Roseanne and Dan’s baby was Jerry Garcia Conner , and the show later explained him away by retconning him out of existence in The Conners. Jackie’s son was also erased from the continuity, so neither child appears in the current series.

What happened

In the original Roseanne , Roseanne and Dan had a youngest son named Jerry Garcia Conner, born in a Halloween episode in 1995. When The Conners began, the writers chose to remove that continuity, and the show treats Jerry as if he was never born. Jackie’s son was handled the same way, as part of the series’ rewritten family history.

Why they are missing

The simple reason is that The Conners reworked the family timeline after Roseanne ended, so not every character or plotline was carried over. That let the show focus on the core surviving family members and avoid dealing with every older storyline from the original series.

In plain terms

  • Roseanne’s baby was Jerry Garcia Conner.
  • The Conners later said he was never born.
  • Jackie’s son was also written out of the timeline.

TL;DR: The baby was Jerry Garcia Conner, but The Conners retconned him out of the story along with Jackie’s son, so they do not appear on the show.