Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-1839456-20140710052626/@comment-1839456-20140710222753

Utter solitude wrote: Cora raising the child herself wouldn't make a child not Rumplestiltskin's if he fathered it, and I doubt "a child you raise" is what they meant by "Rumple's child".

However, Cora later says to Rumple, "You changed the contract, Rumple. You only get your own child. And any baby I have… It won’t be yours."

Now, to me, and including Rumple's reaction to this, it's one of two things. Rumple and Cora haven't actually had sex yet, and thus no child of hers could biologically be his. Or, they have, but she knows she isn't pregnant and that her child thus won't be his. Either way, he knows she's right about.

Personally, I believe they hadn't had sex. It explains Cora's certainty in her words. And, given the events that preceded this with Zelena, I don't think Cora would risk getting pregnant before marriage again.

Now, of course, this is all very speculative either way. However, Prince Henry is her acknowledged father, and we have no real direct evidence to dispute it.

Okay I'll buy that. My version sounded like a technicality that would never have stood in the way of Rumplestiltskin getting the girl.

But you have to admit, it would be par for the course have it be true. Rumple's family seems to be everywhere!