Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20170909025746/@comment-6175354-20170912052306

JennaMae wrote: My early spec is still that she could be Tremaine's other daughter. xD In the past, children have been used as motivators/excuses for the villains to explain why they're doing what they're doing..... I really like this theory, and it is a very good possibility.

Though, assuming this is Tangled's Rapunzel, her magic hair might be the reason the returning characters have not aged. If this turns out to be the case, then the new Rapunzel's origins stem from Storybrooke.