Nathaniel Dingle was the son of Abraham Dingle and the brother of Harold and Ebenezer Dingle.
At some point, Nathaniel was suspected of sheep stealing and was convicted. As a result, Nathaniel emigrated to Australia, resulting in the chain of "Australian Dingles", and the Australian Dingles blamed his brother Ebenezer Dingle for Nathaniel's false conviction and the Emmerdale Dingles were hated by the Australian Dingles.