Duck family (Disney)

TheDuck familyis a fictional family of cartoon ducks related toDisneycharacterDonald Duck.The family is also related to theCoot,Goose,andGander families,as well as the ScottishClan McDuck.Besides Donald, the best-known members of the Duck family areHuey, Dewey, and Louie,Donald's triplet nephews.

Lavender and Old LacebyCarl Barks;from left to right: (standing)Scrooge McDuck,Grandma Duck,Donald Duck,Daisy Duck,Gladstone Gander;(seated)Huey, Louie, and Dewey Duck;(foreground)Gyro Gearloose(unrelated) andGus Goose

Members of the Duck family appear most extensively inDonald Duck comics(although some have made animated appearances). In 1993, American comics authorDon Rosapublished aDuck Family Treethat established the characters' relationships in his stories. He also created a fictional timeline for when certain characters were born (All birth/death dates given below are Rosa's). Other comics authors both before and after have shown variations in the family.

Development

Carl Barks(left) andDon Rosa(right)

In the early 1950sCarl Barkswas in his second decade of creatingcomic bookstories starring Donald Duck and his various relatives. He had personally created several of the latter, such asScrooge McDuck(Donald's uncle) andGladstone Gander(Donald's cousin). To better define their relations, Barks created afamily tree,wherein he added several previously unknown relatives to fill in the gaps. Barks never intended to publish this family tree and created it only for personal reference.

The first public attempt at a coherent biography of the Ducks was published in 1974.An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuckby science fiction authorJack Chalkerused names and events in the Barks stories (and a very few non-Barks ones) to create a life story for Scrooge. It provided the basis for a Scrooge McDuck biography included inThe People's Almanac.

In 1981, Barks was well into his retirement, but his stories remained popular and had gained him unexpected fame. He had given several interviews and answered questions about his personal views on the characters and their stories. Among other subjects, Barks described his early version of the family tree. Rough sketches of the tree were published in a number offanzinesand were appreciated by fans for the authoritative background information this provided. At this point, Mark Worden decided to create a drawing of Barks' Duck Family Tree, including portraits of the characters mentioned. Otherwise, Worden made few changes, most notably addingDaisy Duckas Donald's main love interest. His illustrated version of the tree was first published in several fanzines and later inThe Carl Barks Library.

In 1987,Don Rosa,a long-time fan of Barks and personal friend of Mark Worden, started creating his own stories featuringScrooge McDuckand his kin. Rosa's stories contained numerous references to Barks' stories and introduced original background information. After several years, Rosa gained a large international fanbase of his own. In the early 1990s,Egmont(the publishing house employing Don Rosa afterGladstone Publishing's initial run), offered him an ambitious assignment — to create the definitive version of Scrooge's biography and a family tree accompanying it. This was supposed to decisively put an end to decades of seeming contradictions between stories by different authors, which had caused confusion to readers. The project was to become theaward-winning,The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck,achronologyof epic proportions that spawned numerous othertimelinestories, collected in acompanion volume.Rosa'sDuck Family Treeaccompanying the series was first published inNorwayon July 3, 1993.

In the process of working on Scrooge's biography, Rosa studied Barks' old stories mentioning his past. Then he added several ideas of his own. Among them were biographical information for Scrooge's supporting cast, as well as designing characters in the family that had only been mentioned by Barks, such as Donald's sister Della and Scrooge's parents, sisters and uncles.

Family tree by Carl Barks

The family tree below shows the Goose (left) and Duck (right) portions of Donald's family tree according toCarl Barks.The chart is based on a 1950s sketch made by Barks for personal use, which was later illustrated by artist Mark Worden in 1981.

Family tree by Carl Barks
?Goose Grandma Duck Clan McDuck ?Goose Luke Goose Daphne Duck Quackmore Duck Hortense McDuck Gus Goose Gladstone Gander (né Goose) Daisy Duck Donald Duck Thelma Duck Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Family tree by Don Rosa

In 1993, Don Rosa published his version of the Duck family tree as part of his 12-part comics seriesThe Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.The most significant change was Rosa's expansion of the family tree to include the Coot relatives. Rosa also added Goostave Gander as the father of Gladstone, and made Luke Goose the father of Gus, rather than his uncle.

