{"id":11975,"date":"2024-10-22T13:49:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=11975"},"modified":"2024-10-22T13:49:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:49:33","slug":"emmerdale-tina-dingle-vinnys-mum-timeline-vinny-parental-history-explained-fans-speculate-frank-tate-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-tina-dingle-vinnys-mum-timeline-vinny-parental-history-explained-fans-speculate-frank-tate-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"So, Tina Dingle is Vinny’s mum in Emmerdale – full timeline of Vinny’s parental history explained as fans speculate Frank Tate is his dad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night\u2019s episode of Emmerdale dropped the bombshell news that Tina Dingle is Vinny\u2019s estranged mother<\/a>. The youngster arrived on the soap in 2019, rocking up with maternal figure Mandy as she returned to the village.<\/p>

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It was soon revealed that Mandy wasn\u2019t Vinny\u2019s biological mother, with Mandy taking him in at only nine months old. Moving in with his dad, Paul Ashdale<\/a>, the pair were left alone when he walked out on them.<\/p>\n

But where does Tina Dingle fit into all of this \u2013 and does that make Vinny a Dingle by blood after all?<\/p>\n

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Paul Ashdale was Vinny\u2019s abusive father (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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What happened between Mandy, Vinny and Paul on Emmerdale?<\/h2>\n

With Vinny still a child, Mandy<\/a> continued to raise him as her own. Arriving in Emmerdale in 2019, Vinny was welcomed into the family and has been in the Dingles\u2019 midst ever since.<\/p>\n

In 2020, estranged father Paul arrived in the village, looking for his son. In spite of Mandy\u2019s reticence, the family soon reconciled, with Paul and Mandy getting back together as father and son bonded.<\/p>

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