Amy Barlow Amy Katherine Barlow ( formerly Patience Cropper ) is the daughter of Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald . She was temporarily called Patience by Roy Cropper however ; her name was changed back to Amy when it was discovered that she was Steve ' s daughter . After Tracy was convicted and sent to prison for killing her boyfriend Charlie Stubbs , Amy went to live with her father . When Steve started a relationship with Becky Granger , Amy had a good relationship with her , and Becky was also the one who told Amy about Tracy being a killer after Amy was bullied at school over it . When Tracy was released from prison in 2010 due to the forensics guy on her case being investigated for being dodgy , she took Amy back when it was discovered Steve and Becky bought a little boy called Max from Becky ' s sister Kylie . Amy is currently in shared custody between Tracy and Steve , and in recent times has developed a devious streak like her mother . Biography . 2004 - 2010 : Early life and mother in prison . After a one - night stand with Steve McDonald , Tracy Barlow became pregnant with Amy . However , one night she drugged Roy Cropper , took him back to her house and shared a bed with him , fooling him into thinking they ' d had sex . She later led him on to believing that he was the father of her unborn child . Although Roy was shocked and humiliated at first , after a talk through with wife Hayley , they decided it was a good thing and that they could keep the baby . Tracy offered to sell the baby to Roy for a large sum of money , which Tracy ' s parents Ken and Deirdre Barlow didn ' t approve of , and also the fact that the baby would be living with the Croppers . Roy even married Tracy to ensure he got the baby . Tracy gave birth to a girl in February 2004 . She was first called Patience by Roy and Hayley . When Tracy changed her mind and wanted the baby back , she arrived at Steve and Karen McDonald ' s wedding and demanded her back . It was here that she revealed to everyone who the real father was . The Croppers fled during an argument at the wedding , but Roy later decided to give the baby girl up to Tracy . Tracy was happy and renamed her Amy . Throughout the year , Tracy had a feud with Steve ' s wife Karen who turned up at Amy ' s christening and caused a scene by starting a fight with Tracy . When Karen won a car in a competition , Steve gave it to Tracy . During Christmas 2004 , when Amy was in the back of the car and Tracy was talking to Ken and Deirdre , Karen stole it ( although she wasn ' t aware that Amy was actually in the back seat ) . She burned the car but made Tracy believe Amy was still in it when it was set on fire . Although it was later revealed Amy was safe and sound with Roy . Steve told Karen to leave and never return . Steve tried to play happy families with Tracy in 2005 so he could still see Amy . Tracy told Steve that Amy had a fascination with planes and told him to take her to an airport . This was actually a trick and Tracy told the police that Steve was planning on fleeing the country with Amy . Steve was let off and was eventually granted rights to see his daughter later that year . Tracy started a relationship with builder Charlie Stubbs in early 2006 . Tracy decided to move in with Charlie , bringing Amy with her , however Charlie did not want Amy there so Tracy dumped her on Ken and Deirdre . Tracy manipulated Charlie into allowing Amy to stay with them when she lied to him about becoming pregnant and having an abortion . In 2007 , Tracy murdered Charlie after discovering his affair with Maria Sutherland , but tried to make out it was self - defence . She was sent down for fifteen years but Steve didn ' t know how to tell Amy since she was so young . Amy moved in with her father and grandmother , Liz at the Rovers Return Inn . In February 2008 , Alex Neeson was meant to be babysitting Amy , but he dumped her outside where she was almost knocked down by Harry Mason ' s van . Steve married fiancée Becky Granger , a rough and tumble girl with a genuine side in 2009 who saw Amy as her own daughter . When Amy began to get picked on by a boy at school for Tracy being a murderer , Becky told her the truth which Steve wasn ' t happy with the first time round but they agreed that it was time that Amy should now see Tracy . Everyone on coronation street believed Becky was a much better mother to Amy , since no one liked Tracy . Becky and Steve had plans in 2010 to adopt a child when Becky found out she was unable to have children of her own . Around this time , Amy ' s great - grandmother Blanche had passed away , and Steve and Liz told her the news , which upset Amy and caused her to be in a mood . She began asking Becky about her Nana Blanche , and Becky broke the news to her in a loving and caring way , saying that Blanche was now in a better place with her friends and that they could draw a picture and tie it to a balloon and let it float so Blanche could have it . This made Amy feel better , which impressed Steve and the social worker Dawn Coghill . 