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01-02-2003, 08:37 PM

Does any one know how Bilbo can be Frodo's uncle if he was an only child?

Merri · 01-02-2003, 08:44 PM

I think this was something they added in the movie. I was rereading the first book today, and it says that Frodo is one of Bilbo's younger cousins:

Quote:

But he had no close friends, until some of his younger cousins began to grow up.
The eldest of these, and Bilbo's favourite, was young Frodo Baggins

If you have the newer paperback edition with the movie actors on the cover, you'll find that passage on the bottom of p.21

Frodo Baggins · 01-02-2003, 09:11 PM

Well you see....

My mother, Primula Brandybuck, was Bolbo's first cousin (his mother and her mother were sisters). And my father, Drogo Baggins, was Bilbo's second cousin. Thus, I am Bilbo's first-and-second-cousin, once removed either way. However, he and I did use the terms 'uncle' and 'nephew' as terms of affection. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Merri · 01-03-2003, 06:27 PM

Ooohh, Frodo! Can I have your autograph? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Guildo · 01-03-2003, 06:54 PM

One of my Best Friends, has a daughter, though i am no relation to her, i am her uncle.

What im trying to say is Uncle may be a title he just picked up, i mean he was realy the only family Frodo had, and even though he was probably more like a father it was more apropriate to call Bilbo an Uncle.

01-02-2003, 08:37 PM	#1
Stephanie Guest Posts: n/a	Does any one know? Does any one know how Bilbo can be Frodo's uncle if he was an only child?

01-02-2003, 09:11 PM	#3
Frodo Baggins Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Bag-End, Under-Hill, Hobbiton-across-the Water Posts: 606	Well you see.... My mother, Primula Brandybuck, was Bolbo's first cousin (his mother and her mother were sisters). And my father, Drogo Baggins, was Bilbo's second cousin. Thus, I am Bilbo's first-and-second-cousin, once removed either way. However, he and I did use the terms 'uncle' and 'nephew' as terms of affection. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "I'm your huckleberry....that's just my game."

01-03-2003, 06:27 PM	#4
Merri Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 221	Ooohh, Frodo! Can I have your autograph? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon. -Children of the Mind, by Orson Scott Card.

01-03-2003, 06:54 PM	#5
Guildo Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Forgoten lands of the South Posts: 119	One of my Best Friends, has a daughter, though i am no relation to her, i am her uncle. What im trying to say is Uncle may be a title he just picked up, i mean he was realy the only family Frodo had, and even though he was probably more like a father it was more apropriate to call Bilbo an Uncle. __________________ "You cant always get what you want.... But if you try sometimes you just my find.... you get what you need." Glen Sight