<P> Rafe Hernandez is a fictional character on Days of Our Lives , an American soap opera on the NBC network . Portrayed by Galen Gering and created by Dena Higley , Rafe is introduced in 2008 as the FBI agent assigned to protect the troublesome Sami Brady ( Alison Sweeney ) during her stay in witness protection . Sami and Rafe 's contentious dynamic later develops into romance and the two fall in love and eventually marry . However , their romance is plagued by Sami 's supercouple romance with Salem 's resident badboy , EJ DiMera ( James Scott ) . Rafe 's disdain for the DiMera family grows when he discovers that EJ is behind the kidnapping and presumed death of Sami 's daughter Sydney and EJ 's father Stefano ( Joseph Mascolo ) replaces Rafe with a doppelganger . The series also introduces Rafe 's younger sisters , Arianna ( Lindsay Hartley ) and Gabi ( Camila Banus ) and later his younger brother Dario ( Jordi Vilasuso ) . Rafe is very protective of his siblings having helped raise them when their father abandoned the family . Rafe also has an affair with Kate Roberts ( Lauren Koslow ) putting him at odds with Stefano , Kate 's ex-husband . He later falls in love with physical therapist Jordan Ridgeway ( Chrishell Stause ) whom he tries to help overcome her own dark past . In 2015 , Rafe is forced to confront his past when his estranged father Eduardo ( A Martinez ) resurfaces . Rafe later falls in love with his longtime colleague Hope Brady ( Kristian Alfonso ) and supports her when she loses her true love to a brain tumor . When a grief - stricken Hope murders Stefano , Rafe helps her cover it up . </P>
<P> Rafe Hernandez is a fictional character on Days of Our Lives , an American soap opera on the NBC network . Portrayed by Galen Gering and created by Dena Higley , Rafe is introduced in 2008 as the FBI agent assigned to protect the troublesome Sami Brady ( Alison Sweeney ) during her stay in witness protection . Sami and Rafe 's contentious dynamic later develops into romance and the two fall in love and eventually marry . However , their romance is plagued by Sami 's supercouple romance with Salem 's resident badboy , EJ DiMera ( James Scott ) . Rafe 's disdain for the DiMera family grows when he discovers that EJ is behind the kidnapping and presumed death of Sami 's daughter Sydney and EJ 's father Stefano ( Joseph Mascolo ) replaces Rafe with a doppelganger . The series also introduces Rafe 's younger sisters , Arianna ( Lindsay Hartley ) and Gabi ( Camila Banus ) and later his younger brother Dario ( Jordi Vilasuso ) . Rafe is very protective of his siblings having helped raise them when their father abandoned the family . Rafe also has an affair with Kate Roberts ( Lauren Koslow ) putting him at odds with Stefano , Kate 's ex-husband . He later falls in love with physical therapist Jordan Ridgeway ( Chrishell Stause ) whom he tries to help overcome her own dark past . In 2015 , Rafe is forced to confront his past when his estranged father Eduardo ( A Martinez ) resurfaces . Rafe later falls in love with his longtime colleague Hope Brady ( Kristian Alfonso ) and supports her when she loses her true love to a brain tumor . When a grief - stricken Hope murders Stefano , Rafe helps her cover it up . </P>
who did rafe sleep with on days of our lives
who did rafe sleep with on days of our lives
Sami Brady Kate Roberts
Sami Brady Kate Roberts