Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26014103-20160521135038/@comment-28288412-20160522231928

It might be best to reiterate my argument here also.

I believe RT has referenced Salem and Cinder as being two separate characters, Cinder refering to Salem as 'she' when speaking with Ozpin. With that combined with Qrow's reference to Salem as 'her' in the final episode of volume 3 shows that Salem has existed at the same time as well as probably prior to Cinder, thus disproving your theory.

I believe RT clarified these pieces of information in different sources such as the commentaries but I dont know for certain.