The chart below is Rosa's tree, which shows relationships within the Coot family (left) and Duck family (right).

Family tree by Don Rosa
Cornelius Coot Pintail Duck (ancestor) Clinton Coot Gertrude Gadwall Gretchen Grebe Casey Coot Elvira "Grandma Duck" Coot Humperdink Duck Clan McDuck Luke Goose Fanny Coot Cuthbert Coot Lulubelle Loon Eider Duck Goostave Gander Daphne Duck Quackmore Duck Hortense McDuck Gus Goose Abner "Whitewater" Duck Fethry Duck Gladstone Gander Donald Duck Della Duck Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Ancestors

Andold "Wild Duck" Temerary

Andold"Wild Duck"Temerary(Italian:Mac Paperin) was created byGaudenzio CapelliandMarco Rotaand appears in stories set in theMiddle Ages.His first appearance was in "Paperino e il piccolo Krack" ( "Donald Duck and the Little Krack" ), published inAlmanacco Topolino#228 (Dec 1975).He is a lookalike and ancestor toDonald Duck.Andold was a commander who protected the shores of Caledonia (Scotland) fromVikings.He has a girlfriend namedAydiswho looks likeDaisy Duck,and he also has five soldiers, two of them are namedLittle BoandBig Brutus.

Andold wears ahelmet,topped with a miniature decoration representing his own face. As a comical touch, the decoration's facial expression always matches Andold's own, changing between panels if necessary.

In the first Andold story (Paperino e il piccolo Krackfrom 1975), Donald dreams about Andold, in the second (Le avventure di Mac Paperin: L'arrosto della salvezzafrom 1980, published in the United States asDonald Duck and his fierce ancestor... Andold Wild Duck),Huey, Dewey, and Louieare reading a book about his adventures. In later Andold stories, the modern-day Ducks do not appear. All Andold Wild Duck stories are illustrated by Marco Rota, most of them are also written by him.

The first Andold comic to be published in English wasDonald Duck... and his fierce ancestor... Andold Wild Duckby Rota, published in a December 1993 edition ofDonald Duck Adventureswith cover illustration byDon Rosafeaturing Andold.

The names Andold and Aydis areanagramsof Donald and Daisy.

Pintail Duck

Pintail Duckwas a 16th-century Duck relative and the first early ancestor to appear in the comics (in Barks' 1956 story,Back to Long Ago). Pintail served in theRoyal Navyas theboatswainaboard HMSFalcon Rover.TheFalcon Roverraided Spanish targets in theCaribbean Seabetween 1563 and 1564 when the ship was sunk. Pintail was friends with the ship's first mate,Malcom "Matey" McDuck,who was a mutual ancestor of Donald and Scrooge.

Don de Pato

Don de Patowas a 16th-centurySpanishancestor of Donald through both theCoot familyandClan McDuck,first appearing in the 1965 comicThe Golden Galleonwritten byCarl Fallbergwith art byTony Strobl.He was a member of theSpanish Armada.

In the TV seriesLegend of the Three Caballeros,he appears under the nameDon Dugo(used previously in German and Dutch translations of the comic), as one of the members of the original Three Caballeros, along with the ancestors ofJosé CariocaandPanchito Pistoles.

Seth Duck

Seth Duckwas an ancestor of Donald's, considered a hero after warning Duckburg of an impending Native American attack. His statue exists in Duckburg's Park. He appeared in the 1967 comicThe Clock PlotbyVic LockmanandTony Strobl.

First generation

Humperdink Duck

Humperdink Duckis the earliest known contemporary Duck family member. He is the husband of Elvira Coot, known to the family as "Grandma Duck", and the father of Quackmore (Donald's father), Eider, and Daphne Duck (Gladstone's mother). Humperdink is father-in-law to Scrooge's sister Hortense (Donald's mother) who married his son Quackmore. He is Donald's paternal grandfather and the maternal great-grandfather of Huey, Dewey, and Louie, through their mother Della (Donald's twin sister). Humperdink worked as afarmerin rural Duckburg.Don Rosagave the character relevant appearances in two stories, "The Invader Of Fort Duckburg",a chapter of the sagaThe Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck,and "The Sign Of The Triple Distelfink".In the family, he was known as "Pa Duck", and later as "Grandpa Duck".

