Emmerdale’s Charity and Ross face the agonising DNA truth about Sarah’s unborn baby

Emmerdale’s Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) and Ross Barton (Michael Parr) couldn’t run from it forever; she’s about to learn exactly who is the father of her unborn baby.

Charity agreed to carry Sarah’s (Katie Hill) baby in good faith, and they set about trying to achieve a successful embryo implantation. But an argument with Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) saw her fall into bed with Ross and Charity’s deep-seated troubles began.

When Charity seemingly lost the embryo after a fall on a walk, but found herself miraculously pregnant afterwards, no one questioned it, except Ross.

He knew that he and Charity had secretly had sex and that the baby was possibly his. Sarah chose ignorance despite Charity being quite clear that the implantation had not been successful. But she’ll know soon because Ross is not the kind of person to let this go.

The secret was almost aired when Jacob (Joe-Warren Plant) sprung a surprise early scan on Charity and Ross was later visibly moved when Sarah innocently showed him the scan photo.

Keen to know if the kid is his, Ross has been turning the screws on Charity.

Charity has been carrying the guilt but refusing to face it. The next day, Charity heads off for a DNA test to get Ross off her back, truly hoping that he is wrong. But once the test is done, they face an agonising 10 day wait.

Discussing Charity having to keep this enormous secret, star Emma Atkins said: ‘She’s having to hide all of this stuff and put on these fake smiles.’

‘There is an element of feeling really empowered that she is able to carry this child for Sarah, and now she’s being met with the dilemma that it might possibly not be Sarah’s.’

‘There’s that real heartache of, ‘What if she found out and it isn’t hers?’ It’s that bittersweet of, ‘Oh my God, what do I actually do with knowing all of this?’.

She can’t function at the moment because she’s so full of emotions for so many different reasons. There’s so many layers at play that I think she’s just in total turmoil.’