Christian Gatley Christian Gatley was the son of transsexual Hayley Cropper and first seen in September 2007 when a Private Investigator found Christian for Hayley , giving her all the information needed about her son , she was also shown a photograph of Christian outside Sound Garden , the record shop where he worked . Hayley planned to visit Christian right away but Hayley ' s friend Becky Granger advised against it . Hayley eventually plucked up the courage to visit him but couldn ' t bring herself to tell him who she was and ended up buying a record instead . Afterwards , Hayley decided to tell her husband , Roy about her son before she went any further . Hayley invited Christian back to her flat . Roy was outraged that Hayley had not only lied to him about being a virgin but had also hid the fact that she ' d hired a private detective from him . Tension over Christian caused Roy to be continually angry with Hayley and she couldn ' t concentrate on her job at Underworld . Roy was hurt that Hayley couldn ' t confide in him , but she reassured him that their marriage wouldn ' t change because of this and her having a son wasn ' t a threat to them . Although she couldn ' t walk away from Christian , if it meant losing Roy she would . Roy made Hayley agree not to lie about the situation again , and Hayley went back to Sound Garden ready to tell Christian who she was . Instead , she told him that she was his father ' s sister and that his father was dead . Hayley then suggested he visited her tomorrow to talk properly . Roy was furious that Hayley had gone back on her promise and told Christian that she was his aunt , and he made him feel unwelcome , not wanting to be any part of Hayley ' s lies . Hayley told Christian all about Harold and stressed that he had issues as did Cath , Christian ' s mum , they were both outsiders . Roy then intervened and prompted Christian to leave . Having made Hayley apologise for Roy ' s behaviour , Christian sensed that Hayley was keeping something from him , and she was hurt when he told her he wasn ' t coming back again . Hayley later stunned Becky when she revealed that she had decided to tell Christian the truth . Whilst Becky urged Hayley to reconsider coming clean , Roy was still uncomfortable about the situation . Hayley wracked with indecision as she arrived in Sound Garden and after she presented a touched Christian with Harold ' s crucifix , Christian offered to take her out for a coffee . Roy was then less than happy when Christian turned up at Roy ' s Rolls and felt uncomfortable about being tangled up in Hayley ' s web of lies . Hayley on the other hand was delighted to see Christian , especially when she noticed he was wearing the cross , but she panicked when he revealed that he ' d like to visit Harold ’ s grave and quickly covered by telling him that he was cremated . Roy was deeply unhappy that her lies were becoming more and more elaborate and told a guilt ravaged Hayley that she had to tell the truth and couldn ' t build a meaningful relationship on a lie . Hayley responded by arranging to meet up with Christian after work on the pretense of showing him where Harold ' s ashes were scattered and finally plucked up the courage to be honest with her son , telling him that Harold was still alive . As Christian tried to take in the news that his father was still alive , Hayley dreaded explaining the truth . Hurt and confused Christian was getting impatient as Hayley skirted around the subject and she was terrified as she finally revealed that she was his father . . . she was Harold . As he absorbed what he heard , Christian recoiled in horror , disgusted by Hayley he stormed off . As Hayley ran after him Christian didn ' t want to know and punched her , leaving her bleeding and devastated on the ground . Christian was visited by Becky at Sound Garden a week later where she proceeded to attack him , but Christian said he didn ' t feel like he actually hit a woman . After Becky ' s visit , Christian closed up and left the area . In September 2013 , Hayley contacted Christian - six years after their last interaction - and arranged to meet at a cafe in Bury , but Christian failed to show up and Hayley masked her disappointment . The next day however , he turned up unannounced at Roy ' s Rolls and , having waited for Hayley there , she took him up to the flat to talk privately . Christian explained of his confused feelings of hatred towards her and his guilt of having hit her and went on to inform her of his family - wife Holly , their two children Maisie and Sam - and their plans to move to Marple . At Hayley ' s suggestion they went for a drink at the Rovers where Christian proudly showed Roy and Hayley photographs of the children , but wouldn ' t agree to letting them meet her for the time being . With a furious Roy giving Christian short shrift over his lack of compassion , the couple left the pub and headed home . Christian returned in December but was confronted by an angry Fiz Stape , who informed him that Hayley was suffering from terminal cancer . He finally revealed the real reason for his visit - that he was in debt to the tune of £5 , 000 - and offered to introduce the children to Hayley in exchange for the money . List of appearances . 2007 2013