Origins.

[Dim I Nticoudis]

The origins of a number of Ducks' relatives and friends is vague can anybody 
help me a bit with them.
1)Flintheart Glomgold.The Southafrican businessman with the Scotish accent 
is said in Rosa's"Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" to be as old as Scrooge 
McDuck.Which means he was borned at about 1867.In the same story he states 
he is a Boer.Jan van Riebeek's Boers had arrived on 1652.Among them,possibly 
Flintheart's ancestors from Holland.Surching about Dutch Ducks I found in 
"The Last Voyage of Ringtail Van Dykke"(H 8841)that a brunch of the McDucks 
was active in the Spanish Low Lands at least till 1588 under the name "Van 
Dykke".The brunch has Scrooge,Donald,Huey,Dewey and Louie as current 
descentants.Is Flintheat among the descentants of this brunch?The brunch is 
probably Spanish so I searched for Spanish Ducks.In I TL 752-A a Scrooge 
McDuck leaves Scotland for Spain on 1392 and establishes a Spanish brunch 
under the name "De La Scalogna".In I TL 753-A five of the seven living 
members of the brunch leave Spain on Columbus ships on 1492.The two 
remaining possibly also lived Spain from Holland.Is this the origin of 
Flintheart's family?
2)Magica DeSpell is one of Scrooge's main adversaries and possible romantic 
interest.Her familie is,according to many stories,a centuries old  Italian 
clan of sorcerers that has met the McDucks many times during the 
centuries.Magica's nieces Nocina and Minima De Spell are about 
Huey's,Dewey's and Louie's age.Is she about the age of Donald,borned 
1920?There is an Italian story where she surches for a sorcery book about 
Wealth Spells.Has surch has led her to an ancient  sorceror who lived in 
Duckburg for a while.She faces him and loses due to the help the sorceror 
had from his apprentice:novice inventor Gyro Gearloose before his first 
appearance on 1952.She loses but manages to take a page who says that if she 
melts together coins,each of them touched by a rich man she will make a 
powerful charm which will bring her wealth.The Spell is cold "The Midas' 
Spell".The sorceror left Duckburg.In 1962 Magica returns to Duckburg in the 
story "The Midas Touch"(W US 36-01).Scrooge is the last man in her list.That 
means she has already met Flintheart Glomgold and John D.Rockerduck.How long 
did the search take?Ten years or more?When did she start looking for the 
book?
3)Glittering Goldie O'Gilt(W OS 456-02).One of Scrooge's main romantic 
interests.She was already in Canada on 1896 and her name is Irish.Was she 
borned on Canada or Ireland?Is she about Matilda McDuck's age,borned 
1871?According to I TL 2195-5 she is currently Scrooge's business partner in 
Canada.
4)Molly McGold(I TL 1746-A and I TL 2195-5).Molly McGold is the richest 
businesswonman in Gooseburg and one of Scrooge's main romantic interests.Her 
enterprises are worldwide and she has vowed to be Scrooge's equal.If Scrooge 
McDuck is the richest Duck in the world,Flintheart Glomgold the second,John 
D.Rockerduck the third she is probably the fourth.She has met Scrooge when 
he was seling chestnuts and she was seling ladles.When was that?Is she 
Scotish-American.She seems to be a female version of Scrooge.
5)Brigitta McBridge.In her first appearance in I TL 243-A she is said to 
have met an Croesus named Scrooge McDuck on 1898.But Scrooge wasn't rich 
enough on that year.The year was later corrected to 1928.Scrooge was awfuly 
rich during the year.Where did they meet?Has she followed him to Duckburg?By 
the way some stories imply she is a wealthy businesswoman herself while 
others say she is poor?Why is that?
Can anybody answer me?

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