{"id":39189,"date":"2025-05-14T19:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=39189"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:00:33","slug":"emma-barton-emmerdale-everything-we-know-about-years-spent-away-from-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/emma-barton-emmerdale-everything-we-know-about-years-spent-away-from-family\/","title":{"rendered":" Emma Barton in Emmerdale: Everything we know about the years she spent away from her family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Barton, as it turns out, had another son that no one knew about. Emma, who was mum to Ross, Pete and the late Finn, and sister-in-law to Moira, had a secret child when she was estranged from her family for years.<\/p>

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That child \u2013 Lewis \u2013 has just got in touch with the Bartons<\/a>, wanting to get to know them. And to hear more about his biological mum.<\/p>\n

Which could be tricky, because Emma\u2019s past was, well, complicated.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything we know about her \u2013 and where she was when she was apart from her family.<\/p>

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Emma wanted to get to know Finn and Ross, as well as oldest son Pete (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emma comes to Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

It was sweet-natured Finn who brought his mum to Emmerdale. He tracked her down \u2013 with some help from Harriet Finch \u2013 and she was delighted. Desperate to get to know Pete and Ross<\/a> too, she came to the village. But her older sons had more memories of their mum \u2013 and they weren\u2019t happy ones!<\/p>

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