2010 - : Growing up with Tracy . During Blanche ' s funeral in May 2010 , Tracy was allowed compassionate leave from prison to attend the funeral . Tracy also got a chance to be reunited with Amy , who was initially frightened and reluctant towards her relatively unfamiliar mother . The tension between Tracy and the McDonalds became even worse when a jealous Tracy confronted Amy ' s stepmother , Becky over her closeness with Amy and eventually attacked her , leading to a hyped - up Tracy to be ushered away from the crematorium by police officers . The situation upset Amy deeply . Back in prison , Tracy tried her best to be a part of Amy ' s life and she encouraged Becky and Steve to have a word with the warden so she could be moved to an open prison and finally have a bit of her freedom back in exchange for Tracy giving the McDonalds a good reference so they could adopt a baby . Tracy threatened Becky , and said that one word or action and she could easily ruin their adoption plans and they could even lose custody of Amy . In late 2010 , Becky bought her nephew Max from her half - sister Kylie Turner and he moved in with them . Over Christmas 2010 , Tracy was released from prison and after finding out from Amy about Max being bought she took Amy away from the McDonalds , threatening to tell the police about Max . Amy moved in with the Barlows . In April 2011 , Tracy was accused of poisoning Amy when she became ill . It was later revealed that Amy was actually lactose intolerant . Tracy started seducing Steve , taking him and Amy on a trip to Blackpool , where Amy briefly ran off during an argument . Amy started drinking milk on purpose so that her parents would stop feuding . Tracy briefly moved to London with Amy , but returned when she discovered she was pregnant with twins from a one night stand with Steve . However , she later miscarried . In 2013 , Ken and Deirdre complained that Tracy was neglectful of Amy , due to Tracy ' s relationship with new boyfriend Rob Donovan . As Tracy ' s relationship with Rob became more intense , Tracy relinquished the care of Amy , with majority custody given to Steve McDonald , living with her grandmother Deirdre Barlow for the rest of the time . In August 2014 Amy had begun to grow bitter over her cousin Simon getting constant attention after his father Peter was wrongfully arrested for murdering Tina McIntyre . Whilst being babysat by Maddie Heath and Sophie Webster , Amy grew annoyed at their pandering to Simon and had snuck out with the family dog Eccles and went to Barlow ' s Buys to tell her mother that Maddie had threatened to slap her . This enraged Tracy , who then warned a confused Maddie to not come near Amy again . A couple of weeks later however , Amy was again looked after by Maddie and Sophie along with Simon and Eccles . Again growing envy , Amy untied Eccles from outside The Kabin and allowed her to escape , although she was later found and brought home . In September , Amy came to blows with Simon at No . 1 when Tracy allowed Simon to feed Eccles . Amy took the dog into the backyard and blocked the door . When Simon managed to get the door open Amy had cut her hand , and wanting to get back at Simon claimed that Eccles had bit her . This annoyed Tracy who told Deirdre to put Eccles down , although Deirdre had deduced that Amy was trying to get attention . Eccles was later snatched by Maddie and Sophie after Simon was worried that Tracy was going to kill Eccles . She was later retrieved by Ken , and Amy eventually confessed to lying about Eccles biting her stating that she ' d felt left out because of Simon getting constant attention . Ken and Deirdre however assured Amy that she was still important to them . In May 2015 , Amy along with Carla Connor became trapped inside 12 Victoria Court after Tracy unintentionally started a fire there after leaving a lit candle near a lampshade . Carla was rescued whilst Leanne Tilsley and her partner Kal Nazir went inside to rescue Amy , but the trio became trapped when the roof caved in and blocked the door . Fortunately , the fire brigade arrived and got Amy and Leanne down a ladder to safety . However a gas cannister caught fire , causing a explosion to happen , killing Kal . Despite being rescued Amy showed little care about Kal ' s death , only feeling pleased and somewhat excited at the fact she was rescued from a fire . In September 2015 , Amy started attending Weatherfield High . That November , she was physically attacked by Simon after she made fun of him over his troubles with his stepmum Leanne . In May 2016 she disowned Tracy after she had ruined the wedding of Nick Tilsley and Carla Connor . However in July Amy decided to forgive Tracy , but on the condition some of her demands were met with one of them being a raise in pocket money .