Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) is to encourage George Knight (Colin Salmon) to come clean about his heritage in upcoming EastEnders scenes.
George has had a turbulent two months after learning that he was adopted as part of a baby farming agreement in the late 1960s.
After researching the historical practice, he learnt that the majority of babies came from West Africa, leaving him to doubt his presumed Jamaican descent.
When his dad Eddie (Christopher Fairbank) approached him asking for a character reference after being charged with a racially motivated murder that took place forty years ago, George discovered that the man, Henry Asare, was not only his father, but was Ghanian.
Gina spends a whopping 5k on flights to Jamaica (Picture: BBC)
George is left wondering what to do (Picture: BBC)
A tense altercation broke out between the men in the Queen Vic after-hours, with George’s daughters Gina (Francesca Henry) and Anna (Molly Rainford) hearing every word – except for their dad’s home country.
In upcoming scenes, Gina will attempt to lift his spirits ahead of Eddie’s trial and will book a family holiday to Jamaica so that he can become better acquainted with his supposed nationality.
When George is against the getaway, Gina is left bewildered having spent five grand on flights using her credit card.
Realising that her daughter has spent a wad of cash on the ancestry trip, Cindy approaches her ex-husband in desperation for him to come clean before its too late.
Will George be able to open up to his daughter before they jet off, or will the trip lead to more tensions within the family?George Knight (Colin Salmon) was rocked by the revelation that his adopted dad Eddie Knight (Christopher Fairbank) had murdered his biological father in recent EastEnders scenes, and has been struggling to come to terms with it ever since.
At the beginning of January, George was surprised by a visit from his parents, who admitted that they had lied about his heritage growing up.
When they revealed that they had been paid to take care of him as a child, George and ex-wife Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) did some research and discovered that he had been adopted after a process called child farming, which was most common among African parents at that time.
However, this left George confused, as
Eventually, mum Gloria Knight (Elizabeth Counsell) admitted that she had lied, and that his birth parents were actually from Ghana.
It later transpired that Eddie and Gloria had finally come clean because they had been instructed to by Eddie’s lawyer.
George was horrified to learn that Eddie was facing trial for a racially motivated murder, and wanted his son to stand up in court as his character witness.
Cindy urges George to tell their daughters the truth (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
After a tense confrontation, George discovered that Eddie was guilty of the murder, and the man he killed had been George’s biological father.
To make matters worse, Gloria confessed that she had told Eddie to do whatever it took to stop George’s dad taking him away.
In upcoming scenes, George’s mood is low ahead of Eddie’s trial, and Gina Knight (Francesca Henry) decides to try and cheer him up.
