IS ABI SOAP’S UNLUCKIEST BABY? GRANDAD MAX

Poor little Abi is once again at the heart of a Branning tug-of-war, and she’s not even two yet! With mum Abi and dad Steven brown bread, it’s down to the rest of her family to raise her. But with role models like these, we reckon she might end up more disturbed than her late mum…

Serial philanderer, the killer of her dad and all-round nasty bit of work, Max is Abi’s legal guardian. We know Max adores his little granddaughter, but he adored his own children and now two of them are dead, and the other two never see him. Good lord.

GREAT AUNT RAINIE

Former smack addict Rainie cleaned herself up and immediately married her sister’s ex-hubby. After robbing Abi’s Great Uncle Jack of his entire fortune, Rainie’s now dragging the tot around as a fugitive and has showed no signs of being mother material. Heaven help her!

GRANDMA TANYA

Surely the only hope of Abi having a chance of a happy, normal life would be in the care of her Grandma Tanya. The trouble is that she’s so distraught about Abi Snr’s death that she won’t have anything to do with her infant grandchild. Buck up, Tan.

GREAT GRANDMA CORA

Never likely to be given a ‘Mum of the Year’ award from her own daughters, Cora was still willing to bring up Abi Jnr. However, chain-smoking septuagenarians who recently listed ‘the streets’ as their address don’t tend to win custody battles. Sorry, Cora.

GRANDAD IAN

Sure, Abi could go and live with Grandad Ian, but then she’d be sharing an address with sisterkiller Bobby, aka the humantimebomb. She’d also have to live with Ian, which has proven to send people even as saintly as Jane completely round the twist.