did Merry have a son?

[Estella Brandybuck]

No, it is not a "flimsy" idea. After all, Bilbo adopted Frodo as his charge and heir.

Y'know, you'd think I'd remember that, but apparently not... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

It says right at the begining if Appendix C that 'The names given in these trees are only a selection from many' in other words not all descendants are recorded.

Yeah, I think Morwen gives the best explination. There was waaay too much information that could have been given about post-WotR history, children's names being but one part. Like was mentioned before, we only have a name for Aragorn's son, and just a brief mention of his daughters. And we wouldn't even know that Faramir and Éowyn had children if it wasn't for the mention of their grandson Barahir in the Prologue. I still think that not knowing everything that Tolkien had in mind just makes things more interesting, and this discussion is just one example. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]