Lauri Jaakkola said:
>I haven't ever really found out where on the Family Tree
>should I place Ludwig van Drake. Someones are telling 
>that he is a brother of Uncle $crooge. Then $crooge would
>have two sisters (Hortense&Matilda) and two brothers 
>(Rumpus&Ludwig). Or is Ludwig van Drake (at least his 
>last name isn't McDuck) Donald's uncle from the father's
>side? Or maybe he isn't a relative to anyone.
>I also heard that Mr.Rosa was going to put him to the 
>Family tree but Egmont forbid it.

Hi Lauri.

Actually, to tie-in with Mr. Rosa's original idea, Ludwig
wouldn't have to be a direct blood-relation to the Ducks
or McDucks, but be their "Uncle" through Marriage.  It was
Don's idea to have Scrooge's sister, Matilda, be married to
Ludwig.  This solves any real problem one might imagine.

In this way he is a legitimate "Uncle" to Donald and the
Nephews, and could still be a "Brother(-in-Law)" to Scrooge.

However, speaking of "Brothers," there is one you forgot:
"Gideon."  A Romano Scarpa creation and "half?-"brother to
Scrooge. I'm not sure who Gideon's parents are, whether he
is a full or half brother, but he's suppose to be Scrooge's
younger brother and definitely shares the "McDuck" name.

Some also make a case for Elvira "Grandma Duck" being his
sister as well.

Thanks,

Rich Bellacera
xephyr@cwnet.com




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