To which family do Max and his daughters Lauren, and Abi belong in EastEnders?
Abi Branning there. Abi then dies, leaving her family devastated. Following her funeral, Abi is toasted in the Vic and her friends let off white balloons, while Max names her baby Abi Branning, in her memory. Abi was introduced into the series in 2006, by executive producer Kate Harwood. The character and her casting was announced on 25 May 2006. She and her immediate family, father Max (Wood), mother Tanya (Joyner) and older sister Lauren (Duggan, recast to Jossa in 2010), are an extension of the Branning family, who have appeared in "EastEnders" since 1993. Fitzgerald, in her first major television role,
Lauren Branning revealing that Max killed Steven and tried to kill Jane. Lauren and Abi reject Max. Max goes to the roof of the Vic where he plans to kill himself by jumping off, but Lauren and Abi climb on to the ledge to try and stop him. As Max agrees to come down, Lauren slips and she and Abi both fall off. They are taken to hospital, where Lauren has surgery on her pelvis, which is fractured, and Abi has a CT scan and is declared brain-stem dead. When Lauren starts physiotherapy, she becomes frustrated with not being told the truth