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Old 27-12-2015, 12:48
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Hi does anyone know how old Chas, Aaron and Gordon are supposed to be in Emmerdale? How old was Chas when she gave birth?
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Old 27-12-2015, 12:56
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I think she was a teenager when she had aaron. Like 16 or something.
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Old 27-12-2015, 12:58
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Chas married in 1991, so she must be around 40-42. (The actress is 38.) Aaron is around 24.
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Old 27-12-2015, 14:31
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Aaron turns 24 at the start of Jan, the character is almost exactly a year younger than Danny Miller.

I always thought Chas was around 16 when she had Aaron but knowing she was married implies she was a bit older, I'd still say Chas supposed to be early 40's 43 max
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Old 27-12-2015, 14:38
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I thought Cain was the eldest out of him and Chas, and I believe he just turned 40 in the show, so that'd mean Chas was around 38/39.
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Old 27-12-2015, 15:21
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Chas was born Dec 1976, making her 39 and had Aaron when she was 15.

.http://emmerdale.wikia.com/wiki/Chas_Dingle

According to this she married Gordon in 1991, she would have been 14/15?????
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingle_family

http://emmerdalepastpresent.wikia.com/wiki/Chas_Dingle

Chas was born on the 19th December 1976 at Hotten General Hospital to Shadrach Dingle and Faith Dingle. She was the younger sister of Cain Dingle, whom Shadrach believed to be his son unbeknown that his brother Zak Dingle had an affair with Faith in 1974. Chas met Gordon Livesey when young and gave birth to their son Aaron in January 1992. Gordon and Chas separated and Chas left Aaron to live with his father and his new wife Sanda.
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Old 27-12-2015, 15:28
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Chas was born Dec 1976, making her 39 and had Aaron when she was 15.

.http://emmerdale.wikia.com/wiki/Chas_Dingle

According to this she married Gordon in 1991, so she would have been 15??????????
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingle_family

http://emmerdalepastpresent.wikia.com/wiki/Chas_Dingle
she can't have had Aaron at 14!

the emmerdale wikia states she married Gordon in 91 and had Aaron in 92

ah you have edited your post!
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Old 27-12-2015, 15:31
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she can't have had Aaron at 14!

the emmerdale wikia states she married Gordon in 91 and had Aaron in 92

ah you edited
Sorry I was looking at an old DS thread first, which isn't correct.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1452198
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Old 27-12-2015, 15:42
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I don't think the show knows any better than us what age she is lol

Cain is 41 with a birthday in November and is the oldest but Chas (birthday in February) has a (soon to be) 24 year old son she had whilst married, nothing about it adds up.
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Old 27-12-2015, 15:58
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I don't know where wikia got December from but Chas celebrated her birthday in February this year and her passport was shown on screen with a ridiculous d.o.b of February 1978 making her 13 when Aaron was born, which is just not compatible with her and Gordon's backstory, by the time they both got to marrying age, they should already have been divorced

If they put her birthday somewhere in the later half on 1975 that would make her almost exactly a year younger than Cain and 16 when Aaron was born, which just about works with her backstory.
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Old 27-12-2015, 16:24
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I don't know where wikia got December from but Chas celebrated her birthday in February this year and her passport was shown on screen with a ridiculous d.o.b of February 1978 making her 13 when Aaron was born, which is just not compatible with her and Gordon's backstory, by the time they both got to marrying age, they should already have been divorced

If they put her birthday somewhere in the later half on 1975 that would make her almost exactly a year younger than Cain and 16 when Aaron was born, which just about works with her backstory.
It is all a bit bizarre - the 1978 birth date was revealed as you say on Chas's passport in Episode 7178 (http://emmerdale.wikia.com/wiki/Epis..._(8th_May_2015)) for reference. But as you say a 1975 birth date would be more realistic. It will be interesting to see if previous episodes can identify whether her birthday has maybe been changed for some reason or whether the date noted on the passport was just in error.
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Old 27-12-2015, 16:43
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Back in 2009 they bumped Aaron's age up (can't remember if it was by 1 or 2 years) - this was so that the character could be old enough (18) in order to do the coming out storyline (had to be seen to be old enough to go to a gay bar).

Of course - this also then reflects on Chas's backstory - she was supposed to have met Gordon when she was at business college.


It would seem the show paid no regard to what the changing of Aaron's age would do to the backstory of Chas - even more pertinent now if they are going to re-visit it.
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Old 27-12-2015, 17:07
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Chas has always suffered from a typical case of too much history for her age, at least in my opinion. She has a business degree, has been in the army, worked as a stripper for several years, was married to Gordon, had Aaron and got divorced all before coming to live in ED in her mid 20s.

And of course the fact that she was a young teen mum and bride never comes up when she (or anyone else) talks about her life, or people accuse her of being a bad mother, or not being there for Aaron as a kid.

