Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29195016-20160724040235/@comment-25926288-20161007235620

Before anyone screams, "How could they?". Adam is speaking the truth. Writers often do this, while Adam and Eddy being no exceptions: They hint at something worth theorizing over, but keep it vague for future revisits. Not the best of words, but that's essentially what is done.

Ana was never confirmed to be anything besides a girl with an ambitious mother that lived in Sherwood Forest. Her having a stepsister being chosen by a prince is a nod to Cinderella, but wasn't exact as there are 672 (exaggerating!) kingdoms in the Enchanted Forest and it could be anyone of them. They set it up where if they wanted they could go either route of comfirming or denying.

However as many of us said, there were timeline issues galore that wouldn't work out. "But they retcon stuff every season!" True, but, no, they shouldn't just ignore continuity just because this is an instance that you want them to.Besides, I'm sure they are cousins. XD