The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers hint that the show has the prime opportunity for Claire Newman’s (Hayley Erin) paternity twist. Is a Mitch Bacall (Roger Howarth) bio dad shocker brewing?

It’s a possibility worth considering, especially now that Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) has faced a grim fate.

The show might decide to do a rewrite and leave Claire reeling over the news that her father was actually someone else – namely Mitch!

After all, there must be a reason why Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) is joining the Los Angeles drama.

This may involve more than just Victoria extending her support over Noah Newman (Lucas Adams) and checking up on Claire.

What if Victoria and Mitch were romantically involved once upon a time?

Victoria might get a shock if she runs into Mitch and recognizes him as her former flame.

It’s common for soaps to invent twists many years later – just like they did when it was revealed that Claire was alive.

Although Cole claimed he was the biological father following a DNA test, no one actually saw his results except for Cole himself.

We could buy the idea that maybe Cole just wanted to have a family with Claire and Victoria so badly that he lied – especially since Claire needed a strong fatherly presence in her life to guide her.

Cole delivered that, but now he’s gone and obviously not adding anything to the story anymore.

Perhaps it’s time for a paternity curveball to totally upend Claire’s world.

Of course, Claire would still be a Newman since Victoria is her mother, so Y&R could keep that part of her identity intact.

Nevertheless, Claire adored Cole and would be shaken up to learn her bio dad was shady Mitch.

Since Mitch is somehow linked to the life-threatening mess Noah got caught up in, that could certainly create some conflict with Claire.

We should also mention that back when Roger Howarth played Franco Baldwin on General Hospital and Hayley Erin played Kiki Jerome, they worked well together.

Kiki thought Franco was her father at one point before realizing her bio dad was someone else.

Even so, Kiki maintained a bond with Franco, which led to some great father-daughter-ish chemistry between Howarth and Erin.

Howarth recently posted a pic with Erin on his Instagram story that arguably served as evidence of that father-daughter vibe!

Regardless, a paternity twist could be a game-changer for Claire, so stay tuned to see if some stunning updates might be headed her way.

The Young and the Restless spoilers say there’s much more LA mayhem to come no matter what.