The Osborne family are a fictional family in the long-running Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks. Introduced to the show in 1996, The family moved to Hollyoaks village in 1996, although Ruth Osborne had previously lived in the Village. The characters have been involved in storylines such as dealing with a Gambling addiction, Ruth relationship with Kurt Benson, Jack's affair with Dawn Cunningham, a fake death scam for insurance money, financial troubles, Jack three marriages and fostering a child. Throughout their tenure on the serial, the Osbornes have owned the Dog in the Pond. Hollyoaks official website has described the Osborne family as belonging in the Dog in the Pond and as being the " rightfully at the helm" of the public house. The current Osborne family consists of patriarch Jack Osborne (Jimmy McKenna), his son Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) and Darren and Nancy's children Oscar and Morgan. Additionally, several others may be considered Osbornes through marriage; Nancy (Jessica Fox) and Charlie Dean (Charlie Behan). Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins) and Brooke Hathaway (Tylan Grant) have been adopted by the family. History The Osborne family were created in 1996 by Phil Redmond as an expansion to Ruth Osborne's family who had lived as a student in Hollyoaks Village. Jack Osborne and his wife Celia Osborne arrived with their son Darren Osborne on 18 November 1996 and soon after bought The Dog in the Pond from Celia's brother Greg Andersen. Celia and Jack met at a young age and married when they were both twenty. Jack and Celia had two children together, first having Ruth then in 1983 having Darren. The pair remained together until 1997 when they split after 23 years of marriage, after Celia discovered Jack had cheated on her. Celia left and took Darren with her. Darren rejoined the family 2 years later. Ruth married Kurt Benson in 1997 and later divorced him in 1999 before he died soon after. Jack remarried a year after his split from Celia, this time to Jill Patrick and they remained together until her untimely demise because of a brain tumor a year later. In 2003 Jack's Niece Natalie Osborne moved to Hollyoaks village then later her sister, Rachel Osborne joined her in 2004, before both leaving later that year. Five years since his last marriage Jack remarried this time to Frankie Dean. In 2009 Darren married Hannah Ashworth while drunk and the