Real life took a soap-like twist for Emmerdale’s new vicar Kevin Mathurin when it emerged the actor playing his son might really be a relative.
The 47-year-old says his new co-star Emile John, who plays his character’s son Ethan, have turned detective to trace their family roots.
After Kevin joined the soap at Christmas as vicar Charles, he and Emile realised they both have relatives with the same surname living in a tiny village on a Caribbean island.
Kevin says: “My parents are from St Lucia. Emile’s family on his father’s side are Mathurins as well and also from St Lucia and...
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