Bethany Johnson

Bethany "Beth" Johnson is the biological daughter of Dawn Cunningham and Jack Osborne, and the adoptive daughter of Dean and Jacqui Johnson. In 1991, sixteen-year-old Dawn embarked on an affair with her best friend Ruth's father Jack Osborne, during the divorce of her parents. Dawn fell pregnant and gave the baby up for adoption in secret.
Following the sudden death of her close friend Natasha Andersen, Dawn told her boyfriend Jambo Bolton about her long-lost daughter. As Dawn helped him track down his father, Jambo hired a private investigator who found Beth in May 1996. Dawn and Jambo visited her, but only watching from a distance. The visit led Dawn to tell her father Gordon Cunningham - who had recently begun appearing majorly in her life - about Bethany.
In December 1996, Beth began suffering from kidney failure and her adoptive parents reached out to Dawn to ask her to be a donor. Both Dawn and Mr. C were both incompatible matches so Dawn told Jack about Beth - resulting in Ruth learning the truth. Jack was a match and donated a kidney to Beth. In June 1997, Dawn's sister Jude Cunningham drunkenly revealed to The Dog in the Pond's patrons that Jack was Beth's father, resulting in Jack's wife Celia taking their son Darren and leaving Jack.
In September 2004, Beth arrived in Hollyoaks to meet her biological family before her family relocated to Australia. Darren took a liking to Beth and flirted with her, until learning that she was actually his half-sister! Max took a friendlier liking to Beth, telling her about the now-late Dawn and giving her Dawn's pendant. He also threw her a party before her departure.
== Notes ==
* In December 1996, Bethany's adoptive parents were mentioned to be Mr & Mrs Martin, but later were mentioned to be Dean and Jacqui Johnson.
* Bethany was aged by two years between her 1996 and 2004 appearances. In 1996, it was mentioned that Bethany was born in 1991 - however, in 2004, Bethany told Darren that she was 15, therefore giving her a DOB of 1989.
== List of appearances ==
=== 1996 ===
=== 2004 ===
*9th September 2004
*10th September 2004
*13th September 2004
*17th September 2004
*21st September 2004
*28th September 2004
*29th September 2004
*30th September 2004
*1st October 2004
*5th October 2004
*7th October 2004
Category:Hollyoaks characters
Category:1996 minor characters
Category:1997 minor characters
Category:2004 minor characters
Category:1991 births
Category:Osborne family
Category:Cunningham family