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PurpelRowbot wrote: The first time I got this idea I thought it was me just having a dirty mind or something and wasn't factual. But even after I did some research and double checked some RWBY lore, I've come to this conclusion in addition to some other discrepencies: '''Yang's parents never married. '''And I have solid evidence to back it up. So they never married. Big deal.

Last I checked that's how he last name thing works, unless there's something I don't know about the culture of Remnant. That's how it usally works in our world. Not always.

Another piece of evidence is on the wiki itself. Tailong's relationship section lists Raven as a "significant other" and not "spouse." Because we don't know that they were ever married.

Now when you try to figure out how Ruby's family tree intersects with Yang's, there appears to be some errors. Starting with Taiyang who is listed as her father but what kind? The biological kind. Also, the kind who sticks around to take care of the kids.

As I said earlier, she inheirited her mother's last name meaning her unammed father must have also been Rose. Thus making her the adopted daughter of Taiyang. Or maybe they also weren't married (scandalous!), and they just chose to give Ruby her mother's last name.

One last thing, Qrow's last name is Branwen, assumedly making him Raven's sister (get it, Qrow and Raven are birds). They are brother and sister. This isn't assumed, it's confirmed.

In the wiki, 'Yang and ''Ruby are his nieces. This can't be true though because we just established that Ruby is adopted'''. Because Taiyang never married, Qrow isn't really his brother-in-law but can still be Yang's maternal Uncle. Qrow and Ruby aren't related at all. It's not uncommon for close family friends to be referred to as uncles or aunts when there is no actual blood relation. And since her older sister would have been calling him "Uncle Qrow," Ruby would have grown up thinking of him as her uncle.

I almost confused myself to be honest but here's what I believe: Yang's parents never married. Likely, not confirmed.

Ruby and Yang aren't half siblings. It's confirmed that they are.

Qrow isn't Ruby's Uncle. True, but not important.

If you're going to rage about how it makes more sense if you don't think about it, you're right, now go have fun rewatching the first two seasons of RWBY or something. Not going to rage, and I never had any trouble understanding it, but I think I'll go rewatch the first two volumes anyway. And the third. Like, a bunch of times until volume 4 comes out.