It will be interesting to see if and how they explain all this now that Gordon is back, but I assume it won't be mentioned.
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Old 27-12-2015, 19:52
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Chas has always suffered from a typical case of too much history for her age, at least in my opinion. She has a business degree, has been in the army, worked as a stripper for several years, was married to Gordon, had Aaron and got divorced all before coming to live in ED in her mid 20s.

And of course the fact that she was a young teen mum and bride never comes up when she (or anyone else) talks about her life, or people accuse her of being a bad mother, or not being there for Aaron as a kid.

It will be interesting to see if and how they explain all this now that Gordon is back, but I assume it won't be mentioned.
very true there is no way she could have crammed in all she is supposed to have by the time she came to live in Emmerdale in 2003. Although she actually was in the army while living in Emmerdale not before. She joined I think in 2005 to facilitate Lucy's maternity leave, she didn't last long. Can't remember how she managed to get out but I think it involved a broken leg and her getting back together with Carl.

I expect her backstory is going to get even more confusing now that Gordon is back not less
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Old 27-12-2015, 20:01
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She had a line about soldiers a little while ago that totally disregarded that she had ever been in the army herself.

1978... no offence but to look at her you would put her around 1968 not 1978.
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Old 27-12-2015, 20:21
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She had a line about soldiers a little while ago that totally disregarded that she had ever been in the army herself.

1978... no offence but to look at her you would put her around 1968 not 1978.
Lucy herself was born in 1977 and looks amazing

She never saw any action, doubt she even left the county or got past the training stage, so I can let that one line slide as she was clearly talking about soldiers who have been to a war zone...
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Old 27-12-2015, 20:48
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Married at 13 and having a kid at 14. Blimey!
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Old 27-12-2015, 21:14
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Who says they were married before they had Aaron? They could of married when Aaron was a toddler or something.
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Old 27-12-2015, 21:34
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Who says they were married before they had Aaron? They could of married when Aaron was a toddler or something.
To be honest, that is what I always believed. I thought Chas had Aaron while she was at school, married Gordon once she was old enough, left years later and became a stripper before turning up in Emmerdale.
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Old 27-12-2015, 22:06
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To be honest, that is what I always believed. I thought Chas had Aaron while she was at school, married Gordon once she was old enough, left years later and became a stripper before turning up in Emmerdale.
well when Aaron first appeared in 2003 he was 10 and Chas and Gordon had been divorced for years by that point. So it doesn't leave a large window of time for their marriage if we are assuming they had Aaron young and married later on and were already long divorced by the time he was 10.

No matter what way you look at her back story makes no sense.
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Old 28-12-2015, 15:41
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She could have been married at 16, either by getting parental permission and marrying in England, or eloping and marrying in Scotland where parental permission would not be needed. She might have been pregnant when she married. So if she' s 40 she could ( just) have married and had a child in wedlock in 91. There only has to be 9 months between her and Cain, as well. They could well be stair step kids with barely any break between the pregnancies.

It could certainly do with a bit of clarification though. Maybe they' ll suddenly start celebrating her birthday
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Old 28-12-2015, 15:55
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She could have been married at 16, either by getting parental permission and marrying in England, or eloping and marrying in Scotland where parental permission would not be needed. She might have been pregnant when she married. So if she' s 40 she could ( just) have married and had a child in wedlock in 91. There only has to be 9 months between her and Cain, as well. They could well be stair step kids with barely any break between the pregnancies.

It could certainly do with a bit of clarification though. Maybe they' ll suddenly start celebrating her birthday
They celebrated it this year in February, no mention of what age though
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Old 28-12-2015, 16:12
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They celebrated it this year in February, no mention of what age though
Bet she turns 40 this year That would allow fora year and a bit age gap between her and Cain, and for her to have given birth in 92 or slightly earlier. They might have to retcon the year she got married, or could it be a good old fashioned mistake on the website? The problem has been caused by ageing Aaron up by a year or so when he reappeared, so they will have to ' fudge' things a wee bit with Chas I suspect.
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Old 28-12-2015, 16:22
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Chas's backstory is the definition of 'overwritten'. I'm surprised she didn't manage to win the Nobel Peace Price in between getting her degree and beginning her stripping career.
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Old 28-12-2015, 16:24
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Back in 2009 they bumped Aaron's age up (can't remember if it was by 1 or 2 years) - this was so that the character could be old enough (18) in order to do the coming out storyline (had to be seen to be old enough to go to a gay bar).

Of course - this also then reflects on Chas's backstory - she was supposed to have met Gordon when she was at business college.


It would seem the show paid no regard to what the changing of Aaron's age would do to the backstory of Chas - even more pertinent now if they are going to re-visit it.
Exactly, had the character been older when Aaron was born, ageing him by a year or two wouldn' t have caused much confusion but because she was so young, and there was a marriage to add into the mix, it' s kind of messed things up .

Have to hand it to her, getting her degree when she had so much going on in her family life

I suppose they could argue that she was at college at 16? Maybe an FE or sixth form college? I had a friend at university who started at 16, having got good enough Highers in 5 th year but the they have a different system in that there England...

Either way, Chas packed a lot into her mid teens
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