Trigger (Only Fools and Horses) Trigger did not know his father and in all seriousness says "he died a couple of years before I was born", when Rodney asks of his whereabouts in the episode "Ashes to Ashes". He was brought up by his grandparents, with his grandfather having also been a roadsweeper. When Trigger is pushed by Boycie to say whom his mother had written down on the birth certificate as Trigger's father Trigger says, reluctantly, "Some soldiers". Trigger is not married, but he occasionally mentions past relationships during the series and is seen on a blind date with a woman in the 1988
Grandad (Only Fools and Horses) the first episode when Rodney came home after a week’s absence he declined a meal cooked by grandad despite being ravenouy hungry. Del also played an April Fools joke on Grandad, telling him that the pools had called to say that he'd won half a million pounds. Grandad went to Soho and celebrated then realised that he didn't do the pools. Grandad's favourite television shows are "Crossroads" and "The Dukes of Hazzard", as revealed in "Homesick" and "May The Force Be With You", and the former episode reveals that he also enjoys listening to "The Archers" on the radio. In