  Roseanne  is the story of a working class family struggling with life s essential problems: Marriage, Children, Money and Parent s in Law. A classic sitcom, the story circles around the Connor family - a family of five (DJ, Darlene, Becky, Roseanne and Dan). The household s mother, Roseanne, is being accompanied in her quest to keep the family together by her sister Jackie and various friends over the years.