Coronation Street spoilers: Ryan Connor’s return confirmed after Michelle’s other son Ali Neeson made his cobbles comeback
You wait ages for one of your estranged sons to return home and then two come along at once...
MICHELLE Connor is set for a bumper family reunion when her son Ryan returns to Coronation Street.
The Bistro manager - who is played by actress Kym Marsh in the ITV soap - already has one son making a confirmed comeback in the form of Ali Neeson, but now her non-biological son, but the one she raised in his place, Ryan, will return too.
Speaking on This Morning, Sharon Marshall confirmed the news saying: "Cast your mind back to 2008 when there was a story with Michelle, and you might remember that it turned out her son wasn't her biological son – there had been a baby swap in the hospital.
"This was the kid that she had with her late partner Dean, he was switched at birth and she brought up another boy called Ryan as her own.
"Ryan is also going to be coming back to the show as well."
It will come as Michelle is left shocked when she meets her son Ali at the medical centre where he has started work. And she'll be even more shocked when she realises he has been working with his former step-grandmother Liz and neither has said anything.
Liz feels caught in the middle when Ali asks her not to tell Michelle he is around. But when Michelle has to go to the med centre after cutting herself with a knife she is gobsmacked to come face to face with her doctor son.
Ali As he tends to her cut hand Michelle tries to talk to Ali and ask about his placement and why he hasn’t been in touch but Ali refuses to be drawn. Robert tells Michelle she should try again and Liz implores Ali to go and see his mum - will mother and son be reunited?
The Sun Online revealed how actor James Burrows - who played Denty in Mount Pleasant - has already begun filming in the role after previously impressing with roles in BBC One thriller Prey, Safe House and Love, Lies and Records.
Ten years ago Michelle went through hell when she discovered the son she raised, Ryan, wasn’t actually her biological son after a mix-up at the hospital.
Alex and his parents later turned up and Alex moved in with Michelle before quickly leaving and rarely being heard from again.
However the reunion won’t be a happy one as Alex seems intent to not let Michelle into his life.
Alex, who now goes by the name Ali, will return after he lands a job at the medical centre and will return to the cobbles for the first time since 2008.
But he won't tell his mother.
A source said: "Ali settles himself in Weatherfield and seems happy to make friends with everyone else but gives his mum the cold shoulder.
However, Alex will have an "ulterior motive" for his return which doesn't bode well for Michelle.
Ryan meanwhile is in Ibiza working as a DJ after leaving Weatherfield under a cloud in 2013.
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Since Ryan left Michelle has been put through hell with a horrific late-term miscarriage, losing her son Ruairi at 23 weeks into her pregnancy.
She later discovered husband Steve McDonald had had a one night stand with Leanne Battersby when they were on a break, resulting in a son named Oliver, and she was later stalked and kidnapped by former flame Will.
Now she is facing financial troubles after boyfriend Robert Preston began gambling after his stint in prison, and she faces supporting him as he battles testicular cancer.
Can Michelle take much more heartbreak?
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