There could be a secret child twist on the way on Emmerdale if fans are correct with their latest theory.

Joe Tate could be at the centre of a baby paternity row amid his affair with Dawn Taylor, and his mystery health plot. Joe sparked fears he was dying in a recent episode, with him and his doctor, Dr Crowley, hinting he did not have long to live.

Amid him having some unknown treatment, he and Crowley are plotting with a secret plan - with Noah Dingle, Joe's brother, seemingly targeted in a drugging recently. Fans are sure he needs an organ transplant to survive and that he might be targeting villagers to find a donor match.

Joe and Dawn have been having an affair for weeks, and despite Dawn seemingly choosing to stay with her husband Billy Fletcher, she and Joe are still getting steamy in secret even with Kim Tate having figured out the truth. Now, fans are predicting a big new twist for the pair that could tear apart the entire family. Viewers are suspecting Joe will soon learn he's going to be a dad and that Dawn will fall pregnant.

The theory suggests Dawn may hide the truth about the paternity with Joe secretly the father. It was also questioned whether the baby could be a donor match for Joe, while we wait to find out what it is that is wrong with him.