Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140810021742/@comment-226878-20140821175141

BenRG wrote: FWIW, Monty has said that Cinder isn't related to anyone. However, I am thinking that, either directly or indirectly, she has a connection to one of more of the main characters.

I've tried searching this. I remember it being confirmed that Cinder is "no one's mother", but the only thing I can find about her not be related to any of the girls is a tvtroper who claimed to be Monty making that statement. To accept that statement as true then requires one to accept the Monty on tropes is he real Monty (he only showed up once). Since I have already accepted him as the real Monty due to his statement about Yang's father, I guess I have no choice but to accept that Cinder is not related to any of the girls.

But, yeah, the "alike in many ways" factor is still viable.