Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-26234227-20150720122430

DatNuttyKid wrote: Yeahhhh the theories that Emma was actually Mal's biological daughter and she and Lily switched places got a little crazy. (I never heard the Ingrid one though!)

So yeah, it looks like Merida is just going to be thrown in directly from Dunbroch with no direct connections involved. I would say she will be Snow's archery teacher (i guess that depends on age though) and/or will just be heavily involved in Emma going good because of their similar stories with moms (like how Elsa was involved in Emma accepting her powers) She was most likely frozen in some way, shape or form, like every other land was. And we know that she's been shooting since she was very young. She could still have been Snow's archery teacher even if she is biologically younger than her.