The ton has a new family to focus on during the courting season. In Bridgerton Season 2, Kate, Edwina, and Mary Sharma return to London with Lady Danbury as their sponsor.

Moreover, Kate isn’t Lady Mary’s daughter. Mary and her husband were married 25 years ago, but Kate’s age is 26. She’s not biologically a Sheffield, and her origins are murky.

Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn) is hoping to find a husband for Edwina (and Kate if she can manage), but she doesn't know that Kate has struck up a deal with her parents.

(L-R) Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury, Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, and Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma in "Bridgerton" season 2.

Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, Ruth Gemmell as Lady Violet Bridgerton, Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma, Claudia Jessie as Eloise ...

Bridgerton Season 2 reveals that Kate and Edwina Sharma are actually half-sisters. Kate’s father had Kate with an unnamed woman before meeting Lady Mary Sharma.

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury, Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma and Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma in season two of 32,256 people played the daily Crossword recently ...

Another features the three Sharma women, Kate, her younger sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran) and their mother Mary (Shelley Conn) as they arrive at the ball, joined by Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh).

After his passing, Lady Mary raises Kate as her own daughter. Kate, in turn, takes it upon herself to train her younger half-sister Edwina to, well, be the literal belle of the ball.

As Kate and Anthony ride off into their happily ever after at the end of season two, Lady Danbury agrees to host Edwina and her mother, Lady Mary Sharma, for another social season, according to ...