Caroline Swann

Caroline Swann (neé Potts) is Doug and Hilary Potts's eldest daughter and Laurel Dingle's sister. As children Hilary favoured Caroline over Laurel, which caused friction in Caroline and Laurel's relationship.

Caroline appeared at Doug and Hilary's hospital bedside in May 2007, after they were involved in a car accident whilst returning home home from a meal with Laurel and her husband Ashley Thomas. In late 2007 Caroline's husband Ben Swann, is made redundant and so Caroline and Ben move into Hilary and Doug's house while they are at Laurel and Ashley's house. Laurel stays with Caroline in December 2009 whilst her and Ashley's marriage is going through a rough patch. Hilary doesn't attend Laurel's wedding to Marlon Dingle in September 2009

At Hilary's wake in July 2015, Hilary assumes that Laurel is pregnant as she is not drinking. She asks Laurel's husband Marlon is she is pregnant but Laurel overhears and admits in front of everyone that she is an alcoholic, not pregnant and that she and Marlon's marriage is all but over.