Arlene Tinker is the granddaughter of Agnes, daughter of Nancy, sister of Beth and mother of Sinead. The family arrived at 5 Coronation Street in January 2015 to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Beth and her fiancé Kirk Sutherland. Upon seeing Jason Grimshaw fixing a radiator in the living room as soon as they were invited inside, the women initially mistook him for the groom-to-be and expressed stark disappointment when they were finally introduced when Kirk came back home.