Sgrizzo the 4th Cousin

Rich xephyr at jps.net
Mon Mar 19 17:18:40 CET 2001


> From: "Francesco Spreafico" <frspreaf at tin.it>
> From: "Luca Boschi" <cnotw at zen.it>
> > I think he only means that he is the fourth considering Gus, Gladstone,
> > Clearwater... and himself, still ignoring that Fethry was just created
> > And gonna be published.
> 
> Oh, I hadn't thought of Clearwater, you must be right! What a nice hidden
> reference to Barks this is!

At first I wasn't sure who Clearwater was, but I thought about it, and could
you mean Abner "Whitewater" Duck from WDC #267?  And, if so, has he appeared
anywhere outside of that one Barks story (and in Rosa's Family Tree as Fethry's
brother)?

Also, about Sgrizzo (Kildare Coot).  Looking at the Duck Family Tree, it would
seem he could be on the same branch from which Gus Goose and Cuthbert Coot
derive.  Perhaps Cuthbert is married and Kildare is his son?  I don't have
WDC #55 so I don't know how likely that would be.

As for Fred Duck, for Gilles, I wish I had the actual issue readily available,
but as I recall he is from an issue of WDC during the 70s.  Fred is a chubby
cousin of Donalds who wore a red turtleneck shirt and was known to be an
artist.  That's all I can recall at this time.  I should probably drop him
as a HOOZOO reference since he was only a oneshot (like dozens of other
relatives of Donald's) and doesn't have a place on the Family Tree.  

I know Rosa would disagree, but of all the Duck relatives floating
around out
there, four that I think deserve a spot on the tree are Scrooge's
brother 
Gideon, Aunt Eider, Uncle Rumpus McFowl and Donald's crazy cousin
Kildare Coot 
(Sgrizzo).  If I recall correctly, Kildare has a friend named Vincent
who is 
NOT considered a member of the Duck Family, but he does appear often
when 
Sgrizzo does.  Aunt Eider might be a bit difficult to add since she
shares the
same name as an Uncle Eider on Rosa's Tree, but she has appeared in more
than 
two stories, like Uncle Rumpus.  With a Scottish sounding name, it would appear
that Rumpus comes from the McDuck side of the Family.  Lastly, I still
don't 
understand the need to remove Donald's Uncle Ludwig von Drake!  In my ideal
Tree Ludwig would have to be in it! As does Daisy and her brother & sister!
We know Daisy has a brother and a sister (the brother being Huey, Dewey &
Louie's father and the sister being April, May & June's mother)!  Another
relative that needs a home is Cousin "Sock" (Socrates Gosling)!  He's Gus
Goose's cousin, so he must also be from the Goose/Coot branch somewhere.

Just some thoughts.

Rich Bellacera
xephyr at jps.net



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