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Goldberry did not have children, as far as we know, but she was the daugther of the River-woman
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Bullseye, Amarie.
I had missed that completely.
I think, that there are 2 ways to look at the River Mother/Daughter situation.
1> They are part of the
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the Nernir and the Tavari, Nandini and Orossi, brownies, fays, pixies, leprawns, and what else are they not called, for their number is very great: yet they must not be confused with the Eldar, for they were born before the world and are older than its oldest, and are not of it, but laugh at it much, for had they not somewhat to do with its making
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mentioned from Lost Tales I, but that subsequently disappear from the Legendarium.
This can not be proven as far as I know, just a hypothesis.
2> Tolkien put them in with perhaps a sub-concious nod to the above, but in 'The Hobbit'-like fashion were part of the story in a way similar to Stone Giants and Beorn, that could not be fully explained within the greater mythology.
I have not read all of the Return of the shadow to see what kinds of notes or alternates it may give to Goldberry. The Letters may also have something to say.