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Sep 4, 2019 · Alicia is the sister of Leyla Harding (Roxy Shahidi), who happens to be Jacob’s biological mother. Leyla and Justin had an affair while Alicia was in a relationship with him prior to meeting...
- 2003-2010: Conception, Birth and Early Life
- 2010-2013: Arrival in Emmerdale and True Parentage
- 2016-2018: Return
- 2018 to Present: Grooming and Aftermath
Jacob was conceived after Leyla Harding had an affair with her brother-in-law Justin Gallagher. He was born on 28th February 2003 and was brought up by Leyla's sister and Justin's ex-wife, Alicia, after Leyla gave Jacob to Alicia, who was infertile.
Alicia and Justin split up in 2010, and Alicia and Jacob moved to the village. Due to Alicia's job, Jacob spent much of his time with Leyla and her boyfriend David Metcalfe. Leyla nearly told Jacob she was his biological mother, and the strain of silence led her to leave town after about a year. With Justin now starting a new family, and David and ...
In 2016, Jacob returned to the village, unhappy with his new life in Portugal. Alicia contacted David and Leyla frantic as Jacob had left without telling her; they convinced Alicia to let him stay in the village. David learned he had testicular cancer, and, unable to face telling Jacob, instead sent him back to Portugal for a holiday. Jacob soon re...
In 2018, David started dating one of Jacobs teachers, Maya Stepney. Maya then started grooming Jacob when he was only 15. They started to see each other in secret while Maya was still with David. Jacob was annoyed that Maya refused to tell anyone about their relationship but she insisted they kept it a secret. Jacob also started dating Liv, to cove...
May 10, 2019 · It was revealed in a DNA test that Justin Gallagher (Alicia’s ex-husband, played by Andrew Langtree) was his dad, along with the bombshell that his biological mum was actually Leyla.
Justin Gallagher is the ex-husband of Alicia Gallagher and father of Jacob Gallagher. Justin attended the funeral of his mother-in-law, Yvonne Harding in August 2010 and was unhappy to see his sister-in-law Leyla Harding at the funeral.
Aug 3, 2011 · I'm on Leyla's side, Alicia is a rubbish parent, she never has time for Jacob or does anything with him, she's also thinking about herself in this Spain ordeal and not Jacob, Leyla is simply...
I believe it's his Uncle. Layla had an affair with her sisters husband, her sister couldn't have kids so she adopted Jacob. I don't think she knew of the affair though. Edit she did not know of the affair until it played out on screen during the siblings initial storylines.
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After some pestering from Leyla's son, Jacob (Alicia's adopted son, but biologically nephew) David gets down on one knee and proposes to Alicia for real this time. Alicia delighted with David, happily accepts.
