User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an Author: RWBY Blake Belladonna/@comment-33293221-20131202004548

I mostly agree with you on this. I see your logic in her being an orphan, and while it is not entirely impossible that she is, given what you have said to back it up, there hasn't been anything more concrete than that. I think her being in the White Fang was mostly her choice, because her morals/values/ideals line up with what she talked about before the new leadership. It's very easy for an adults to give their morals to their children, and it could be spawned of a parent or otherwise guardian. Of course, there is not enough evidence on whether Blake was raised by whichever, so I will leave your beliefs to you.

As far as speculation relating to what you said with how Weiss comes into the picture, I think that Weiss having the experiences of episodes fifteen and sixteen will lead her to changing the SDC ways when she inherits it. She'd change it away from Faunus labor and discrimination. I think that the Faunus Rights Movement will get a huge boost when she does this, and the White Fang will definitely have less to be violent about.