Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-1839456-20140710052626/@comment-4821842-20140711041218

Applegirl wrote: Anubis16 wrote: On a similar note here, are we for sure that Rumple is not Zelena's father, are we sure that Jonathan guy wasn't Rumple in disguise for some reason, although that would make some events in Bleeding Throguh very disturbing, but it was just a theory

That would make no sense for Rumplestiltskin to be disguised as Jonathan. For what reason would he seduce Cora? That would have no merit in his plan to find Baelfire. And it would also make little sense considering the past events of "The Miller's Daughter" occurred after the past events of "Bleeding Through". Had that been Rumplestiltskin disguised as Jonathan, the Dark One would've already known that Cora's first born is Zelena and gone after her rather than going on to make a deal with Cora to get her "first-born" (who he believed to be the child she would have in the future--Regina). But what if he only got Cora pregnant to prevent Cora for marrying Leopold and maybe if she married him Regina would not have been born or Cora never would have become who she is and killed Daniel and Regina would not have it out for Snow and would have no reason to cast the curse, just  a theory, but if Rumple is not Zelena's father then I wonder why the creators passed up the oppurtunity to make Rumple the father of either Regina or Zelena, maybe they didn't want to complicate Henry's family tree even further