Is Ned Flanders Flemish?

[Marley23]

@fiddlesticks

That one is just a coincidence then, the Wikipedia article for the Northwest Portland district does mention Van Houten, which is in the North Portland district, separated from the other “Simpsons streets” in Northwest Portland.

I had no idea. That’s a funny coincidence.

[Superdude]

Back to the OP, the Simpsons wiki has an “extended” Flanders family tree.

[ftg]

@Superdude

Back to the OP, the Simpsons wiki has an “extended” Flanders family tree.

While the Lord Thistlewick of Flanders would suggest Ned’s g-grandfather is from Flanders, at the Flanders family reunion BBQ, the current Lord Thistlewick Flanders is shown and appears to be British. A lot of nobility claimed titles for remote lands they had no real connection to. Some could be bought. The title for King/Queen of Jerusalem got passed around for centuries. The “Thistlewick” is more likely to indicate a geographic base in England.

(Also the family tree leaves out Edna and his Vegas Wife.)

[Drunky_Smurf]

@fiddlesticks

FWIW, Flanders is a street in Portland, Oregon, the source for many of the Simpson character names (along with Kearney, Lovejoy, Quimby, Van Houten, etc.).

@friedo

Matt Groening named a lot of his characters after streets and places around where he grew up in Portland. There is indeed a Flanders Street there.

That’s interesting I didn’t know that.

Here’s a good article on it including a map.

'The Simpsons' map of Portland (What other proof do you need that they're...

[johnpost]

@fiddlesticks

That one is just a coincidence then, the Wikipedia article for the Northwest Portland district does mention Van Houten, which is in the North Portland district, separated from the other “Simpsons streets” in Northwest Portland.

that’s because it’s in the Danish section of town.

[G0sp3l]

@Tapioca_Dextrin

Richard Nixon was in the Manson Family??

would explain a lot