Outlander: Blood of My Blood is an historical romance drama television series that serves as a prequel to the television series Outlander (2014–2026), which is based on the book series of the same name by Diana Gabaldon.
The series follows the parents of both protagonists from the original series, Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp. Jamie's parents in 18th century Scotland are played by Harriet Slater as Ellen MacKenzie and Jamie Roy as Brian Fraser. Claire's parents in World War I are played by Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston and Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp.
Outlander: Blood of My Blood premiered on Starz on August 8, 2025. The first season consists of ten episodes. In June 2025, the series was renewed for a second season ahead of the series premiere, and is set to premiere on September 18, 2026.
Contents
Premise
Outlander: Blood of My Blood is a love story that tells the tales of how the parents of Jamie Fraser came together in 18th century Scotland and how the parents of Claire Beauchamp met during World War I in England. A trailer released in July 2025 also revealed a time travel element involving Claire's parents that appears to intersect with the 18th century timeline.
Cast
Main
Harriet Slater as Ellen MacKenzie, Jamie Fraser's mother
Jamie Roy as Brian Fraser, Jamie's father
Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston, Claire Fraser's mother
Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp, Claire's father
Tony Curran as Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, Brian's father
Séamus McLean Ross as Colum MacKenzie, Ellen's younger brother and the eldest son of Red Jacob MacKenzie
Sam Retford as Dougal MacKenzie, Ellen and Colum's younger brother and the third child of Red Jacob MacKenzie
Rory Alexander as Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, Brian's best friend and second cousin
Conor MacNeill as Ned Gowan, secretary at Castle Leoch
Brian McCardie as Isaac Grant, father of Malcolm Grant
Sara Vickers as Davina Porter, a housekeeper at Castle Leathers and Brian Fraser's mother
Episodes
Production
Development
A prequel series was reported in February 2022 to be in development, written and executive produced by Outlander showrunner / executive producer Matthew B. Roberts. In May 2022, executive producer Maril Davis confirmed that the series would focus on the parents of Jamie Fraser. In August 2022, it was confirmed that the prequel series will be titled Blood of My Blood. In January 2023, Starz ordered a 10-episode first season. Once production started in February 2024, it was confirmed that the series would also focus on Claire's parents. Gabaldon has said the prequel series is based in part on material she had written for the first of three potential books about Jamie's parents, who were the focus of Roberts's first conception of the new series. He later came up with the time travel element involving Claire's parents that would connect the two storylines in the series. Gabaldon had said she was not interested herself in the story of Claire's parents, but was receptive to the ideas pitched by the TV writers. In June 2025, the series was renewed for a second season, ahead of the show's premiere.
Casting
In February 2024, the first casting announcements revealed that Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, and Jeremy Irvine were cast as the future parents of Jamie and Claire, respectively. Tony Curran was also cast as Lord Lovat, Jamie's grandfather. Then Rory Alexander, Sam Retford, Séamus McLean Ross, and Conor MacNeill were cast as younger versions of characters from the original Outlander series. Brian McCardie, Jhon Lumsden, Sara Vickers, and Peter Mullan were added to the cast at the beginning of April. Sally Messham, Terence Rae, Ailsa Davidson, Sadhbh Malin, Annabelle Dowler, and Harry Eaton rounded out the cast at the end of the month.
Filming
Season One
Filming began in January 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland, but production had to be put on hold due to storms in the area, and filming resumed at the end of February. Part of the filming was also done on location at Doune Castle, serving as Castle Leoch. On July 19, 2024, Starz announced on social media that filming had wrapped.
Season Two
By June 2025, production was underway on the second season in Scotland. On December 18, 2025, Starz announced on its social media that filming for season two had wrapped.
Release
Outlander: Blood of My Blood premiered on August 8, 2025. The second season is set to premiere on September 18, 2026.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 91% based on 22 critics' reviews. The website's critics consensus is, "Tapping into a rich vein of romance and swashbuckling adventure, Blood of My Blood is a swoon-worthy spinoff that exemplifies the original Outlander's best qualities." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 70 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
