Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26099499-20150226151824/@comment-226878-20150316232643

Because there is precedent: Penny.

Discounting the theory that she is Yang's mother because people have discounted due to theories like "DREAM SEQUENCE", of the four theories presented, the android thing is more likely. There's no reason to introduce a stranger who looks like Yang to have her turn out to be her up-to-now unknown sister. THAT IS BAD STORYTELLING! And obviously, a shapeshifting Grimm (much less one which can speak) is just retarded.

That said, Rae is not a bot. She is Yang's mom. No matter how hotly you debate it, there is no escaping this obvious fact.


 * 1) Her surname is Branwen, the same as Qrow's as revealed in '13 by Monty. This logically places her as Qrow's sister since Qrow has not been mentioned to be married (thus no one else shares his name)
 * 2) Her face is the same as Yang's, a deliberate move to display family resemblance
 * 3) Her eyes are red like Yang's, a distinction likely also shared by Qrow hence their symbol of a crow's eye
 * 4) As I've said, introducing a new character to be spontaneously randomly related to one of the main characters is bad storytelling. Yang's mother is a previously existing relation, so Raven Branwen must be her.