Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20161231141844/@comment-5832352-20161231233654

Lord Jaric wrote:

I'm guessing that Qrow feels that his bad luck got Summer killed.

I swear if people start taking that bit that Qrow said about effecting family as evidence towards him being Ruby's father...

Guess if you arguments: 1) genetics: Qrow, Raven, and Summer had black/dark hair. Taiyang had blonde. Yang got blonde hair, Ruby dark.  ofc we all know that family genetics are weird things and anything could account for one set of hair color genes overriding the other.

2) timing and responsibilities Taiyang and Raven get married. Yang comes along a little later. At some point after Yang is born, Summer and Qrow could have hooked up. At around same time, Raven leaves. Ruby gets her mother's last name because Summer and Qrow never got married. Taiyang can't raise a daughter on his own.  Qrow doesn't think it's safe for him to be around all the time due to his semblance.  And since there are now going to be 2 toddlers running around, SOMEONE has to take care of them. So ... Qrow keeps up his hunting and working for Ozpin. Summer and Taiyang play house raising 2 kids, who are biologically cousins, as sisters.  Maybe somewhere along the way, Summer and Taiyang really did go into full husband-wife, which with her disappearance, hurt him even further.

Keep in mind that Yang remembered Summer. How she was "super mom" and all. So she didn't at least die giving birth the Ruby.