Emmerdale - New Dingle to join the show
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Cain is set to gain a secret brother
https://eastieoaks.com/2022/11/26/a-secret-brother-for-cain-dingle-as-waterloo-roads-will-ash-joins-emmerdale-as-caleb-miligan/
No idea if this is Faith or Zak's kid. I assume it's not Zak's because then the article would mention Sam and Belle surely. This storyline doesn't seem to involve them. It seems to involve Chas so I assume it's from Faith. But why would Faith not confess to Chas when she was dying?
https://eastieoaks.com/2022/11/26/a-secret-brother-for-cain-dingle-as-waterloo-roads-will-ash-joins-emmerdale-as-caleb-miligan/
No idea if this is Faith or Zak's kid. I assume it's not Zak's because then the article would mention Sam and Belle surely. This storyline doesn't seem to involve them. It seems to involve Chas so I assume it's from Faith. But why would Faith not confess to Chas when she was dying?
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Another Dingle!
Chas is the third most featured character ever and has been in the top ten appearances for the last decade except for 2017 which was only because Lucy went on Maternity leave.
Other characters need screentime and storylines.
On a side note, Mandy's dad is called Caleb.
Agree, though, there are plenty of families in the Dales that could do with some padding out. Why always the Dingles?
But anyway...Would this be Shadrach's child? I think it would be bizarre if Faith had a child out there who she never even mentioned while she was dying?
Gennie was also Shadrachs and Chas s brother
Of course it may turn out to be a great storyline, and the actor may be a real asset to the show, so I shouldn’t judge before it plays out on screen. But if they wanted to introduce another Dingle to cause ructions in the family, why not just introduce / recast one that we already know is out there. At one point Zak was supposed to have had another son, Nathan, who had rejected the family and lived a respectable life in London - there you go, a brother for Cain (and Sam and Belle) who has actually been mentioned before (albeit not recently). Or bring back (probably recast) Eli - there’s loads of potential there.
Plus, it’s typical of contemporary Emmerdale to just layer way too much drama onto characters rather than tell simple human stories. Chas and Cain just lost their mum, with whom they have a fairly troubled history. Nope, not enough drama there, let’s throw in an affair. Oh, and a killing. By a child. And let’s put Cain in prison. And now let’s have a secret brother show up. It’s just too much.
But maybe it’ll be great….
They need to explore and develop the characters they have further. For example Marcus and Mckenzie both still full of fresh potential.
(Mary who I LOVE!) Liam, Leyla lots of people they could do more with (though Leyla has had a heavy year!)
Got to keep up the quota.
Wow the Dingles were even more interbred than I thought.
I thought Gennie was Shadrachs daughter and Chas' sister.
If Caleb is Faith’s son, and thus is related to both Cain and Chas - how very odd for nothing to have been said over the course of the last 6 months while Faith was dying. Don’t they plan these things in advance?
If he is Shadrach’s, then he’s not really Cain’s brother at all - and exactly how many secret children did the man sire?
And if he’s Zak’s - then surely this should be a Cain / Belle / Sam story, rather than Cain/Chas.
Always wondered whether Faith was a Dingle cousin who had married within. Wouldn't surprised me because she kind of had a Biblical name- not strictly but certainly with strong connotations like Charity. And she had the dark hair which seems to be a genetic feature.
Looking forward to seeing William Ash in the show though, I’ve been a fan of his for years.😃
Tptb are obsessed with the Dingle clan. Of the ones currently in the show I only like Samson, Noodles, Cain, Mandy and Vinny.
They do look similar