What happens to Lady Edith's child?

Edith and Michael Gregson's baby was born in Switzerland (under the guise that Edith was going there to learn French...), adopted by a random family, reclaimed by her mother suddenly and then given to the Drewe family one of Downton's farm workers who specialize in pigs.
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Does Edith get her daughter back?

Edith reclaims her daughter and leaves in the hope that she can begin a new life and finally find happiness with Marigold. Back at Downton, Cora learns from Mrs Drewe that she has a third grandchild.
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Does Mary find out Marigold is Edith's daughter?

Cunning Mary finds out from Tom that Marigold is Edith's daughter. In the hands of a caring sister, this information would lead to reconciliation and offers of assistance.
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Does Lady Edith get rid of her baby?

Thinking that she had no choice, Edith went to the alternative of an abortion. She admitted that she still loves Michael and would have loved his baby. She soon came to realize that going though with the abortion was a mistake. Rosamund is certain there is way forward for both her and the baby.
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What happened to the father of Lady Edith's baby?

After some time, Edith receives word that Gregson is not only dead, but has been so for some time. According to Robert, Michael was caught up in the Bierkeller Putsch, and was killed by Hitler's brownshirts. His remains were only recently found, as it had taken such a long time to restore order in the city.
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How many children does Edith have on Downton Abbey?

As the Marchioness of Hexham she outranks the members of her immediate family, including her mother and father. She has a daughter, Marigold, with her deceased lover, Michael Gregson, and in 1927 she revealed she's pregnant with Bertie's child.
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Does Edith tell her family about the baby?

Back home in England, Edith learns she is pregnant, goes off to Switzerland with her aunt to have the baby in secret. Soon enough, the Dowager Countess, Edith's canny grandmother, figures out the truth, but Edith is determined to keep the secret from the rest of her family.
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Does Cora find out about Marigold?

Cora finds out the truth about Marigold and summons the Dowager Countess and Aunt Rosamund to her bedroom. She wants an explanation. It doesn't go well for the DC and Roz, who look like two little girls trying to explain how the crayon marks got on the wall.
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Does Edith remarry?

Lady Edith and Bertie Pelham

After six seasons of troubles, Lady Edith finally finds happiness. In the last episode of the series, the middle Crawley daughter marries Bertie Pelham to become the Marchioness of Hexham, a position which outranks everyone else in her family.
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Does Marigold have Down syndrome?

Marigold “Goldie” Jean is from Brooklyn, NY. Goldie also happens to have Down Syndrome which just makes her extra beautiful, extra special, and extra sparkly. When she is not too busy attending a pre-3k program in Brooklyn she is dancing up a storm and performing Frozen's “Let It Go”.
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Is Thomas Lord Grantham's son?

This is Cora's long-term revenge on her husband. She knows that Thomas is the illegitimate son of O'Brien and Lord Grantham – and the rightful heir to the house.
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Does Edith have a second child?

Finally, Edith became pregnant by her lover, Michael Gregson (Charles Edwards), who died as well. Mary had a daughter named Caroline with her second husband, Henry Talbot (Matthew Goode). Edith next had a son, Peter, with her husband, Bertie Pelham, the Marquess of Hexam (Harry Hadden-Paton).
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WHO raises Edith's baby?

Edith and Michael Gregson's baby was born in Switzerland (under the guise that Edith was going there to learn French...), adopted by a random family, reclaimed by her mother suddenly and then given to the Drewe family one of Downton's farm workers who specialize in pigs.
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What happens to Edith and Marigold?

Season 5 ends with Edith unable to bear even this separation and fleeing with Marigold to London until the family devises a way by which Edith can “adopt” Marigold as a ward of the family and bestow favors on her that no tenant family could.
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What happens to Edith and Gregson?

An editor from the paper meets with Edith and Robert to tell them that Gregson was murdered in Munich and Edith has inherited the publishing house. Although her widowed sister lost the love of her life not too long ago, Lady Mary doesn't have a shred of sympathy for her sister.
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Does Edith ever get to keep Marigold?

Although she originally intended the girl to be adopted in Switzerland (with the help of her Aunt Rosamund), Edith decides to keep Marigold as close in proximity to her as possible, and arranges for the Drewe family, local tenant farmers, to take her in at Yew Tree Farm.
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Who does Edith marry in the end?

At long last: Edith and Bertie! The happy couple in Downton Abbey's great hall. Everyone raises a glass to the newlyweds as Shrimpie toasts their happiness: "Edith and Bertie!
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Does Mr Mosley marry Miss Baxter?

But Molesley levels-up one last time in Downton Abbey: A New Era. When he is offered a job as a screenwriter by a Hollywood bigshot, he seizes the moment to propose to Baxter. At long last, Molesley gets the happy ending so many of the other characters in the series experience.
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Does Edith ever tell Bertie about Marigold?

Lady Edith then accepts Bertie proposal but is nervous about how his mother Mirada will react - particularly after she finds out about Marigold. Bertie initially insisted that they keep her daughter a secret, but eventually, Lady Edith decides to confront Mirada and reveal all.
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Does Mary's Secret come out in Downton Abbey?

By the time the two-hour grand finale of 'Downton Abbey' Season 2 is over, the only one who doesn't know about the dead Turk in Lady Mary's bed is the yellow Lab Isis. And that's because she was too busy being dognapped to get the news. The secret slips out because Lady Mary is so darn miserable with Sir Richard.
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Does Mary marry Lord Gillingham?

However Mary tells Gillingham that she has changed her mind and will not marry him, but Gillingham is not a person who would take no for an answer. Tony appears again at Canningford Grange for the point-to-point. The next day, he is at Downton with Charles Blake and Mabel Lane Fox.
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Who inherits Downton Abbey in the end?

Lord Robert has no sons, and an “entail” keeps any of his daughters from inheriting his great estate and mansion: Downton Abbey. Robert's heir is Matthew Crawley, a distant cousin. Matthew will someday inherit both the earl's title and his real estate, thanks to the entail.
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Who does Mrs Patmore end up with?

Daisy and Mrs.

Patmore officially take up with Mr. Mason, subtle hints showed the two might end up happily ever—much like the rest of the characters.
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Who does Tom Branson end up with?

Tom marries Lucy (Tuppence Middleton), the secret daughter of a cousin named Maude Bagshaw (Imelda Staunton). By the end of the movie, the two have a baby. The film crew at Downton has to pivot from a silent film to a talkie, and Lady Mary lends her voice to the movie.
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Does Cora find out about O'Brien and the soap?

Cora never suspects O'Brien's treachery, and somehow the lady's maid lasts a few more seasons.
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