Born in September 1928, he was the younger brother of Daniel Cortlandt. Both shared the same birth parents (the drunk and depressed Jiri Janacek and the slimy Ester Fischer) who abandoned them on Jonathan and Monday Cortlandt's doorstep. He had depression like his big brother, and they both lived in the orphanage for a time.
Jiri was the much younger brother of Aster Janacek, the wife of the notorious Paul Palmer, so he and Dan are indeed Peter Palmer's birth cousins. It is possible that Chris was the less famous brains behind his big brother's operation. However, he was also much more lucky in love than Dan, marrying Joann Botticelli in 1955.
They birthed at least two kids, who were both fraternal twin sons named Mortimer and Jack, in 1970. The twins themselves part their ways when they reached their teens. They then married two high school friends in two 1990s years, 1996 and 1998. They then birthed at least six children combined in both the 2000s and 2010s as well as, for the former, the 1990s.
Mortimer Cortlandt and Thelma Bleeth - Thalia, Angus and Thaddeus Cortlandt.
Jack Cortlandt and Rebecca Kim - Bess, Max and Xenia Cortlandt.
He died in a retirement home in 2010.