Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-99.249.188.51-20130915004958/@comment-16502426-20130915194737

One theory (as usual, not necessarily my belief):

Enter assumption: Summer Rose is Ruby's mother, and is the person referenced in the song.

She dies with Ruby being about age 10-12. Ruby is adopted by Yang's parents (or does her father remarry Yang's mom?). She enters Signal at around age 13, in a completely awful state. She struggles through classes and training, until Qrow takes her in and brings her out of it as a great fighter with a positive outlook, though still a bit socially awkward.

Qrow could be one of three relations in this theory: 1) Yang's uncle. 2) Not really related to Ruby, just someone who she thinks of as an uncle. 3) If Ruby is not adopted, but rather her father remarried, Qrow could be Ruby's true uncle.