Ann Boyd

Ann Boyd was the mother of Moira and Mackenzie Boyd.
Ann was married to an abusive alcoholic with whom she had a daughter - Moira - and a son - Mackenzie, or "Mack". Ann did her best to prevent her children being exposed to their father's abuse, at a great personal toll.
In 1989, Ann had an affair with her husband's best friend Tony. When the truth came out, 18-year-old Moira took the blame and was banished from the Boyd household; she hoped that with her gone, her father's abuse would cease. Sadly, this wasn't the case; Mackenzie came to resent his sister for this, and he himself ended up going down a criminal path.
Ann outlived her husband but was always saddened by her daughter's absence from her life. By 2020, Ann was terminally ill and asked Mackenzie to track Moira down so they could say goodbye. Mackenzie tracked Moira to Emmerdale in late-October 2020 but he was so blinded by his hatred for her that he lied and told her their mother was already gone. Moira was devastated at having never made amends with Ann. Ann passed away at a hospice in Stirling in November 2020 with Mackenzie by her side. When Moira eventually found out the truth, she briefly disowned Mackenzie.
==Additional information==
*When Mackenzie arrived in Emmerdale in 2020, it was stated that Moira hadn't had any contact with her family since she fled in 1989. However, for the first few years Moira appeared in Emmerdale there were several references to her mother, including that her mother had put money into Butlers Farm when Moira and her husband John Barton took over the tenancy in July 2009, a phone call to her mum on Christmas Day 2009, and Moira even went to stay with her mother in November 2011 when her marriage was in trouble after her John learned she was having an affair.
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Unseen characters
Category:Boyd family