Ethan "Cane" Ashby and Lily Winters Ashby are fictional characters and a supercouple from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. Cane Ashby is the son of Colin Atkinson and Genevieve Atkinson. Lily Ashby is the daughter of the show's first leading African American couple, Neil and Drucilla Winters. Cane has been portrayed by Daniel Goddard since 2007 and Lily has been portrayed by Christel Khalil since 2002.