{"id":44449,"date":"2025-08-06T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=44449"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:19:01","slug":"theories-who-dylan-related-to-emmerdale-because-everyone-secretly-related-someone-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/theories-who-dylan-related-to-emmerdale-because-everyone-secretly-related-someone-village\/","title":{"rendered":" All the theories on who Dylan is related to in Emmerdale – because everyone is secretly related to someone in that village"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is nothing Emmerdale fans love more than a good theory, and when it comes to the mysterious Dylan Penders<\/a>, there seems to be plenty!<\/p>

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With a village full of people who all seem to be related to each other somehow, just who could Dylan be connected to?<\/p>\n

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There are plenty of theories about Dylan (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Theory #1: Dylan is related to April<\/h2>\n

Due to his close bond with April, whom he met when the pair were both homeless, some fans think the pair might find out they\u2019re somehow related to each other.<\/p>\n

Given that Marlon is a Dingle, it\u2019s certainly possible that there\u2019s another secret Dingle on the scene! It wouldn\u2019t be the first time that a secret child had turned up to rock the boat.<\/p>\n

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Could Eli Dingle be Dylan\u2019s father? (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One popular fan theory suggests that Eli Dingle, Marlon\u2019s younger brother who left back in 2010, could well be Dylan\u2019s dad.<\/p>

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