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JennaMae wrote: Eddiefunny wrote: I would laugh if her Foster family were characters from FTL. That would make most of The significant people in Emma's life come from there. I bet the reason why we've never seen a Swan family flashback is because they're saving this as an option, haha. The origins of her last name and her flower tattoo are two Emma flashback ideas that people have been asking about since season 1 but they've never elaborated about either on the show, though a bit in interviews. Already, most of the significant people in Emma's life are from FTL. because you basicall have August, Lily, Ingrid, and Neal (in the order that she encountered them, though August could easily be moved to the end of the list, since she wouldn't remember him from her baby period).

Given that "Fate is a B****", I am willing to bet that Emma's foster family (the one that gave her the Swan surname) were exiles from the EF. And that someone (likely the Apprentice or Merlin, though there are other options) stepped in to make sure that Emma stayed on the path by magically helping the couple to have a baby in exchange for letting Emma go back into the system.

And if that is the case, I would even wager that we would see the Swan child that was born come into the story at some point.