Emmerdale’s Caleb Milligan has been causing chaos in the village since he arrived

and it turns out that actor Will Ash has a real-life family member on rival soap Coronation

Street Emmerdale viewers were left stunned to learn that one loveable village villain

has a real-life family connection to a Coronation Street favourite. Soap watchers will recall that Caleb Milligan, portrayed by Will Ash, joined Emmerdale back in 2022. Caleb was revealed to be a long-lost sibling to Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley ) and Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter), where he soon caused chaos in the village. Caleb Milligan, portrayed by Will Ash, joined Emmerdale back in 2022 At the time, viewers were left stunned to learn that Caleb star Will had a very famous real-life cousin on rival soap Coronation Street.

Back when Will was announced to be joining Emmerdale in 2022, Coronation Street’s Paul Foreman star Peter Ash tweeted: “Yes! This is my cousin, Will!”, reports Leeds Live. “He’s an absolutely fantastic actor, and was one of my big inspirations for getting into acting myself! Can’t wait to see him do his stuff in #Emmerdale!” At the time, one soap fan said: “No way, I had no idea he’s your cousin, well fantastic acting definitely runs in the family x.” Elsewhere, a different account put: “I actually thought you were brothers coz you look so alike!” Another follower put: “Wow, you really look alike!”

A different account put: “I thought he was your brother, you are very alike x” Another wrote: “Your cousin! No way, he’s a great actor” while a different fan added: “Talented family!” It comes as Coronation Street’s Peter recently took home the Serial Drama Performance National Television Award for his amazing portrayal of Paul amid the character’s motor neurone disease (MND) battle, which he sadly lost in recent heartbreaking scenes.

Meanwhile, Will’s character Caleb continues to meddle in other people’s business in the Emmerdale village and recently he did the unthinkable. Caleb’s wife, Ruby Fox-Milligan, played by Beth Cordingly, was left distraught recently over the death of her estranged mother Helen Fox. She didn’t get the chance to say goodbye to her mum, who was terminally ill, and now will never know what she wanted to say to her. However, in a brutal twist, Helen tried to get in touch with Ruby before she died but Caleb intercepted the call and visited Helen instead, telling her that if she wanted to see Ruby she needed to pay him £100,000 to which Helen went along with the plan.