I would love to see Shabnam meet her daughter and it will be interesting seeing Shirley be a grandmother to her too, she has so many grandchildren but none of them want contact with her.

Do you think Shabnam's daughter will make an appearance? now that they have introduced the storyline.

Maybe eventually. I'm loving this story personally. Mick needs to keep out of the story though :P I want Fatima to become full time character

I reckon so.

so does Fatima know where she is ?

Definitely. They start these stories for a reason. Just the same as with Ronnie and Danielle

I want to see Dean meet his daughter for them first time. Bet he'll be bitter about all those lost years.

I would feel sorry for the childs adoptive parents if Shabnam suddenly turned up

Never mind meet, I want to see Shabnam be a mother to her daughter.

Me too although Dean will want a say as well. Who want's a rapist for a dad? I wonder if when she's old enough will Roya find out about Dean and what he did to Linda?

I think Dean will bond really quickly with Roya he loved spending time with Lily. Shabnam I think will struggle more with it all.

I would love to see this storyline progress. This little girl will have many connections!, I want to see her with Masood, Shirley, Dean, Shabnam and it would bring Stacey and Shabnam even closer together, Lily could have a friend now that Alfie & Kat are gone.

Maybe being with his little girl is what will bring Dean back to reality.

I'm surprised the child has been fostered and not adopted. That being said Dean will want custody, so I think Shabnam will apply for custody to stop Dean getting her. If Shabnam does follow her engagement through to actually marry Kush. Could she present a better option bearing in mind she abandoned her and Dean has not been convicted of rape?

This is hard, i have a 6 year old son turning 7. They understand and are well in tune with their feelings. At first i didnt understand why shabnam seemed so standoffish about finding her daughter especially since what pushed her to abandon her was fear of her families reaction. Now that they know and they want the child it made no sense to me why shabz was being distant about it.

Then it hit me, the guilt of what she did is to much. Just the thought of my son abandoned growing up realising your practically orphaned (no mother or father) is heart breaking.
these are the ages where kids rationalise their personal situation.
if there is going to be any comfort for this child. shabnam needs not delay another day. But act now. 7 years vs 17 years are not the same. even though they lost CRUCIAL years.

The child is fostered not adopted and that is a huge stroke of luck for Shabnam and Dean.
all in all i understand what makes shabnam the way she is. I dont think i could live with myself knowing i have a child out there that i abandoned.

Masood and tamwar also have feelings and its difficult for one to deal with such feelings as well as being there for shabnam,

The rapist should not be allowed to see the girl.

It's likely that Roya will be in the Square within six months.

I thick it's a given, can't imagine why she was never adopted

Realistically no one would want this, but this is EE where families overlook things almost as bad as this all the time. If she gets attached to him when she's older then she might do a Ben Mitchell and defend her dad until the day she dies no matter how much bad he does.

As a character I'm looking more forward to seeing Dean be a dad than seeing Shabnam be a mother. I think this will be HUGE for his character. There could be so much depth to him so I'm hoping this can really bring that out.

I don't want Dean anywhere the child if Shabs does have her back.

I'd love to see Shabnam find her daughter if it wasn't for the involvement of wooden rapist Dean in the storyline. The Masoods have been fantstic this week but as soon as his pretty blank face and monotone delivery is back in the frame, the story will be as tedious as everything else he is involved in.

I think it's going to happen sooner rather than later now that Shabnam's secret has been exposed. It's kind of crazy that after seven years of nobody knowing, now everybody knows. I imagine Shirley will be interfering and tracking down Roya soon enough when she gets truly involved in this.

I would like to see Masood and Shirley on the same page but I imagine they will end up being pitted against each other, DTC and co seem to love unneeded angst. The drama of finding Roya, and the reactions from all involved would be enough. I wonder if Shabnam will struggle to bond with her little girl?

Am I the only one thinking it would be cruel to rip this little girl away from the only family she's ever known and send her to live with Shabnam & Co? They might be her biological relatives but they're still complete strangers to her.

I think she is in foster care, she hasn't been adopted....(a nice loophole that makes it easier for the writers!)

I am puzzled as to why this child was not adopted. She would have been a perfect age for adoption.