{"id":19447,"date":"2024-12-12T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=19447"},"modified":"2024-12-12T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T16:40:17","slug":"emmerdale-kim-tate-needs-own-family-beg-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/emmerdale-kim-tate-needs-own-family-beg-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Kim Tate needs her own family’ beg Emmerdale fans as they are desperate for someone to ‘truly have her back’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale fans have issued a plea to bosses to bring in the family of Kim Tate.<\/p>

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The soap icon, played by Claire King<\/a>, made her first appearance on the soap in 1989 \u2013 only to leave 10 years later. Kim then made her triumphant return to Emmerdale in 2018 and has reclaimed her rightful place as a Dales legend.<\/p>\n

But fans have recently been left wondering about her blood family, and have demanded bosses to bring them in as \u201ceveryone treats her like dirt\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Fans have demanded Kim needs someone to \u2018have her back\u2019 (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Emmerdale Kim Tate and her family<\/h2>\n

Very little is known about Kim, born Kim Barker, and her early background and upbringing. Her father was a telephone engineer and her mother was a hairdresser. Kim also had a younger sister.<\/p>\n

In 1984, aged 25 Kim married into the iconic Tate clan<\/a>, tying the knot to the abusive Frank. Kim went on to have a son, Jamie with him.<\/p>

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