The Dean family are a fictional family in the long-running Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks
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The family where first introduced Aubrey Dean is the best
History
Johnno Dean was the head of the household. He had met and fell in love with first wife Frankie Dean while still in school, and the two were married by age 21. Together they had four children: Jake Dean, Debbie Dean, Steph Dean and Craig Dean. In 2005, following a midlife crisis caused by the collapse of his workplace, 45-year-old Johnno had an affair with a 19-year-old student named Michelle and had a son with her named Presley (thanks to Johnno's love of Elvis Presley). Johnno left Hollyoaks, Frankie and his previous four children to be with his new girlfriend and son. He returned briefly after realising that he missed his old family but was told by son Craig to go back to Michelle. Johnno and Michelle are now married.
Following the collapse of her marriage to Johnno, Frankie started a new relationship with Jack Osborne whom she went on to marry.
Jake suffered a mental breakdown after his break-up with wife Becca Dean then went on to marry her sister Nancy Hayton after Becca's death. Jake then found out his son Charlie Dean was in fact the offspring of Becca's schoolboy lover Justin Burton.
Debbie lost the love of her life Dan Hunter in a car crash so then moved to London to follow her theatre dreams.
Steph's husband Max Cunningham died on their wedding day after being run over by Niall Rafferty; she went on to look after Max's little brother Tom Cunningham until she later died in a fire. Tom now lives with the Osbournes.
Frankie's granddaughter from another relationship, Esther Bloom (Jazmine Franks) arrives in 2011 and is involved in a bullying storyline.
Although originally being seen as straight, Craig had a gay affair with best friend John Paul McQueen; the pair moved to Dublin together, though they are now apart and John Paul is back in Hollyoaks.