Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20141101192455/@comment-226878-20141105193337

Yes, we can only assume facts at the moment.

Fact: Raven saved Yang and later confronted her.

Fact: Yang's mom was teamed with Qrow, Summer, and Taiyang.

Fact: All Hunter team names imply a color.

Fact: Very few colors use the letters Q, S, and T.

Fact: The only viable words to contain those letters also all possess the letter R. (i.e. TRQS, QRTS, etc.)

Fact: RWBY wiki and tvtropes.org were both edited November 10 2013, one introducing the surname Branwen (via Qrow's profile page) and the other clarifying Taiyang as Yang's father. Both statements have since been confirmed.

Fact: The confirmation of the surname Branwen means that the R in TRQS was not contributed by a surname.

Fact: The Schnee's have thus far been the only family to have a letter theme in their given name (i.e. Weiss, Winter, Willow). Resultantly, it seems unlikely that Raven and her supposed mother would both have names starting with the letter R. Given that Yang's mother's name most definitely has to begin with the letter R in order to contribute to the team name, Raven is the most suitable.

Fact: The girl's refer to Qrow as "Uncle". Given the surname Branwen, the implication that Raven is his sister is unmistakable.

Consider this: Yang's mother's name must begin with the letter R. It makes sense that her name would match theme with her brother (Ruby and Yang don't only because they are half-sisters). If Raven is Qrow's niece, then what is her mother's name? It should start with an R and be the name of a black bird. Give up? I thought so. Oh wait, could Raven also be the daughter of Raven? An argument meaningless in itself.