Although he is still in his infancy, could the toddler be showing precursors he has the inherent condition?
Later this year, Oliver’s paternal grandmother Liz McDonald (Beverly Callard) will be bowing out of the soap after three decades in the role.
Executive Producer Iain MacLeod teased a tragedy is set to rock the cobbles which will see families such turn on one another, with the McDonalds one of the clans taking centre stage in the story.
He told Metro.co.uk: “Something horrifically difficult and challenging will happen that draws in 3-4 different clans on the Street and forces them to deal with the hardest thing anyone would ever had to deal with.”
Could the stalwart’s exit have something to do with her grandson and the fallout of a devastating diagnosis?
Coronation Street continues Wednesday at 7:30pm on ITV.