Coronation Street fans have branded a long-awaited twist ‘underwhelming’ after a couple learned they are in fact cousins.

Back in October, viewers were left on a cliffhanger when newbie Maggie Driscoll stumbled upon something which drew her attention in Ken Barlow’s home.

And on Sunday it was finally revealed that Maggie had seen a photograph which revealed a shocking truth.

During a row with her son Ben, Maggie blurted out that his biological father was not who he thought he was – something she had discovered after seeing a photo of his real dad in Ken’s house and recognising him.

Maggie had kept quiet on the secret in the months since Halloween, however after discovering Ben’s son Ollie and Amy Barlow had been dating she had to come clean because the news meant they are in fact cousins.

In a dramatic scene, Maggie burst into a home where Ollie and Amy had been kissing before telling them they could no longer date because they are related.

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Coronation Street revealed a couple are actually cousins in shocking scenes during Sundays episode – but fans have branded the long-awaited twist ‘underwhelming’

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The twist however did not go down so well with viewers, who said: ‘Wasn’t much of a shock or anger reaction. A bit of a build up for what?’;

‘That Maggie reveal and the reactions were very underwhelming. Her just seeing something in the cupboard on Halloween was more suspenseful,’;

‘Wtf was that Steve and the card all about at the end,’; ‘Ben has found out Steve is his half brother… we all knew it tho,’;

‘At least it wasn’t dragged out but I didn’t expect it be out this soon,’; ‘Rushed and all over the place, just to get the story out! Is there an episode that will never be aired now?’

It comes after Emmerdale and Coronation Street were axed from screens last week in a big schedule shake-up.

It meant viewers tuning into the beloved ITV soaps had to wait until the day after for the next installments.

Airing in their place will be an international football match of England vs Japan, from 7pm and 10.05pm.

Both soaps, however, returned to their regular timeslots for the remainder of the week.

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During a row with her son Ben, Maggie blurted out that his biological father was not who he thought he was

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In a dramatic scene, Maggie burst into a home where Ollie and Amy had been kissing before telling them they could no longer date because they are related

The twist however did not go down so well with viewers, who said: ‘Wasn’t much of a shock or anger reaction. A bit of a build up for what?’

This saw Emmerdale air at 7pm, followed by Coronation Street at 7.30pm, with crime drama Grace following after that.

Beginning in January, ITV debuted their ‘soap power hour’, with each programme airing a 30-minute episode from Monday to Friday.

Before this, Coronation Street aired hour-long episodes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, while Emmerdale aired Monday to Friday, with a double episode on Thursdays.

As previously mentioned, soap viewers faced a similar schedule shake-up just last week.

The soaps did not air on Friday (March 27), with the England vs Uruguay football match being shown on ITV instead.

Although it is not just soap viewers who have faced disruption to the regular scheduling.