(formerly '''Hobbs''') is a
Fictional Character in the popular
BBC Soap Opera ''
EastEnders ''. He is the son of
Ian and
Laura Beale .
Laura supposedly had a drunken fling whilst married to Ian Beale (she stated that she only remembered zipping up Garry's trousers) with
Garry Hobbs . Ian had already had a secret
Vasectomy so he presumed the child wasn't his, and he booted Laura out on
Christmas Day , when she was in the early stages of pregnancy.
Garry and Laura made a go of things after Bobby's birth, despite the fact that Laura had discovered that Ian ''was'' the father after all (he had sex with Laura within six weeks of having the vasectomy, thus the procedure not in full working mode), but she kept this information to herself.
She and Garry split up when he returned to his wife, Lynne, who was now pregnant with their baby. Laura fell down the stairs of her house and died.
Pat Evans set up her arch enemy
Janine for Laura's death, seeking revenge for
Barry 's murder.
Pat found Bobby's birth certificate, stating that Ian is the father of Bobby. Ian moved Bobby in with him, leaving Garry heart-broken, since his and Lynne's baby, Vivian, died shortly after birth.
Bobby now lives with Ian and his girlfriend
Jane , and his older half-brother and half-sister
Peter and
Lucy , from Ian's first marriage to
Cindy Beale .
In 2006, Ian heard that his mother - who lived in South Africa with Ian's half-brother Ben - had died in a car crash. Ian went to South Africa and returned in March 2006 with Ben, who is now living with the family. Shortly after Ian and Ben returned, Bobby hurt
Freddie Mitchell by poking him in the forehead with a stick. Thankfully Freddie was okay.
- Bobby was named after football player Bobby Moore .
- When Bobby lived with Garry, Garry would get him to sleep by singing 'I'm forever blowing bubbles', which is the song of football team West Ham
- Bobby's first word was 'dada'; Garry was trying to get him to say this all day and then Bobby saw Ian, who had just found out he was Bobby's dad, and said it.
- Father: '' Ian Beale ''
- Mother: '' Laura Beale '' (deceased)
- Paternal grandparents: '' Pete Beale '' (deceased), '' Kathy Hills ''
- Maternal grandparents: ''Norman Dunn'', '' Edwina Dunn ''
- Half-brother: '' Peter Beale ''
- Half-sister: '' Lucy Beale ''
- Uncles: '' Ben Mitchell '', '' David Wicks ''
- Aunt: ''Donna Ludlow'' (deceased)
- Cousins: '' Bianca Jackson '', ''Karen Wicks'' (deceased), '' Joe Wicks ''
- Great grandparents: '' Lou Beale '' (deceased), ''Albert Beale'' (deceased)
- Great aunts: '' Pauline Fowler '', ''Margaret Flaherty''
- Great uncles: ''Kenny Beale'', ''Ted Hills'', ''Ronnie Beale'' (deceased)
- First cousins once removed: '' Mark Fowler '' (deceased), '' Michelle Fowler '', '' Martin Fowler '', '' Eamonn Flaherty '', '' Conor Flaherty '', '' Colette Flaherty '', '' Simon Wicks '', '' Elizabeth Beale '', '' Tony Hills '', '' Sarah Hills '', ''Natasha Butcher'' (deceased), '' Liam Butcher ''
- Second cousins: '' Rebecca Miller '', '' Mary Flaherty '', '' Steven Beale ''
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