{"id":35468,"date":"2025-03-28T19:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=35468"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:33:25","slug":"complete-barton-family-history-from-emma-trying-to-smother-ross-to-finns-tragic-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/complete-barton-family-history-from-emma-trying-to-smother-ross-to-finns-tragic-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete Barton family history – from Emma trying to smother Ross to Finn’s tragic death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight\u2019s episode of Emmerdale saw Ross Barton<\/a> open up to Steph about his messy family history. With Steph struggling with a profound identity crisis after learning that her grandfather is actually her father by blood, she decided to tell Ross the truth about everything.<\/p>

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In doing so, the pair shared an emotional heart-to-heart. And, as he recognised the deep torment she was going through, Ross decided to share an insight into the explosive history of the Barton family.\u00a0 And, boy, was there a lot to unpack.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother tried to smother me as a baby,\u201d he revealed, before continuing: \u201cShe drugged my dad and held him hostage and when he escaped she pushed him off a bridge into traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh, and: \u201cShe shot my brother and he died,\u201d he added.<\/p>

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Phew. Let\u2019s dig in, shall we?<\/p>

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