Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130824210701/@comment-4830106-20130825015900

WC-83 wrote: Qrow may have been unable to take Ruby into custody when Summer died, so he offered her to their family friends, the Xiao-Longs. That's my reasoning. He's still a Rose and is therefore blood-related to Ruby (this also goes along with a possible Rose tradition of scythe wielders) but he just can't take care of her because he works at Signal. In that case, The Xiao Longs are probably family friends of the Roses, and Qrow turned to them when he realized it wouldn't be practical for him to take care of Ruby.