<P> Hope Alice Williams , the mother of Shawn - Douglas , Zack and Ciara Brady , was born on - screen on January 10 , 1974 to Doug Williams and Addie Horton . Not long after Addie marries Doug and becomes pregnant , she discovers she is suffering from leukemia , but declines treatment in order to save her unborn baby . On December 24 , 1974 , while crossing the street , an oncoming car careens towards Hope and Addie , but Addie pushes Hope 's baby - carriage out of the way , just in time to save her baby daughter , but not herself . Addie dies , and Hope is taken in by her maternal grandparents , Tom and Alice Horton , until Doug is strong enough to take care of her . Addie , who was wealthy from her first marriage to Ben Olson , leaves Doug and Hope with financial security . Hope is sent off to boarding school in 1982 and is not seen again until a year later . She returns in the spring of 1983 when Roman Brady rescues her after she runs away from boarding school and later falls from a car driven by a drunk friend . She later develops a crush on Roman . Hope eventually becomes a cop . Hope takes her job as a cop seriously . </P>
who was hope brady 's mother on days of our lives
Ciara Brady