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[Jessweeee♪]

Oh...I was confused because everyone at the orphanage called her Sis, and they made no mention of her and Squall coming from the same family. Of course the GFs would make them forget

[Big D]

Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪ ^

Oh...I was confused because everyone at the orphanage called her Sis, and they made no mention of her and Squall coming from the same family. Of course the GFs would make them forget

They probably never knew. I think it happened like this: Ellone gets abducted, so Laguna goes looking. Squall's born, Raine dies, Squall goes to the orphanage. Laguna finds Ellone, gets embroiled in Esthar politics, and sends Ellone back to Raine - not realising she's died. Winhill then sends Ellone to the orphanage too.

I could be wrong, someone's sure to correct me if that's the case.

[theundeadhero]

I always figured Ellone made it home when her mother was still alive and then went to the orphanage later.

[The Last Oath]

Laguna didnt know that he had a son cause he left before squall was born but he knew about ellone.
AMEN

[ReloadPsi]

What matters is that it's really funny to hear Laguna say that he's not related to her, but that "she's so cute! I wish I could hear her voice!"

The implications are sickening.

[Serapy]

I don't think Squall and Laguna knew that they are related to each other, especially not in the beginning. Maybe they have found out that they are related after the time compression.
If Laguna knew that he was Squall's father, he would of have told him at some point in the game, he didn't even tell him why he ended up being in the orphanage.

[Roogle]

Ellone and Squall are not related by blood in any way, shape, or form. I think that there may be some confusing occurring from the fact that Ellone was raised by Raine; however, Raine was only a foster child of Ellone because her parents were killed when she was a child for refusing to give their child up to the government.

Laguna arranged for Ellone to be taken back to Raine after the events of the flashback in Esthar; soon after, Raine gave birth to Squall and passed away, and, subsequently, Ellone and the newborn Squall were sent to the orphanage.

[leader of mortals]

This is how I think it happened...

__ Ellone is born
__ Ellones parents die
__ Ellone is sent to the orphanage
__ Raine adopts her
__ Laguna meets Raine
__ They get it on
__ Laguna leaves for war before Raine realizes she is pregnant
__ Raine has Squall and dies in Labor or shortly afterwards
__ Ellone, already knowing of the orphanage, goes there with her new brother
__ Ellone gets to the age of 18 and leaves to find Laguna. She tells Squall she will be back
__ Squall stays at the orphanage until Headmaster Cid takes the entire group in as SeeD trainees
__ Ellone hears of this and goes to the garden, where she finds Squall at the beginning of the game. Sometime before this, she learns that Laguna gets into trouble with something in the past
__ Ellone uses Squall to save his father and finds it better not to tell Squall of this so his actions in the dream sequence are what he thinks is correct

Seems fine to me...