Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-9951418-20140604115258

Monty has stated that Yang and Ruby were sisters and that they were blood related... However, that doesn't mean that Ruby (or Yang for that matter) couldn't have been orphaned then adopted by other blood relatives. The relatives of an orphan always have the first say whether they want to adopt or not, and if they don't want to, then others get the option.

Nicholas.rudy.9 wrote: Well considering it is Ruby Rose and Yang Long I would assume they are half sisters and Ruby is essentially a bastard since the possession of her mothers last name would insinuate that whoever is Ruby's father isn't around. Xiao and Summer could have been together for Yang's birth but split up shortly thereafter. The explanation of Ruby refering to dad when speaking to Yang could just be a step-child acknowleding a step-parent's role as their parent. I agree with Nicholas.rudy.9 on this pont, my other personal headcanon being that Ruby and Yang are half sisters, sharing a common mother or father (most likely the latter).

MetallicArcher wrote: I also have a theory around this.

I think Yang is actually Cinder's and Qrow's daughter (just that she doesn't know it) 'cause Cinder also seems to have a fire semblance (asuming semblances are genetical). Cinder went "evil" and her and Qrow broke up. For Yang's safety, Qrow hid her with "Summer Rose" who was married to a Mr. Xiao Long (hence Yang's receiving his last name) who also had a fire semblance so it was beliable to pretend Yang was their daughter. Sometime later, Xiao Long died of whatever causes. Ruby was born after his death while Summer was still "officially single" so she received Summer's last name. As farfetched as this theory sounds, I must say, It could be possible. In the scheme of things, it's highly improbable, but with Monty leading this, I wouldn't be suprised if something like this did happen. Speaking of Monty, he's probably reading through all these threads and having a good laugh at how much we're reading into things and how badly off track we are with our speculations...

And as Sherlock Holmes says, "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth".

But I digress.

Any other thoughts?