My Husband Got a Family () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-joo, Yoo Jun-sang, and Youn Yuh-jung. It aired on KBS2 from February 25 to September 9, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 58 episodes.
The weekend family drama centres on a working woman named Cha Yoon-hee (played by Kim Nam-joo) as her husband, who was put up for international adoption to the United States and is a surgeon, reunites with his biological parents. Yoon-hee faces the unexpected burden of having to build a relationship with her new-found in-laws.
During its more than five-month run, it topped the weekly ratings chart for 25 consecutive weeks and reached a ratings peak of 45.8 percent (TNmS) and 52.3 percent (AGB Nielsen). The series ranked number one overall on the 2012 yearly TV ratings chart.
Plot
Cha Yoon-hee (Kim Nam-joo) is a successful TV drama producer/director who marries an orphaned surgeon (Yoo Jun-sang) and thereby acquires the supposed, ultimate career woman's dreamâÂÂaccomplished husband minus the in-laws. Her marital bliss is shattered when her husband finds his birth parents and they happen to be her next-door neighbours with whom she bickers on a daily basis, and feature not one, but three sisters-in-law, and the usual array of aunts and grandmothers-in-law. Yoon-hee realises she has married more than she has bargained for. Once again, the stage is set for a butting of the heads between daughter and mother-in-law (Youn Yuh-jung).
Cast
Terry Kang wife; Se-joong's younger sister and Se-kwang older sister. She is a TV Show Programme Director at KBS.
Yoon-hee's husband; Il-sook's younger brother and older brother of Yi-sook and Mal-sook. He is a Surgeon of Hospital that affirmed by Medical school
Cha Yoon-hee's family
Se-joong, Yoon-hee, and Se-kwang's mother; Ji-young and Terry Kang's mother-in-law
Yoon-hee and Se-kwang's older brother
Se-joong's wife and Korean language teacher at middle school
Se-joong and Yoon-hee's younger brother. He is a student of KAIST who reads Mechanical Engineering and Robotics
Bang Chang-soo's house
Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's grandmother; Jang-soo, Jung-hoon, and Jung-bae's mother; Chung-ae, Yang-shil, and Go Ok's mother-in-law
Chung-ae's husband; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's father; He is a baker who owns bakery and usually bake bread and pastry.
Jang-soo's wife; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's mother.
Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's older sister; Nam Nam-goo's ex-wife; Nam Min-ji's mother.
Il-sook and Gwi-nam younger sister; Mal-sook's older sister. She is a talented furniture carpenter but gets a job at an Italian restaurant owned by Chun Jae Yong in order to supporther sister-at-law Cha Yoon Hee.
Il-sook, Gwi-nam, and Yi-sook younger sister. She is a coordinator at Plastic surgery.
- Jeon Hwi-heon as Nam Min-ji
Il-sook and Nam-goo's daughter; Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's niece
Bang Jung-hoon's family
- Song Geum-shik as Bang Jung-hoon
Yang-shil's husband; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's younger uncle. He works at Construction company as executive.
Jung-hoon's wife; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's uncle's wife
Bang Jung-bae's family
Go-ok's husband; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's youngest uncle; Jang-goon's father.
Jung-bae's wife; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's uncle's wife; Jang-goon's mother
Jung-bae and Go-ok's son; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's cousin
Chung-ae's sister
Chung-ae's younger sister; Soon-ae's older sister; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook aunt
Chung-ae and Bo-ae's younger sister; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook aunt
Extended
Yoon-hee's old student; Italian Restaurant owner and from Daegu, Gyeongbuk.
Former idol
A doctor at Gwi Nam's hospital and childhood friend from the US
- Kim Hyung-bum as Nam Nam-goo
Il-sook's ex-husband; Min-ji's father.
Yi-sook's first love and a lawyer.
Bakery's employee
- Kim Hyung-jin as Tae-young
Restaurant Staff
Se-kwang's friend
Cameo appearances
Actress acting in the drama Yoon-hee is producing
- Go Do-young as Yoon-hee's workplace junior
- Go Seo-hee as Writer writing the drama Yoon-hee is producing
- Jung Chang-sung as Chief secretary
- Lee Chae-min as Customer
- Lee Jae-yong as Jae-yong's father
- Kil Yong-woo as Gwi-nam's adoptive father
- Kim Chang-sook as Gwi-nam's adoptive mother
- Kwak Min-suk as PD Ji
- Lee Do-hyun as Ji-hwan
- Hwang Dong-joo as Fake Gwi-nam
- Yoo In-young as Yoo Shin-hye
- Choi Yoon-so as Kang Hye-soo
- Kim Seung-woo as man studying for the bar exams (ep 5âÂÂ6)
- Kim Jang-hoon as Yoon Bin's sunbae (ep 16)
- Hong Eun-hee as a difficult actress (ep 18)
- Ji Jin-hee as pastor (ep 19)
- Lee Soo-geun as Yoon Bin's ex-manager (ep 21)
- Cha Tae-hyun as Cha Tae-bong, Yoon-hee's ex-boyfriend (ep 26)
- Sung Si-kyung as has-been singer Sung Si-kaeng (ep 32)
- as themselves (ep 39)
- Song Joon-geun as top drama actor (ep 40)
- Lee Hye-young as top drama actress (ep 40)
- Lee Jung-shin as Mal-sook's blind date (ep 42)
- Kim Jong-min as audition judge (ep 46)
- Shin Se-kyung as Shin Se-kyung (ep 49)
- Kim Joon-hyun as variety show PD
- Lee Jong-hak as singing instructor
- Yang Hee-eun as radio DJ
- Kim Kyung-jin as Teuk Byeol-chul
- Tak Jae-hoon as marketer
- Jung Kyung-mi as Yoon Bin's mom fan
- Kim Seo-hyung as Jae-yong's first sister
- Jo Ha-rang as Jae-yong's second sister
- Lee Je-in as Jae-yong's youngest sister
- Gong Hyung-jin as man arguing with Yoon-hee
- Park So-hyun as radio DJ
Ratings
- In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
Awards and nominations
International broadcast
It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from February 13 to June 26, 2013 under the title .
It aired in the Philippines via GMA Network on April 8, 2013 under the title Unexpected You.
It aired in Singapore on Channel U
It aired in Thailand on Workpoint TV on July 1, 2015 under the title sÃÂapãhñàcxm sÃÂæb à ¸ªà ¸°à ¹Âà ¸ à ¹Âà ¸Âà ¸Âà ¸¡à ¹Âà ¸ªà ¸ (Troublemaker Daughter-in-Law).
A Mexican channel recreated the drama with the title Mi marido tiene familia.
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