How many kids do John and Esme have?

John Shelby has seven children, two sons and two daughters from his first wife Martha Shelby and three children from his second wife, Esme Shelby.

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Did Esme take all of John's kids?

Esme welcomed two children with John, who had four children from a prior relationship. But when the Changretta crime family had John killed, she took her children to live with her Romani family in Season 4.

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Where are John and Esme's kids?

We know that after John's death, Esme took the children with her (all of them to the Lee's, including the four ones of John's first marriage). IMO, it was kinda strange that Tommy and Arthur didn't cared over the kids, as they were Shelby's and the only living memory of John.

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How many kids did John have?

John's children

It has been mentioned multiple times that John has four children but they were never seen onscreen in the first series. In Episode 1.4, John informs his family of how difficult they have become to manage for him as a single father.

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How many kids do John Shelby have?

John has seven children, two sons and two daughters with his deceased first wife Martha Shelby, and three children with Esme, whose genders are unknown. One of his daughters is called Katie Shelby, but his other children's names are unknown.

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How many children does Esme Shelby have?

Esme welcomed two children with John, who had four children from a prior relationship. But when the Changretta crime family had John killed, she took her children to live with her Romani family in Season 4.

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Is aunt Polly Tommy's mom sister?

Shelby is the mother of Thomas, Arthur Jr., John, Ada and Finn Shelby, and sister of Polly.

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What happened to Esme Shelby?

Esme and John were open to the nuptials and later forged a strong bond with one another, with very strong chemistry. However, her character kept firmly out of the family's business affairs, which John tended to with his brother Tommy, and she disappeared at the end of season 4, only to return tonight.

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Do John and Esme love each other?

Best: John And Esme

Since theirs was an arranged marriage meant to solidify the peace between the Lees and Shelbys and to find a mom for John's kids, John and Esme had never met before their wedding day. However, they were both excited to marry each other and fell in love as time progressed.

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Does Lizzie keep the baby Peaky Blinders?

She loves Thomas despite the fact that he often treats her badly. Lizzie becomes pregnant and gives birth to their daughter Ruby. In Series 5, Lizzie and Thomas are married. Lizzie is raising Ruby and Charles, but her marriage with Thomas is strained as he is still hallucinating Grace's ghost.

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Who is Esme Prince biological mother?

On December 9, it is revealed that her biological mother is Heather Webber and revealed that Esme has two maternal half-brothers, Steve Webber and the late Franco Baldwin.

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What happened to Esme after John's death?

In 4.02, Esme is seen devastated at John's death and visits the morgue to see his dead body. She curses his brothers as they leave the morgue and appears to take off John's rings before informing him that she will be taking her children on the road, " to live with decent people".

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Who is Esme Prince's father?

On March 9, 2022, it was revealed that Ryan is Esme's father. On October 11, 2022, it was revealed that she is expecting her first child, from her one-night-stand with her then-boyfriend Spencer Cassadine's father, Nikolas Cassadine.

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Did Esme curse Tommy's daughter?

The seven-year-old immediately started coughing, and died less than a day later. The sapphire was then thrown into the river, with Evadne cursing Tommy Shelby in retaliation for her daughter's death. She vowed that any daughter of his would also die at the age of seven.

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Why did Tommy look for Esme?

In addition to Ruby's grave illness, Tommy has also been suffering from seizures and hallucinations. He is looking for Esme to ask her to lift the Gypsy curse she placed on the Shelby family in retaliation for her husband's death, which she blamed them for.

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Why did Esme leave John?

To Esme, it was all part of Shelby's curse, and we last saw her removing John's rings and leaving shortly after with her children. John was killed by the Italian mafia as an act of revenge against the Peaky Blinders, with Esme removing John's rings and leaving shortly after with her children.

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Do John and Esme have babies?

John Shelby has seven children, two sons and two daughters from his first wife Martha Shelby and three children from his second wife, Esme Shelby.

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How did Carlisle fall in love with Esme?

In 1921, after losing her baby to lung fever, Esme attempted suicide, but her attempt was unsuccessful. Later, Carlisle transformed her into a vampire on her deathbed. Some time later, the pair fell in love and married, starting to build a family of like-minded vegetarian vampires around them.

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Did Esme lie to Tommy?

Esme was simply lying when she told Tommy she had no blame for Ruby's death in season 6 episode 3. The revelation of Connie's death and the sapphire, in this case, is no more than another strand of Esme's curse in Peaky Blinders. According to her, Evadne can't be found and the sapphire is lost forever in a river.

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Why does Lizzie leave Tommy?

Lizzie officially reached the end of her tether after discovering Tommy had slept with Diana Mitford and decided to leave him. Still distraught over the death of her daughter Ruby, she's surprised when Tommy's son Charlie asks to join her instead of staying with him.

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How did Ruby get tuberculosis?

Well, that was a hard-hitting episode. Last week in Peaky Blinders, Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and wife Lizzie (Natasha O'Keeffe) were left devastated when daughter Ruby fell sick with consumption after visions of a "Grey Man".

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Why is Ruby sick in Peaky Blinders?

Tommy's seven-year-old daughter Ruby died of tuberculosis, after hearing voices, seeing visions and speaking the Romani words for the devil. Ruby died from a curse laid in retaliation for Tommy having passed on an already-cursed sapphire to the Barwell family.

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Why was Freddie Thorne killed off?

Freddie died of "pestilence," likely the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918–1920, before the series begins. At Freddie's funeral, Thomas reveals that he made a promise back in France to speak over Freddie's grave should he pass away before him, which he fulfills.

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Why was Polly killed off in Peaky Blinders?

So her absence would be felt no matter what decision was made, but ultimately, Knight shared, “the idea that Polly's alive but she's gone to America or something wasn't right.” Instead, the creator decided that killing her off was the more honorable thing to do and the death is revealed early on in the new season.

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What happened to Ada's first baby in Peaky Blinders?

Karl Thorne was born in 1919, in Small Heath, to Freddie and Ada Thorne. Immediately after his birth, Freddie was arrested by local police, as a potential link to stolen guns in the area. He eventually escaped prison with the help of Ada's older brother, Thomas Shelby, and returned home to his family.

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