Charity Dingle (previously Tate, Sharma and Macey) is the daughter of Obadiah and Kathleen Dingle and is the mother of Debbie, Noah and Moses Dingle. Charity arrived in the village for the funeral of her cousin Butch, alongside the village bad boy Cain and her uncle Shadrach. She would later begin a relationship with Chris Tate. During her marriage to Chris, she discovered that the foster child of Paddy and Emily Kirk, Debbie, is her daughter, Debbie's father being Cain. This was when Cain and Charity had a one night stand when Charity was only 13-years-old. With the help of his family, Cain got custody of Debbie. Charity began an affair with Cain, but Chris, who had just being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, found out and began frittering away all his money to ensure Charity wo