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01-02-2003, 08:37 PM | #1 |
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Does any one know?
Does any one know how Bilbo can be Frodo's uncle if he was an only child?
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01-02-2003, 08:44 PM | #2 | |
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I think this was something they added in the movie. I was rereading the first book today, and it says that Frodo is one of Bilbo's younger cousins:
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01-02-2003, 09:11 PM | #3 |
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Well you see....
My mother, Primula Brandybuck, was Bolbo's first cousin (his mother and her mother were sisters). And my father, Drogo Baggins, was Bilbo's second cousin. Thus, I am Bilbo's first-and-second-cousin, once removed either way. However, he and I did use the terms 'uncle' and 'nephew' as terms of affection. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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01-03-2003, 06:27 PM | #4 |
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Ooohh, Frodo! Can I have your autograph? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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01-03-2003, 06:54 PM | #5 |
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One of my Best Friends, has a daughter, though i am no relation to her, i am her uncle.
What im trying to say is Uncle may be a title he just picked up, i mean he was realy the only family Frodo had, and even though he was probably more like a father it was more apropriate to call Bilbo an Uncle.
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