The real father of Coronation Street Alina Pop’s baby has been ‘revealed’ – and it’s not Tyrone Dobbs.
The character, played by Ruxandra Porojnicu. made her shock return to the soap this week.
Alina first appeared on the cobbles in 2019 – and had two stints on the long-running show.
She was part of a storyline involving a human trafficking ring which gripped viewers across the country. Loyal fans will remember how Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) discovered she had been shipped over to the UK to work at a nail salon.
At the time, her ‘boss’ confiscating her passport to prevent her from returning home. When she finally escaped his from her employer’s cruel grasp, she soon fled the country to reunite with her family.
But she didn’t leave the soap for long, with the actor returning to the soap back in February 2020. Determined to make Coronation Street her home, it wasn’t long before she drove a wedge between Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) and his long-term partner Fiz (Jennie Mcalpine).
Sparks immediately flew between the two, with Tyrone making the difficult decision to call time on his nine-year relationship with Fiz.
Alina made her return this week
However, the mechanic’s pyromaniac daughter Hope (Isabella Flanagan) wasn’t best pleased with her dad’s new girlfriend. Hellbent on splitting the pair up, she lit a fire in the flat which inevitably caused Alina to miscarry her baby.
The couple then moved into the salon flat together, but the mechanic’s pyromaniac daughter Hope (Isabella Flanagan) wasn’t best pleased with her dad’s new girlfriend. Hellbent on splitting the pair up, she lit a fire in the flat which inevitably caused Alina to miscarry her baby.
In September 2021, the soon-to-be mother decided to jet back to Romania after Tyrone had lied about Hope’s destructive behaviour.
Tyrone managed to stop her when he found her at the Chariot Square Hotel, determined to fight for their relationship and to be a part of his child’s life.
Alina insisted to a pleading Tyrone that she wasn’t pregnant after all and had simply got her dates muddled up. But shortly before she boarded the flight, viewers saw her at the airport departures lounge where she cradled her blossoming baby bump.
However, this week, Fiz spotted Alina at the supermarket. Alina explained that she had been called as witness in the human trafficking trial, and Fiz then spotted a photo of a little boy on Alina’s phone.
Fans reckon the child’s father could be Seb
Alina sheepishly then left. Certain the boy was actually Tyrone’s son, Fiz headed to the Chariot Square Hotel where Alina was staying. There she told her that she was returning to Romania tomorrow.
Fiz eventually came clean to Tyrone and she Fiz urged him to find Alina himself. However, when he arrived, he was told she’d already checked out.
And while fans reckon Alina’s child is actually Tyrone’s, other viewers are convinced her baby daddy is somebody else.
On a Reddit thread discussing Alina’s child on the soap, one viewer said: “He looks way too old to be Tyrone’s kid??? Imagine if Seb was the dad and she’d been keeping the baby hidden…”
While on a Corrie Facebook fan page, someone else mused: “Do you think Alina’s baby is Tyrone’s?” A third replied: “Didn’t she go with Seb tho?” Another viewer wrote: “That’s true, that would be a good twist!”