Humperdink's life before having a family was never shown in the comics. Don Rosa speculated that the Duck family originated from England, but it is unknown if Humperdink is an immigrant.

In the story "The Good Old Daze" byTony Strobl,Grandpa Duck (an older Humperdink) appears in a flashback scene taking care of little Donald along with Grandma, where he is portrayed as a dedicated but rigorous grandfather. Grandpa Duck's real name was not revealed in this story, but in an untitled story from 1951, an old lover of Grandma called Humperdink has a cameo appearance. Don Rosa considered that this character became Donald's paternal grandfather.In "The Good Old Daze", artistTony Strobldrew Grandpa Duck with a long beard and some hair, while Rosa has depicted him with a short beard and a full head of hair. In the Danish storyThe Good Neighbors(part of the series,Tamers of Nonhuman Threats), by writer Lars Jensen and artistFlemming Andersen,Strobl's version of Grandpa Duck appears in a flashback scene that is told by his wife Grandma Duck.He also appears unnamed in the 1955 filmNo Hunting,in which he posthumously inspires Donald to take part in hunting season.

Grandma Duck

Elvira"Grandma"Duck(néeCoot,Octoberc. 1855) is Donald's paternal grandmother and the Duck familymatriarch.In most stories, she is simply referred to as "Grandma Duck". She was introduced to the Disney comic universe byAl TaliaferroandBob Karpin theDonald Ducknewspapercomic strip,first in a picture on the wall in the August 11, 1940, Sunday page, and then as a full-fledged character in the strip on Monday, September 27, 1943.Taliaferro found inspiration for her in his ownmother-in-law,Donnie M. Wheaton. Depending on the writer, Grandma Duck has had various given names over the years. In a story by Riley Thomson from 1950, she was named "Elviry"and in a story from 1953 she was given the name "Abigail".Don Rosa later gave her the name "Elvira" in his comic books seriesThe Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

According to artist/writerDon Rosa,Grandma was born around 1855. In the comic strips by Taliaferro and Karp, it is mentioned that in her youth she was apioneerin the American migration to the west, riding acovered wagonand participating in manyIndian Wars.Later, she married Humperdink Duck, and they had three children namedQuackmore(Donald's father),Daphne(Gladstone's mother) andEider(Fethry's father in the non-Barks duck universe). Grandma Duck helped to raise her great-grandsons,Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck(her daughter-in-law Hortense's grandsons and granddaughter Della's sons). In most comic book stories, as well as other media that handlesDonald Duck's childhood, it was Grandma Duck who filled the role of Donald's caretaker.

Grandma made her animated debut in the 1960Wonderful World of ColorepisodeThis is Your Life, Donald Duck,where she was voiced byJune Foray.The episode depicted her great difficulty in raising Donald, a strong-willed and ill-tempered duckling from the moment he was hatched. She also made a brief appearance inSport Goofy in Soccermaniashe was now voiced byRussi Taylor,a non-speaking cameo inMickey's Christmas Carol,and can be spotted in the background of theDuckTalesepisodeHorse Scents.

Second generation

Quackmore Duck

Quackmore Duck(born 1875) is the father of Donald Duck, and has been variously depicted with or without a moustache. His parents are Humperdink and Elvira "Grandma" Duck. He was born in Duckburg, and from and early age displayed a heavy temper. He worked at his parents' farm until 1902 when he metHortense McDuckand they became engaged. He started working for her brotherScrooge McDuck.

By 1908, he was helping Hortense and her sisterMatilda McDuckrun their brother's empire as Scrooge's chiefaccountant,mainly because Scrooge thought that as a possible heir, he would be motivated to work hard and stay honest. In 1920, he married Hortense and within the year became the father of twins: Donald and Della. The couple became parents when they already were more than 40 years old, according toDon Rosa.

Quackmore's image is visible in several photographs in theDuckTalesreboot premier,Woo-oo!,and is also mentioned by name in the episode byWebby Vanderquack.

Hortense McDuck

Main article:Clan McDuck § Hortense McDuck

Hortense Duck(néeMcDuck;born 1876) is married to Quackmore Duck. She is also Donald's mother, Humperdink and Elvira's daughter-in-law, Daphne and Eider's sister-in-law, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie's maternal grandmother. She was born in Scotland and is the youngest sister ofScrooge McDuck.

