<P> Devon Hamilton is a fictional character from the original CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed by Bryton James . The character was conceived by head writers John F. Smith , Kay Alden and Trent Jones in the summer of 2004 . Devon is introduced as a homeless teenager when he is fostered by the Winters family , the core African - American characters within the series . Drucilla Winters ( Victoria Rowell ) sympathizes with Devon because she too grew up in the foster care system . Drucilla and husband Neil ( Kristoff St. John ) raise Devon along with their daughter Lily ( Christel Khalil ) and legally adopt Devon in 2006 . As a college freshman , Devon contracts meningitis and loses his ability to hear . He learns sign language to communicate and later receives a cochlear implant . Other notable storylines involving the character include the revelation about his paternity making him the grandson of Katherine Chancellor ( Jeanne Cooper ) , inheriting the bulk of Katherine 's billion - dollar estate , and his love affair and marriage to his former stepmother Hilary Curtis ( Mishael Morgan ) . </P>
<P> Devon Hamilton is a fictional character from the original CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed by Bryton James . The character was conceived by head writers John F. Smith , Kay Alden and Trent Jones in the summer of 2004 . Devon is introduced as a homeless teenager when he is fostered by the Winters family , the core African - American characters within the series . Drucilla Winters ( Victoria Rowell ) sympathizes with Devon because she too grew up in the foster care system . Drucilla and husband Neil ( Kristoff St. John ) raise Devon along with their daughter Lily ( Christel Khalil ) and legally adopt Devon in 2006 . As a college freshman , Devon contracts meningitis and loses his ability to hear . He learns sign language to communicate and later receives a cochlear implant . Other notable storylines involving the character include the revelation about his paternity making him the grandson of Katherine Chancellor ( Jeanne Cooper ) , inheriting the bulk of Katherine 's billion - dollar estate , and his love affair and marriage to his former stepmother Hilary Curtis ( Mishael Morgan ) . </P>
who is devon 's father on young and the restless
who is devon 's father on young and the restless
Kristoff St. John
Kristoff St. John