Related? I don’t recall the two being related...
Thranduil was Sindar by origin. Celeborn was, depending on which version/book was from Doriath, or was a Teleri. Although the latter was married to Galadriel, who WAS related to Thingol since Eärwen was daughter of King Olwe, who I believe is his brother.
After the War of the Ring, the two teamed up to rid Mirkwood of the evil that Sauron had spread. Mirkwood was originally called Greenwood the Great (Eryn Galen), when Sauron “occupied” the south of Greenwood (w/c then was known as Dol Guldur or Hill of Sorcery)... a lot of his evil minions spread throughout the forest and it was called Mirkwood. The two elves joined forces to free Lorien and Thranduil’s realm of the remaining evils of the Dark Lord. Then it was renamed Eryn Lasgalen.
You may want to read more of these two elves in Unfinished Tales. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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