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\n\t\tIs the big house about to be rocked? (Picture: Mark Bruce\/ITV\/Metro)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tIs the big house about to be rocked? (Picture: Mark Bruce\/ITV\/Metro)<\/p>\n
Emmerdale<\/a>\u2019s Tate family have one of the most twisted lineages soapland has ever seen.<\/p>\n A dark, ruthless dynasty steeped in old money and the hoarding of power, they\u2019ve suffered countless losses and spent plenty of time breaking into factions to war against each other.<\/p>\n For a while, the current line up of Kim<\/a> and Joe<\/a> (Claire King<\/a> and Ned Porteous<\/a>), alongside their faithful ally-cum-henchman Graham Foster<\/a> (Andrew Scarborough<\/a>) and Joe\u2019s girlfriend Dawn Taylor<\/a>\u00a0(Olivia Bromley<\/a>), were existing quite harmoniously.<\/p>\n While Joe devoted a great portion of time to accumulating as much farm land as possible to enhance the Tate grip on the village in order to win the favour of Kim with a hideous scheme against Moira Dingle\u00a0(Natalie J Robb)<\/a>, his actions caused a seismic rift in the family, as Dawn began to question whether or not she could spend her life with someone so vicious and cruel.<\/p>\n She\u2019s also deeply wondering whether her feelings for ex-husband Billy Fletcher<\/a>\u00a0(Jay Kontzle<\/a>) are really as dead as she previously believed.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tAsk Metro<\/p>\n Use AI to go deeper into the stories you care about \u2013 powered by Metro and trusted publications.<\/p>\n In the meantime, a beef is brewing between Joe and distant relative Caleb Miligan\u00a0(William Ash)<\/a>. You know? The one whose kidney he stole?<\/p>\n I told you the Tates were a law unto themselves!<\/p>\n “Try New Zealand?”<\/p>\n Caleb\u2026do you know who lives in New Zealand? <\/p>\n \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31#Emmerdale<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Tates Of Home Farm \ud83d\udc99 FAN ACCOUNT (@TheTateDynasty) July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n A comment between the two has led to an eruption online, with the mention of New Zealand and fans remembering that there\u2019s a long-missing Tate who lives there \u2013 Jean, the daughter of Zoe Tate (Leah Bracknell).<\/p>\n @TheTateDynasty tweeted: \u2018\u201dTry New Zealand?\u201d Caleb\u2026do you know who lives in New Zealand?\u2019, to which @dbella91 replied: \u2018Is this a nod to Jean ??? Hope she\u2019s coming back to dales\u2019, later adding: \u2018They\u2019ve said another Tate is coming, they are taking along time to announce who it is lol\u2019<\/p>\n The \u2018they\u2019 that @dbella91 is referencing is Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw, who previously said: \u2018At the heart of last year, I wanted to cement the families in our show,\u2019 she confirmed.<\/p>\n \u2018Everyone always talks about the Dingles, but I felt like we needed to build up some of the other families \u2013 that\u2019s probably what I\u2019m most proud of.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018About building the clans, I\u2019ve been trying to do the same with the Sugdens as well as the Tates. There\u2019s going to be a couple of arrivals to strengthen both the Tate and Sugden clans\u2019.<\/p>\n \t\t Speaking of Kim and Joe\u2019s, she mentioned her intention to \u2018\u2026really cement Kim and Joe as surrogate mother and son, which was important to me, to try to build that family of Tates up at Home Farm.<\/p>\n \u2018Similarly, we brought Dawn and the kids in to bolster it.<\/p>\n \u2018Then we were missing the dad of the family, so we went mad and brought Graham back!\u2019<\/p>\n With another Tate apparently to be added to the Home Farm mix, will it be Jean?<\/p>\n \t\t Unseen since she was a baby, Jean was named after her late grandmother,and Zoe initially decided to put her up for adoption, though when a family was found who were to adopt her, Zoe changed her mind and returned to the village with her daughter.<\/p>\n As Zoe was suffering a schizophrenic episode when falling pregnant, she initially didn\u2019t remember who Jean\u2019s father was, later learning that it was Scott Windsor (Ben Freeman), and after Jean suffered injuries while left with child minders, the two entered a battle over the custody of their baby.<\/p>\n Amid brother Chris\u2019s death, Zoe suffered a mental health relapse, and Jean was taken by her dad. Once healthy, she reclaimed her daughter, but the war between the parents intensified when Zoe made it clear that she would be taking Jean abroad for a fresh start, which she did after a showdown with Scott and a gun.<\/p>\n 21 years later, could Jean be on her way back home?<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Kim,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785280464_73_SEI_302528979-b7e1.jpg\")
\n\t\tEmmerdale boss Laura Shaw has been aiming to bolster the Tate clan (Picture: ITV\/Mark Bruce)<\/p>\n![\"Zoe](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PRI_65822847-18c3-e1785231889294.jpg\")
\n\t\tJean is the daughter of Zoe Tate (Picture: ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n
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