Emmerdale fans convinced they've 'worked out identity of Vinny Dingle's real dad'

Some viewers are wondering if Vinny Dingle's begetter is idiosyncratic different than Paul Ashdale, aft it was revealed Tina Dingle was his existent mum connected the ITV soap

An Emmerdale DNA bombshell this week near fans questioning if a paternity twist was connected the mode for Vinny Dingle.

Fans learned this week that erstwhile quality Tina Dingle was the biologic parent of Vinny, raised by her relative Mandy Dingle. While fans ever knew Mandy wasn't his biologic mum, they had nary thought that Tina was.

Tina made her instrumentality to the ITV soap precocious aft 28 years away, and it soon became wide she was aft the Dingle home. Following the decease of her begetter Zak Dingle, Tina threatened Mandy and claimed she was backmost to get what was hers including her son.

Samantha Power has taken connected the relation of Tina, with archetypal histrion Jacqueline Pirie not returning to the relation aft her past onscreen quality successful 1996. Last week we saw her clash with her household aft decades away, estranged from them each - but for Mandy.

But was Tina successful a narration with Vinny's dada Paul Ashdale, oregon is Paul adjacent Vinny's dad? As acold arsenic we are alert Paul is successful information the biologic begetter of Vinny arsenic said years ago.

But this hasn't stopped immoderate viewers being near convinced Vinny could beryllium a concealed Tate. Viewers whitethorn callback that Tina near successful 1996 aft play with her brag Frank Tate.

Frank tried to unit Tina into a narration with him, adjacent proposing to her and erstwhile she rejected him, helium refused to backmost down. Tina confided successful Mandy astir being harassed and soon she near the colony for a occupation successful London.

It doesn't look thing happened betwixt them, but adjacent if it did the timings bash not lucifer up. Tina near successful 1996 and Frank died successful 1997. Vinny is thought to person been calved successful 2001 which is 5 years aft Tina left, and 4 years aft Frank died.

This has not stopped the mentation spreading though with fans convinced somehow, Frank is the begetter of Vinny. One instrumentality posted: "Is Frank Tate Vinny’s father????" arsenic different asked: "Is Vinny the concealed lovechild of Frank Tate?"

It's hardly astonishing viewers would travel to this decision fixed each the concealed sons and daughters and offscreen twists we've seen connected the show. That said immoderate fans instantly denied the rumour, with 1 writing: "Frank died years earlier Vinny was born," arsenic different said: "And earlier anyone suggests it... Vinny was calved successful 2001. NOT different of Frank Tate's children."

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