About Ludwig and Donald?

[Lars Jensen]

On November 14, Cristina wrote:

> in a not-so-recent italian story, Scrooge is complaining about a
> missing expert who should have been at his conference, and Donald
> asks: "Alludi al cugino Pico?", that means "Do you mean cousin
> Ludwig?". That's the only story I remember with Donald calling Ludwig
> his "cousin", so I wondered if it was a mistake, or if he has been
> referring to Von Drake that way in other italian stories? Or,
> eventually, in stories from other countries as well?

I don't really like stating that anybody is "wrong", when the Disney
universe is as fluid as it is.

That having been said, I've never seen Ludwig have any other
relationship to Donald than as his uncle. And being Donald's uncle *was*
Walt Disney's intention for Ludwig. So yeah, the "cousin Ludwig" thing
probably *was* a mistake.

Lars