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My new theory: Raven is Yang's twin sister (due to their striking similarities in appearance)

I say twin sister because, for obvious appearances, they look the same. Age is hard to tell, especially with this type of anime. I percieve Raven as someone who has had an even more troubled childhood then Blake. Possibilities for this are endless, but the few I keep coming back to are:

1. Taken at birth

2. Thought to be dead

Lets start with the first one. Because Yang and Ruby were so young, they wouldn't remember another sibling. Summer supposedly perished before being able to tell either daughter about it. Taiyang didn't want to explain it to them, since he still hasn't revealed what happened to Yang's real mother. Hiding another secret from Yang and, by proxy, Ruby, wouldn't be too hard for him to do if he didn't tell Yang about her mother.

Moving on to the second one. The second possibility is the least likely, because Yang either hasn't expressed memories of Raven. The feeling is that this would be repressed by Ruby coming into their lives or she was too young to remember Raven being "killed" or "taken". The same reasons about her taken at birth and the secrets would also aply to this scenario.

What do you think? And, please, don't rip up my opinion to shreds. Like last time.