Matthew-Jesus McQueen

Matthew-Jesus McQueen is the son of John Paul McQueen and Craig Dean, and the surrogate son of Chloe Chance.
John Paul and Craig hired Chloe Chance as their surrogate, but nine months into her pregnancy, Craig split from John Paul and John Paul told Chloe that they no longer wanted the baby. Chloe gave birth to a son on Christmas Day 2012, and John Paul left him outside of 26 Leigh Road, where Jacqui McQueen found him. A drunken Myra McQueen named the baby 'Jesus', whilst Carmel McQueen bonded with the baby.
John Paul later revealed to Nancy Osborne that he was the father of the baby, and ended up telling Myra as well. Carmel informed Myra that she phoned social services, and Myra tried to push John Paul into telling Carmel the truth, but John Paul told Myra that he thought it was best that Matthew was taken into care. Myra continued to try change John Paul's mind, which he ended up doing just as Myra and Carmel were about to take the baby to social services. He ends up naming the baby Matthew, after Myra's late son whom she was forced to abandon, Niall Rafferty.
In August 2013, Chloe returned to Hollyoaks and told John Paul that if he didn't give her £5,000, she would take Matthew away - lying that Craig was Matthew's biological father. John Paul refused to pay her and does a DNA test, and learned that he was Matthew's biological father. He confronted Chloe, who apologised for lying, saying that she was desperate for money before leaving the village. However, she later returned again, heavily pregnant, asking John Paul if she can borrow money from him. However, she ends up blackmailing Sienna Blake for the money.
In 2014, John Paul was sentenced to six months imprisonment for assaulting Robbie Roscoe, so the McQueens looked after Matthew until John Paul was released. In March 2017, John Paul was offered a teaching job in Singapore, which he accepted. Craig ended up also moving to Singapore, where the pair reconciled. In January 2020, Matthew returned to the village with John Paul. In February 2023, he decided to move in with Myra in Alicante as John Paul battled alcoholism.
== List of appearances ==
=== 2012 ===
No. of episodes: 4
*26th December 2012
*28th December 2012 (I)
*28th December 2012 (II)
*31st December 2012 (I)
=== 2013 ===
=== 2014 ===
=== 2015 ===
No. of episodes: 4
*19th June 2015
*17th November 2015
*18th November 2015
*24th December 2015 (4284 only)
=== 2016 ===
No. of episodes: 5
*15th March 2016
*19th August 2016
*20th December 2016
*21st December 2016
*23rd December 2016
=== 2017 ===
No. of episodes: 3
*16th February 2017
*3rd March 2017
*9th March 2017
=== 2020 ===
No. of episodes: 6
*2nd January 2020
*3rd January 2020
*6th January 2020
*4th May 2020
*2nd June 2020
*15th September 2020
=== 2021 ===
No. of episodes: 4
*19th May 2021
*24th May 2021
*15th June 2021
*21st June 2021
=== 2022 ===
No. of episodes: 16
*23rd February 2022
*24th February 2022
*25th February 2022
*24th March 2022
*21st April 2022
*27th April 2022
*13th June 2022 (I)
*13th June 2022 (II)
*16th June 2022
*17th June 2022
*15th July 2022
*3rd October 2022
*6th December 2022 (Uncredited)
*9th December 2022
*20th December 2022
*21st December 2022
=== 2023 ===
No. of episodes: 7
*10th January 2023
*13th January 2023
*14th February 2023
*15th February 2023
*16th February 2023
*17th February 2023
*23rd October 2023
== See Also ==
* McQueen family
* Dean family
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Category:2012 minor characters
Category:2013 minor characters
Category:2014 minor characters
Category:2015 minor characters
Category:2016 minor characters
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Category:2022 minor characters
Category:2023 minor characters
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