Daphne Duck

Daphne Gander(néeDuck) is Donald's paternal aunt, Hortense's sister-in-law, Huey, Dewey, and Louie's maternal grand-aunt, and the mother ofGladstone Gander.In the story "The Sign of The Triple Distelfink"(1998), Don Rosa explains that Gladestone's good luck was inherited from his mother, after a traveling worker painted a giant sign of the" TripleDistelfink"on her parents' stable on the day of her birth. The symbol was supposed to bring the baby luck, and it did: Daphne was always incredibly lucky. She worked in her parents' farm until at least 1902. Later, she stopped working and started living on the things she won in contests. She marriedGoostave Gander,and in 1920 became the mother of Gladstone Gander. Gladstone was born on her birthday and under the protection of the same symbol as his mother.

Eider Duck

Eider Duckis Donald's paternal uncle, Hortense's brother-in-law, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie's maternal grand-uncle. He was first mentioned in August 1944 in the story "The Fighting Falcon" by Carl Barks. In this story, Donald receives afalconcalled Farragut as a present by his Uncle Eider who does not live in Duckburg. Farragut arrives inside a big box brought to Donald's house by anexpressman.Barks never mentioned Eider again but Don Rosa decided to include him in his Duck Family Tree.

According to Rosa, Eider is the son of Humperdink and Elvira Duck and the father of Abner and Fethry Duck. As of 1902, he worked on his parents' farm. He later married Lulubelle Loon and became the father of at least two sons, Abner "Whitewater" Duck and Fethry Duck.

Lulubelle Loon

Lulubelle Duck(néeLoon) is married to Eider Duck and the mother of Abner and Fethry Duck, according to Don Rosa's version of the Duck family tree. She does not have any comic appearance so far, not even a cameo one.

Sheriff Dan Duck

Sheriff Dan Duck(aka Cousin Dan) is an old cousin of Donald who happens to besheriffof aWesterntown calledBent Spur Gulch.Dan originally has thick, dark-grey eyebrows, a long, dark-greymustacheand long, dark-grey hair on the left and right sides of his head. He is generally shown holding a crutch. He appeared in two comic stories, "Daredevil Deputy" byJack Bradbury,where he asks Donald to replace him while he recovers from "a touch ofrheumatism",and" Trigger Gulch Gang "byTony Strobl,where he has only a brief appearance on the first page.

A remake of "Daredevil Deputy" was drawn by Chilean cartoonistVicarfor the Danish publisher Egmont. It's called "Sheriff for a Day", first published in 1978.

Third generation

Donald Duck

Main article:Donald Duck

Donald Duck(born June 9, c. 1920) is the ill-tempered but good-hearted son of Quackmore and Hortense Duck, and the most well-known member of the family. He is the nephew ofScrooge McDuck,the older twin brother ofDella Duck,and the uncle of her sonsHuey, Dewey, and Louie Duck.His girlfriend isDaisy Duck.He does not have any children of his own, but he is very close with his nephewsHuey, Dewey, and Louie Duck.However, in the 1959 shortHow To Have An Accident At Work,he does in fact have a son (Donald Jr.) with Daisy. In some stories Donald is the triplet's legal guardian, such as in the 1942 filmThe New Spiritin which Donald lists the boys asdependantson his income tax form.

Della Duck

Main article:Della Duck

Della Duck(calledDumbellainDonald's Nephews;born June 9, c. 1920) is the mother ofHuey, Dewey, and Louie Duck,the younger twin sister of their uncleDonald Duck,and the niece of their grand-uncleScrooge McDuck.She was first described asDonald Duck's cousin,but was later referred to as Donald's twin sister. She was first mentioned in a 1937Donald DuckSunday strip on October 17, 1937, in which she writes a letter explaining to Donald that she is sending her sons to stay with him.

