In his private notes Don Rosa has some extra details which don't show up in the "official" version of the Family Tree, partly because of the limited amount of space in the tree, and partly because of some disagreement with his publisher about these facts. These extra facts include:
- Uncle $crooge's elder sister Matilda is married to Ludwig Von Drake who is therefore Uncle $crooge's brother-in-law and Donald's uncle.
- The father of Huey, Dewey and Louie is Daisy's brother. This explains why their last name is Duck. But this is NOT the same Duck name as Donald's and Grandma Duck's last name. According to Don Rosa, the name Duck is a rather common name in Duckburg, like "Smith" and "Jones" in America.
- Fethry Duck does not exist.
Don Rosa says: "This is how it is in my personal view of the Family Tree. But like many details of that tree, it is not "official"... especially for Egmont, whose editors have decided that Ludwig Von Drake and Fethry Duck do not exist. At the time they asked me to draw up my Family Tree, they did consider Fethry to exist, but I did NOT and I still don't. He is a European character who has never appeared in American comics. So, in my actual version of the Tree, Ludwig exists but Fethry does not. The reason why I don't show the relation between HD&L's father and Daisy in my Family Tree is that there wasn't room for it, but this is one good reason why a story about the Duck's family relations should still be told."
Egg wrote:Didn't Rosa tell more about his vision on HDL's father on DCML? Something a about a sad story, because of the nephews being left behind like orphans?
pangea797 wrote:Maybe Rosa is right that any story about H,L,&D's parents would be sad but that shouldn't stop him from writing it. He's written a few stories that aren't from the happy duck comic land that I expected. Since Daisy's brother is H,L,&D's father, then she must have another brother or sister who is April, May, and June's parent. Another sad story? Anybody know if Rosa has written any stories with A,M,&J?
2007-05-15, 18:08, PaperOle wrote:One story we're still waiting for from Rosa's hand is the "Secret Origins" story of Huey, Dewey and Louie. A deleted pencils page from his Xanadu story (published in Uncle Scrooge #357) mysteriously hints at how the high llama has information pertaining to it. Does anyone know more?
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