Tracy Was the daughter of Ray and Deirdre Langton however Ray left a year after Tracy,s birth following his affair With Janice Stubbs.Following Ray,s departure Tracy and her mother were taken in by Emily Bishop.When Deirdre Married Ken Barlow it brought much needed stability to Tracy,s life.When Ken and Deirdre fought over his affair With Wendy Crozier Tracy initially supported Her mother but her allegiance changed to Ken as he sought reconciliation.Deirdre Was subject to further resentment When she began Seeing Dave Barton Which affected Tracy,s school life as Ken taught at the school in order to stay updated on Deirdre,s exploits through Tracy Which Caused her to start rebelling.In 1992 Tracy began working for florist Maggie Redman Who was dating Ken and discovered her son Mark,s father Was Ken,s rival Mike Baldwin.Tracy then told Ken and Mike in a deliberate attempt to cause troubl.getting her own back Maggie told Tracy of Deirdre,s affair With Mike.Tracy felt betrayed and tormented Deirdre By Kissing her boyfriend Doug Murray. after her mother,s boyfriend Samir Rachid had donated his kidney to her and died in the process,believing her mother would never forgive her.Tracy later relocated to london,meeting carpet fitter Robert Preston.Tracy visited to tell Ken and Deirdre about her plans to marry Robert in London to which her parents have their blessing.but when Mike gloated that Ken wouldn,t be walking Tracy down the aisle she changed her plans and married Robert in weatherfeild.Tracy cheated on Robert With His best friend which led to a divorce.Tracy surprised the Barlow with her return and painted herself as a victim by claiming Robert had cheated on her. Upon learning her step-brother Peter Barlow Was having an affair she used it to blackmail him for money.after betting Bev One P she could bed Roy Cropper.Tracy drugged Roy at Peter,s wedding to Shelley Unwin and took him back to her house.When Roy woke he was guilt ridden as he thought he had slept With Tracy and betrayed his wife Hayley.Tracy discovered she was pregnant With Steve McDonald,s baby and intended to have an abortion but after Hayley angrily confronted her Tracy chose to mess with her head by revealing that she was pregnant and claimed Roy was the father.Tracy suggested the croppers adopt the baby in exchange for monetary gain.Roy and Hayley agreed but tried to convince Tracy to marry Roy to guarantee his parental rights.Tracy agreed as she was faced with a heavy legal bill from Robert,s divorce.Tracy later confided in Peter that she felt terrible about selling her child but convinced herself no one has to know about it.on Christmas day Tracy told Steve he was the father as he was preparing for his second wedding to Karen Phillips However Steve simply told Tracy to leave him alone
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