# Jughaid: Snuffy Smith's nephew....who are his parents? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225 "2018-04-11T16:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/1 "2018-04-11T16:19:44Z")
Does Snuffy Smith have a brother or sister? Are they dead? Where did Jughaid come from? Is he like one of those young kids tv shows wedge into a show when they run out of stories? Just curious, can’t seem to find out much about Jughaid in Hooten Holler, seems he’s always overshadowed online by Riverdale Jughead. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/2 "2018-04-11T17:07:47Z")
**Moderator Action** Since this is about a fictional character, it is better suited to Cafe Society. Moving thread from GQ to CS. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/3 "2018-04-11T17:25:35Z")
You’re talking about hillbillies here. Inbreeding is a way of life. They probably don’t remember who his parents are themselves. I once got curious as to the parentage of Louie, Dewey, and Huey, and their cousins April, May, and June. Believe it or not, you can find the lineage of most of the Duck clan on the Internet. I have yet to trace the family tree of the Mouse family, though (Mickey, Minnie, Morty, Ferdie, Millie, and Tilly). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/4 "2018-04-11T18:17:31Z")
Here is quite a bit of info, but nothing on his parents: [http://comicskingdom.com/blog/2012/02/17/supporting-cast-jughaid-of-barney-google-and-snuffy-smith](http://comicskingdom.com/blog/2012/02/17/supporting-cast-jughaid-of-barney-google-and-snuffy-smith) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/5 "2018-04-11T22:14:02Z")
He could be kin to Aunt Loweezy’s side of the family. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/6 "2018-04-12T17:21:56Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > He could be kin to Aunt Loweezy’s side of the family. Huh…that’s possible!.. Or maybe he’s just an orphan with the honorary title of ‘nephew’. No matter who he was living with, they would be addressed as ‘aunt’ or ‘uncle’, and by default he would be ‘our nephew’. ---
**Author:** ![Strangeways](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Strangeways](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangeways)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/7 "2018-04-12T18:49:53Z")
I wonder if this is something the Comics Curmudgeon has ever tackled. Digging through his archives might give you an answer. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/8 "2018-04-12T19:05:34Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > He could be kin to Aunt Loweezy’s side of the family. I found this [cartoon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fptxizp1iEw) which gives his full name as Jughaid Smith, which would imply he’s from Snuffy’s side of the family. But… There’s another relative in the mix; niece [Bizzy Buzz Buzz](http://snuffysmithcomics.com/2014/07/08/bizzy-buzz-buzz/). And she’s the daughter of Loweezy’s sister. However, in [this strip](http://comicskingdom.com/blog/2014/03/27/ask-the-archivist-the-smith-family), Snuffy says Bizzy’s full name is Bizzy Buzz Buzz Smith (actually he says Smif but we’ll put that down to the accent). So maybe Loweezy’s sister Martha coincidentally married a man named Smith? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/9 "2018-04-12T19:20:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So maybe Loweezy’s sister Martha coincidentally married a man named Smith? See post #3. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/10 "2018-04-13T04:27:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > See post #3. I’m inclined to be charitable and assume that Loweezy and her sister married two brothers. That would account for Loweezy referring to Bizzy as “our niece” - she’s the daughter of Snuffy’s brother and Loweezy’s sister and is therefore related to both of them without any illicit relationship being involved. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/11 "2018-04-13T14:41:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m inclined to be charitable and assume that Loweezy and her sister married two brothers. That would account for Loweezy referring to Bizzy as “our niece” - she’s the daughter of Snuffy’s brother and Loweezy’s sister and is therefore related to both of them without any illicit relationship being involved. Inbreeding is illicit?!? :dubious: :eek: Maybe they wasn’t blood kin, just kissin’ cousins. :o ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/12 "2018-04-13T16:51:19Z")
It could just be that everyone happens to have the same last name. [Sometimes it works out that way.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NaQxUEfxt0) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughaid-snuffy-smiths-nephew-who-are-his-parents/812225/13 "2018-04-13T17:06:33Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > It could just be that everyone happens to have the same last name. What, Smith? :dubious: No way! I’ve always liked “Bruce,” myself. "Hot enough to boil a monkey's bum!" :D