dick Wolf said he was the brother to Gabriela Dawson and he is a detective,” Seda recalled during an interview with Starry magazine in October 2017. “So, I think it was pretty much left open for me to bring to it whatever I was going to bring to Antonio.

Of course, now, how they write him in the scripts …That’s pretty much it — he’s the brother of Gabby and he’s a detective.”The LA Brea star, who was part of the original cast of Chicago P.D.

when it premiered in January 2014, noted that his chemistry with Raymund happened quickly.“We didn’t really have time to rehearse and get to know each other,” Seda explained. “She’s just such a pro and such a great person that she makes it so easy for me to walk on set and see her and work with her.