The former Corrie star celebrated the birth of her fourth grandchild on the festive holiday and shared a special three word message
12:54, 26 Dec 2025Updated 13:50, 26 Dec 2025
Kym Marsh welcomes fourth grandchild as daughter gives birth on Christmas Day(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Described as a “wonderful Christmas gift”, Kym Marsh became a grandmother again on Christmas Day. Taking to Instagram, the ex-Coronation Street star announced her daughter had given birth to a son.
The actress, 49, revealed that her daughter, Emilie Cunliffe, had welcomed her second child and Kym’s fourth grandchild. She shared a picture of Emilie’s son Teddy and stepdaughter Polly holding their new brother.
Under the picture, Kym celebrated the birth and revealed her newest grandson’s name. She wrote: “Well what a wonderful Christmas gift this is!! Welcome to the world Bobby Saint Mykola Hoszowskyj!!! He’s so beautiful!”
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Kym posted her granddaughter Polly and grandson Teddy holding their new brother(Image: marsh_kym/Instagram)
Emilie gave birth on Christmas Day(Image: marsh_kym/Instagram)
Kym also shared a picture of her daughter looking down at her son. She added how proud she was of Emilie to her post’s caption. “So so proud of my girl @listentoemilie she is a warrior!!
“And of my son in law @mikeyhoz for being her rock today! We are all in love!! Merry Christmas everyone.”
Emilie shared her own update, telling fans that her “perfect Christmas present” had arrived on Christmas morning. She also revealed that it had been a quick birth.
She wrote: “After arriving at the hospital at 10:25am our special gift was born at 10:35am on 25/12/25.”
Emilie shares Teddy, six, with Michale and is also step mum to his and daughter Polly, nine. Kym has one other grandchild, her eldest, David, has a son called Clayton that he welcomed in 2022.
Kym with her daughter Emilie, son David and guest at Pride of Britain 2024(Image: Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror)
Both Emilie and David are the children of Kym and her ex David Cunliffe. The pair separated in 1999 after five years together, having met before Kym found fame on Popstars.
In 2002, Kym married actor Jack Ryder, who played Jamie Mitchell on EastEnders. Though at the time Kym had only just left Hear’Say, she would later join rival soap Coronation Street as Michelle Connor. Kym and Jack divorced in 2009, after separating the year before.
Following her separation from Jack, Kym began dating Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas. Kym announced they were expecting a baby in 2009, but their son Archie was born 18 weeks early and tragically died shortly after his birth, thet went onto have ‘rainbow baby’ Polly in 2011.. Though Kym and Jamie married in 2012, they separated in 2013 and divorced in 2014. She later married Scott Ratcliff in 2021, but got divorced again in 2023.
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