Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24936039-20141121022823/@comment-24674051-20141122023434

Nice bit of speculation there.

However, regarding the "Not Aging" thing, I think I have a different explanation. Ingrid was probably around 20-25 when she was first captured in the Urn by Gerda. She did not age during her "incarceration", so was still technically in the same 20-25 age range. (The actress being much older, it is sometimes difficult to portray the younger self) when she was released by Hans. So she would not have been much older when she was transported to the LWM.

Add 28 years to that, and this would put her around 48-53. I have personally known women that were "well-preserved" (so to speak), and look very close to the same after 30+ years, in this particular age range. So, I don't find the problem of "not aging" to be a problem.

Also, if she were able to get to storybrooke, that may have also helped a bit, because Regina did not age, Ashley did not age or advance in her pregnancy, David did not wake from his Coma. Everybody (except Henry) remained the same, and I would imagine that anyone from outside that could make it to Storybrooke would fall into this category as well, particularly if they can come in "under the radar" so to speak.

Now, the part about her orchestrating the adoption of Henry, THAT makes a lot of sense. Also, it would take someone working within the child care services department to be able to access the otherwise "Closed" adoption papers to help with tying Henry and Emma together. In fact, maybe Ingrid was the person that helped Henry find Emma so that she would return to Storybrooke and start the process of breaking the curse.