Della made her first animated appearance inDuckTales(2017), with her sons discovering she was previously a companion of Scrooge and Donald's in their adventures. Dewey and his brothers set out to investigate the cause of her disappearance along withWebby Vanderquack.In the Christmas episode, "Last Christmas", it is revealed that as kids, Donald used to insult Della by calling her "Dumbella", a reference to her name inDonald's Nephews.She is voiced byPaget Brewster.Della Duck was married to? Duck and had three triplet sons,Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

Huey, Dewey, and Louie's father

The identity ofHuey, Dewey, and Louie's fatheris something of a mystery. The character does not appear in any stories, but he did partially appear in the 1993 Duck family tree drawn by Don Rosa. In this illustration, Rosa partially concealed the character's face with a bird. While his first name was also hidden, his last name is revealed to be Duck. His face was fully shown in the unofficial Duck family tree by Mark Worden and first published in severalfanzines,which labeled him "? Duck" and showed him with aflattophaircut and human-like ears.

In Huey, Dewey, and Louie's first appearance in a 1937Donald DuckSunday strip, Della writes to Donald that the boys had placed afirecrackerunder their father's chair as a prank and that their father had been sent to the hospital.This was the reason why the boys first showed up at Donald's house. The father has not been mentioned again in the chronicles. In "The Richest Duck in the World",when Scrooge mentions that the few family members he had had disappeared, the boys respond," We know howthatfeels! "

Fethry Duck

Donald's cousinFethry Duckwas created for the non-US market byDisney Studio ProgramemployeesDick Kinney(writer) andAl Hubbard(artist) and was first featured in the story "The Health Nut", published on August 2, 1964.Kinney and Hubbard created Fethry to be abeatnikmember of the Duck family (the definition being "a person who rejects or avoids conventional behavior" ). Fethry quickly adopts new hobbies and lifestyles and eagerly pursues the latest fads and trends, causing chaos for friends and family in the process. In his first story, Fethry is introduced as moving to Duckburg and having a prior acquaintance with Donald, who is already aware of Fethry's obsessive tendency. Fethry wears a stockingcap,for reasons revealed in "The Health Nut": he was convinced by a self-help book author that one's head is healthier when it's kept hot. Fethry's trademarksweater,usually bearing a black stripe, is typically a different color depending on which country the story is published in.

Only three stories with Fethry initially appeared in the United States (Donald Duck#105–106 andWalt Disney's Comics and Stories#304). Later, some of the Fethry Studio Program stories were reprinted in theWonderful World of Disneygiveaway magazine published in 1969–1970 forGulf Oil.However, the character became popular in foreign markets. In Europe, Fethry has appeared in numerous Italian-produced comics. In Brazil, the character had his own comic book title during the 1980s, which lasted 56 issues. Hubbard and Kinney developed more than fifty comic stories with Fethry.The vast majority were published in English in Australia between 1964 and 1969, often in one-shot comics billedDonald and Fethry Duck—suggesting a comedic duo—or simplyFethry Duck.

Since Fethry was not created by Carl Barks and was never used in any of Barks' stories, popular American artist/writerDon Rosadoes not consider Fethry part of the Duck family. However, due to editorial pressure from supervisorByron Ericksonat the helm of Egmont, Rosa reluctantly included him in hisDuck Family Tree.According to thisdiagram,Fethry is the son ofEider DuckandLulubelle Loon,thecousinof Donald Duck and the brother ofAbner "Whitewater" Duck(from Barks' 1962 story,Log Jockey).

Fethry also works with Donald for Scrooge McDuck's secret organization, originally called the P.I.A. (in Italian), as an assistant of the detectiveUmperio Bogarto(in 1996) and as Moby Duck's First Mate (in the early 2000s).Donald has often teamed up with Fethry to work for Scrooge (usually with disastrous results), with Donald being the "straight man"and Fethry the" funny man ", although Donald's reactions to Fethry and attempts to neutralize him are often as humorous as Fethry's mishaps. In 1970s stories drawn byTony Strobl,Fethry is the owner of a hyper-friendly dog named Poochie. Several Brazilian stories also featured Fethry's pet.

Since the early 1970s, Fethry has occasionally donned superhero garb asthe Red Bat(Portuguese:Morcego Vermelho) in Brazilian Disney comics. The Red Bat was created by artist Carlos Edgar Herrero and writerIvan Saidenberg.

