Holden and Lily met after he began work at her mother's stables and after they began their star-crossed relationship, they were shocked to learn in 1987 that Lily's mother Lucinda Walsh was not her biological mother. Lucinda revealed that she adopted her and was the biological daughter of Holden's sister Iva Snyder and his cousin Joshua Snyder-Stricklyn. Holden and Lily were thought to be related but it was revealed that her biological parents were only adopted into the Snyder family. The romance blossomed and suffered two divorces, Holden's brain injury, amnesia and presumed deaths, his battles with her exes Damian and Dusty Donovan and him being drawn to his exes Molly Conlan and eventually Carly Snyder. The pair is considered to be the central couple ever to be featured on the show and Hensley, along with Lily's portrayer Martha Byrne have become one of daytime's most popular supercouples Holden also assisted his son Luke in his struggles as he faced life after coming out as gay, a storyline which forced recast with Van Hansis taking over for Jake Weary, the son of "Guiding Light" actress Kim Zimmer. Holden and Lily's marriage was also put to the test when her twin sister Rose D'Angelo died, which led to the couple to drift apart. Holden met Jack's wife Julia Larrabee, whom he married while he had amnesia, and they began a relationship after Jack chose his real wife Carly. The new couple caused controversy within the Snyder family before she was killed by Les Sweeney, her ex-husband who injected her with bee venom. After reconciling, Holden and Lily remarried.