Emmerdale fans reel as Caleb’s secret link to the Tates and another character revealed

Emmerdale aired shocking scenes on Thursday night as Caleb Miligan’s secret came to light, revealing his huge link to Nicky and the Tates on the ITV soap

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Emmerdale: Caleb confirms his dad was Frank Tate

Emmerdale aired explosive scenes on Thursday night, as a major twist saw Caleb Miligan’s secret and his true identity finally exposed.

It led to another village resident’s own secret coming to light too, as a confirmed connection between both characters was revealed.

In an episode that saw twist after twist, Nicky, the Home Farm nanny, was revealed to be the person following and watching Leyla Harding.

He was caught by Caleb who confronted him over his behaviour, with it then announced that Nicky is secretly Caleb’s son.

The brother of Chas and Cain Dingle was confronted by Nicky for his antics with Leyla, as he threatened to reveal all to his mother.

Caleb Miligan’s secret came to light, revealing his huge link to Nicky (

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This in itself was a twist given Nicky’s earlier claims to fiancé Gabby Thomas that his mother had died young – proving he was a liar.

He went on the reveal he was faking his romance with “the little princess”, meaning Gabby, claiming he had “done his bit”.

His recent proposal was all fake he revealed, as he mocked her and confirmed they were working against Gabby and Kim to get their hands on their money.

But the twists din’t stop there, as soon enough it emerged why they were really targeting Kim and it appears they want revenge.

If Nicky and Caleb being father and son wasn’t enough of a reveal, there was a second secret connection to the Tates announced at the end of the episode.

Caleb and Nicky are blood relatives of the Tates (

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Nicky and Caleb visited the village graveyard and came across a gravestone belonging to a past character.

As the pair discussed the person it belonged to, Caleb got emotional as he revealed it took him more than 20 years to locate them.

It soon became apparent that his dad had been dead for 25 years and that this was his whole reason for heading to the village, to “make it right”.

The camera then panned to the front of the grave and confirmed his father was none other than Frank Tate.

One of the soap’s most famous and original characters, Frank was the husband of Kim and as well as stealing a fortune from him, she left him to die when he suffered a heart attack.

The episode confirmed that Caleb was Frank’s secret son (

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The episode confirmed that Caleb was Frank’s secret son, and Nicky is his secret grandson – meaning Caleb is the brother of Zoe Tate, Jamie Tate and the late Chris Tate.

It also confirms he and Nicky are related to Noah Dingle, Joe Tate and Gabby’s baby son Thomas.

Viewers were stunned by the big reveal, more so the ending to the episode, after months of speculation about his secret.

While many had guessed Caleb might be linked to the Tates or working for them, and that he could be linked to Nicky, very few linked him to Frank given there was no reason to believe Frank and Caleb’s mother Faith Dingle even knew each other.

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.

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