# Cartoon Uncles-- a stupid question I can only ask here. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737 "2012-09-14T23:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/1 "2012-09-14T23:10:34Z")
Who were Popeye and Donald Duck’s siblings? The parents of the nephews? At first I thought perhaps Scrooge McDuck was the father of Huey, Louie and Dewey but I believe those three have been known to call him Unca Scrooge while Donald is also Scrooge’s nephew. And what kind of mean parent names their child Poop Eye? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/2 "2012-09-14T23:15:51Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Who were Popeye and Donald Duck’s siblings? The parents of the nephews? At first I thought perhaps Scrooge McDuck was the father of Huey, Louie and Dewey but I believe those three have been known to call him Unca Scrooge while Donald is also Scrooge’s nephew. > > And what kind of mean parent names their child Poop Eye? Donald has a sister named either Della or Dumbella, pretty sure the official name is Della for obvious reasons. She is the mother of the triplets, their father has never been revealed but Don Rosa promised to eventually. Scrooge is their great uncle, he had two sisters one of whom is the mother of Donald and Della. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/3 "2012-09-14T23:16:23Z")
Della Duck was Donald Duck’s sister and the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. [Family Tree](http://duckman.pettho.com/tree/v_american.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/4 "2012-09-14T23:27:08Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Della Duck was Donald Duck’s sister and the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. > > [Family Tree](http://duckman.pettho.com/tree/v_american.html) That tree is. . . well, a lot of fun! I’m thinking up stories as I look. I’m not that seeped in to Disney folklore but it sure looks like Donald’s parents were the Lockhorns of waterfowl world. Do the 'Eye’s have that deep a history? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/5 "2012-09-15T00:25:26Z")
According to the [Popeye Wiki](http://popeye.wikia.com/wiki/Popeye_Wiki), Poopdeck Pappy (Popeye’s father and a recurring character in the Popeye stories) has called Popeye his only child. Unlike his father, Popeye’s mother was never mentioned in the classic stories. But in recent revivals of the series, his mother was indentified as Pappy’s wife, Roxy. Pappy and Roxy split up and presumably Roxy had a child with another man and this child, who would have been Popeye’s half-sibling, was the parent of Popeye’s nephews, Pipeye, Peepeye, Poopeye, and Pupeye. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/6 "2012-09-15T01:13:36Z")
There was also a cartoon with [Popeye and Son](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_and_Son), where he finally married Olive… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/7 "2012-09-15T01:32:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > That tree is. . . well, a lot of fun! If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a dirty duck dingus. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/8 "2012-09-15T01:46:10Z")
Didn’t Mickey have some nephews too? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/9 "2012-09-15T02:14:50Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Didn’t Mickey have some nephews too? Hickie, Licky and Sticky? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/10 "2012-09-15T02:23:14Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Didn’t Mickey have some nephews too? Yes. Morty and Ferdie. Their mother is Mickey’s sister. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/11 "2012-09-15T03:04:11Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Yes. Morty and Ferdie. Their mother is Mickey’s sister. Mortimer Mouse was Mickey’s original name, but then it was given instead to his [rival for Minnie](http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Mickey%27s_Rival), but then Morty Mouse, his nephew, was then given the name too. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/12 "2012-09-17T01:58:54Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Yes. Morty and Ferdie. Their mother is Mickey’s sister. Interestingly, unlike the Duck boys, Morty and Ferdie don’t share a surname with their _maternal_ uncle. Perhaps there are very few waterfowl surnames… the alternatives don’t seem very Disney-esque. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/13 "2012-09-17T04:32:00Z")
Meanwhile, Daisy Duck had (IIRC) nieces named April, May and June. By all accounts, she was bringing up three very lovely girls. Apparently, all of them had feathers of gold (like their mother). The youngest one in curls. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/14 "2012-09-17T08:13:01Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > Meanwhile, Daisy Duck had (IIRC) nieces named April, May and June. > > By all accounts, she was bringing up three very lovely girls. Apparently, all of them had feathers of gold (like their mother). The youngest one in curls. Then they were all decoyed and shot, and that’s how they became the Brady’s brunch. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/15 "2012-09-18T00:09:49Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > Meanwhile, Daisy Duck had (IIRC) nieces named April, May and June. > > By all accounts, she was bringing up three very lovely girls. Apparently, all of them had feathers of gold (like their mother). The youngest one in curls. Question: did Daisy Duck exist in any medium other than the 50’s comic books? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/16 "2012-09-18T02:29:23Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Question: did Daisy Duck exist in any medium other than the 50’s comic books? [Mr Duck Steps Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MVlL0nEH5c) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/17 "2012-09-18T02:31:56Z")
Yes. [Her first appearance was in 1940](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Duck_Steps_Out), and has appeared in at least 11 shorts, several features, countless television episodes (where she still appears regularly), video games, and comics well outside the 50s - starting in 1943 and continuing to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/18 "2012-09-18T02:48:46Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Della Duck was Donald Duck’s sister and the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. > > [Family Tree](http://duckman.pettho.com/tree/v_american.html) Why is Daffy Duck in the family tree? (lower left) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/19 "2012-09-18T02:49:19Z")
I had no idea. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737/20 "2012-09-18T22:21:12Z")
Was Donald _responsible_ for HD&L, in the sense of being their legal guardian? Did they live with him? Or did they just visit a lot because they liked hanging out with their doofus uncle? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-uncles-a-stupid-question-i-can-only-ask-here/634737.md?page=2)