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If we are throwing around wild theories, what about WWotW actually being Regina's daughter?

Theory 1: Regina was pregnant with Daniel's child before Cora killed him. Cora found out, ripped the child away magically (as she did not want a baby to get in the way of Regina's marriage to Leopold) and sent it to Oz. Oz was not affected by the curse, so the baby had time to grow up during those 28 years when time was frozen.

Theory 2: Regina was pregnant with Leopold's child. Rumple was worried that having a baby would cause Regina to be happy and thus interfere with his plans to manipulate her into casting the curse for him. So he used magic to send the unborn child to Oz where it grew up during those 28 years when the curse was active.