After a year of cheeky chappy Joe Swash lighting up out screens - EastEnders bosses decided he needed a family.
Joe first rose to fame playing wheeler-dealer Mickey Miller and was so well-liked in his recurring role that producers made him a permanent fixture and gave him some relatives.
Although it got quite confusing as one of the new castmembers was Joe's real-life sister and on-screen one who would later become his girlfriend.
