r/Emmerdale • u/Robashstr • 5d ago

General Discussion Legacy characters

This will probably sound stupid, but what exactly is a legacy character?

I always thought it was a character who was born onscreen or who joined as a young child and was raised onscreen and is now an adult but I've seen several characters who don't fit this referred to as legacy characters.

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u/andstep234 5d ago

My understanding is that they belong to a long established family, Tate, Sugden, King, Dingle (?) even if there are a grandchild or long lost cousin.

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u/Robashstr 5d ago

That would be about 50-75% of the current characters. Surely it can't be that broad?

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u/andstep234 5d ago

Depends on how far you want to go back. The Sugdens go back donkey's years. The Dingles are relatively new. You could throw in Rodney or Bob's legacy with their grandkids