Pintail Duck

[Olaf Solstrand]

I was just thinking... Is Pintail Duck, from "Back to Long Ago!" (W US
16-02), in any way related to the Duck-family we know?

According to Don Rosa's Duck family tree, he is - but the story he comes
from, "Back to Long Ago!", does not state that at all. It's just saying that
Donald is a reincarnation of Pintail.

And... well, this is my interpretion only, but when seeing Pintail I got a
feeling that this man never had children...

Matey McDuck being an ancestor of Scrooge could be reasonable, as McDuck is
a not that regular name - but, as the weeklies keep telling us, "'Duck' is
as regular in Duckburg as 'Hansen' is in Norway". Both Daisy and Moby are
great examples for that.

I'm a little confused that he even IS in the Duck family tree, as we know
nothing about what lies inbetween him and Humperdink. Very many misinterpet
this family tree and believes that Humperdink is Pintail's son (which is
quite impossible, concidering that Pintail died in 1564). Yes, he looks a
lot like Donald. But so does Daisy. And his last name is Duck. But that's a
very regular name... Well, but I guess that's up to Don Rosa.

Still, I want others to tell me what you think. Pintail - is he an ancestor
of Donald, or just a nobody from the 16th century with Donald's soul in him?



Best,
Olaf the Blue
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