Emmerdale’s Jai shocked as he finally uncovers the truth about who his real dad is in family wedding showdown

Jai Sharma finally uncovered the true identity of his father in Thursday night’s Emmerdale. 

Jai (Chris Bisson) has been at war with his father Rishi (Bhasker Patel) after he discovered he had been adopted. 

Fans have been wondering who is the biological father of the General Manager, with the secret unravelling on his wedding day to Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy).

With the ceremony looming, the family had the ultimate showdown before Rishi revealed the truth. 

Jai shouted: ‘Who is it dad?’ 

Jai (Chris Bisson) has been at war with his father Rishi (Bhasker Patel) after he discovered he had been adopted

To which Rishi replied: ‘It’s my brother. He had an affair with Georgia and he’s your real father.’

Jai asked his mother Georgia, who made her debut on Wednesday’s show: ‘How the hell did this happen?’ 

‘I was his secretary very young and really stupid,’ he said. 

Rishi told him: ‘I really loved your mother. I felt I had to protect my brother too.  You can’t imagine the scandal there would have been. This was the seventies it was very different.’ 

As Jai protested, Rishi said: ‘Don’t you understand? I made a promise to your grandmother. You make a promise like that, you take it to the grave and I have broken it.’

It comes after Emmerdale viewers did a double take as EastEnders’ actress Lin Blakley made her debut in the Dales on Wednesday’s show. 

Fans recognised the actress, 76, who played Pam Coker in the BBC One soap, and said they were finding it ‘really weird’ to see her in Weatherfield as Georgia Sharma. 

Fans have been wondering who is the biological father of the General Manager, with the secret unravelling on his wedding day to Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy)

Georgia arrived on the evening of her son Jai and Laurel’s wedding. 

But things went from bad to worse when Georgia arrived in the village and bumped into Rishi, who was worse-for-wear after a drink in The Woolpack. 

Rishi offended Jai and his fiancée Laurel as he said: ‘It’s right to take a life’ in reference to the couple having an abortion after finding their unborn baby was diagnosed with Down Syndrome. 

Jai told him: ‘You disgust me. I don’t know what sordid secrets but I don’t want you anywhere near my family. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not ever.’ 

Emmerdale airs weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.