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"in which case Glorfindel’s closest relatives in Middle-earth would probably be Finrod’s sons."
If that were the case, though, why would he be one of Turgon's folk in Gondolin?
"we must understand that the tradition that Tolkien presents about dark-haired Noldor has been over-regularized. The Noldor were only mostly dark-haired."
Bingo.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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