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Secret soap siblings - from EastEnders' Lacey Turner to Corrie's Sam Aston

Amelia Flanagan, best known for playing April Windsor in Emmerdale, was recently spotted hanging out with her siblings on the set of another famous soap.

She joined her 11-year-old twin brother and sister Isabella and William Flanagan - who play Hope Stape and Joseph Brown on Coronation Street - on the cobbles during a day of filming.

Having two or three soap actors in the same family isn't actually all that rare - stars such as Lacey Turner, Sam Aston and Joe Swash all have siblings who have also starred in other soaps.

Here's a look at which of our favourite characters on EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and more are actually brother and sister in real life.

Lacey Turner

Lacey Turner with her sister Lily Harvey (Instagram)

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EastEnders star Lacey Turner has two famous siblings who have also acted in British soaps.

Lacey, 34, has been part of the BBC soap since 2004 and is a huge favourite among viewers and critics alike, having also won a number of awards for her performance as Stacey Slater.

Her sisters have also followed in her footsteps, with the youngest Lily Harvey, 21, appearing on the same soap as Shenice Quinn, the daughter of Kat Man's friend Martine.

Meanwhile, their sister Daisy starred in rival soap Hollyoaks as Rebecca Massey, the ex-girlfriend of Doug Carter who arrived in the village with the fake name Jenny Houston and kidnapped Rhys Ashworth.

She ends up being strangled to death after she tried to drug someone during a picnic in the woods.

Sam Aston

Sam Aston, 28, has portrayed the role of Chesney Brown Coronation Street since 2003 and has two siblings which have also appeared on the ITV soap.

His sister Emily appeared in Corrie as the character Rebecca Palmer for 51 episodes between 1996 – 1997 while Sam's little brother Joseph also starred on Corrie.

He appeared on the soap in 2000 as the grandson of iconic characters Jack and Vera Duckworth.

Previously describing his family, Sam said: “My family keeps me down-to-earth – I don’t think they’d let me go off the rails. My brother, Joe, is my best mate, he really is. He’s 18 and lives at home so we spend all our time together.

"I’m from a massive family – I’ve got five sisters and three brothers – so that helps, you’ve got a lot of people looking out for you.

Joe and Shana Swash

Joe and Shana Swash as Mickey and Demi Miller (BBC)

Before he was crowned king of the jungle and and became engaged to Stacey Solomon, Joe Swash got his big break starring as Mickey Miller on EastEnders from 2003 until 2008.

He wasn't the only Swash to appear on the BBC soap however, as real life sister Shana played his on screen sister Demi too.

Adam and Ryan Thomas

Between them, brothers Adam Thomas, Ryan Thomas and Scott Thomas have made a lot of appearances on TV, with the latter appearing on series two of Love Island.

Eldest Ryan played Jason Grimshaw on Corrie between 2000 and 2016 before moving to Australia to take part in Neighbours.

Meanwhile, Adam played Adam Barton in Emmerdale from 2009 to 2018.

Jamie Lomas and Charley Webb

Jamie Lomas with sister Charley Webb (jamielomas21/Instagram)

Charley Webb, who stars as Debbie Dingle on ITV's Emmerdale, has a famous sibling who appeared on rival soap Hollyoaks as one of its most iconic characters.

Jamie Lomas played villain Warren Fox for several years on the Channel 4 soap and went on to win second place on the seventeenth series of I'm a Celebrity.

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