In 2018, Fethry made his first animated appearance in theDuckTalesepisode "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!", voiced byTom Kenny.He is depicted as the caretaker of one of Scrooge's undersea research facilities that Huey and Dewey visit. While they are at first put off by his odd behavior, the two come to respect Fethry after he protects them from a sea monster. He later returns in "Moonvasion" to help protect the Earth from the invading Moonlanders and in "The Last Adventure!" to attendWebby Vanderquack's birthday party.

Whitewater Duck

Whitewater Duckwas created by Carl Barks and used by him only in the story "Log Jockey", published inWalt Disney's Comics and Stories#267 in December 1962. According to that story, he is a distant cousin of Donald and Huey, Dewey, and Louie,and works as alumberjackin the woods.

Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree states that Whitewater's real name isAbner,and "Whitewater" is a nickname. He is also shown to be a son of Eider Duck and Lulubelle Loon and Fethry Duck's brother, making him Donald's first cousin.

Dudly D. Duck

Dudly D. Duckis a cousin of Donald who appears in the comic story "Why All the Crabby Ducks?" byVic LockmanandMike Arens.He is a flopped architect and inventor who was responsible for the construction of the "Jog Tunnel", which annoys the citizens of Duckburg because it really has a jog in it, and for the bad planning of Duckburg's streets. Therefore, Dudly became very unpopular and was forced to live isolated in a lonely street, including his name was forgotten until the day that Donald discovers who planned the "Jog Tunnel", and then his girlfriend Daisy Duck reveals who is Dudly Duck through the newspaper where she works as reporter. A reporter rival of Daisy ends up discovering that Dudly is related to Donald, who in turn becomes unpopular too.

Dimwitty Duck

Dimwitty Duck(originally just called Dim-Witty) is a duck who was introduced in the comic story "The Vanishing Banister",where he appears as an assistant of Donald Duck, who in turn appears working as a private detective. Daisy Duck has a brief appearance in the beginning of this one. But there are some old American stories with Dimwitty and Daisy where Donald does not appear. In the story "On Disappearing Island",Dimwitty appeared for the first time as Moby's ship hand and from then on he became the most common supporting character in Moby's stories. Dimwitty is incredibly clumsy but he is loyal and subservient, and maybe that's the reason why Moby keeps him as his ship hand. But a close kinship between them could also explain this fact. Dimwitty is taller than Donald and Moby. In some 1970s stories, Dimwitty was shown as a friend ofGus Goose.

There are some old stories where it's revealed that Dimwitty's surname is also "Duck". The first one was "The Fix-it-fiasco",which also features Daisy.

Just like Moby, Dimwitty had also a cameo appearance in theDarkwing Duck / Ducktalescrossover called "Dangerous Currency" from 2011.

Moby Duck

Moby Duck,whose name is a spoof of the novelMoby-Dick,was created by writerVic Lockmanand illustratorTony Stroblin the comic-book story "A Whale of an Adventure" inDonald Duck#112 (March 1967).He made his only major animated appearance in theWalt Disney's Wonderful World of Colorepisode "Pacifically Peeking" (October 6, 1968),and had a cameo appearance in the episode "House of Crime" of theHouse of MouseTV series. He first appeared inDonald Duck#112 where he is seen savingDonaldfrom drowning at sea, after Donald was forced to accept Moby's proposal to work as his helper, since Moby's porpoisePorpypretended to be a threatening shark. Later that year Moby got his own comic book title which ran 11 issues until 1970, and then from 1973 to 1978 (issues #12-30). Illustrators of American Moby Duck stories include Strobl,Kay Wright,andPete Alvarado.Not seen in the US for two decades, he was used in a comic subseries produced in Italy during the 2000s. Moby had two cameo appearances in the 2010s: the first one was in an Italian story from 2010,and the second one was in theDarkwing Duck / Ducktalescrossover called "Dangerous Currency" from 2011.

Moby is a relative of Donald Duck as seen in "Sea Dog's Holiday" byVic LockmanandKay Wright.There are American old stories where Moby seems to be familiar to other members of Donald's paternal family as well, likeGrandma DuckandGladstone Gander.In the comic story "The Dread Sea Adventure" by Lockman and Wright,Grandma exclaims when she sees Moby, "Moby Duck, you salty old sea biscuit!", making it clear that she knows him very well.

Fourth generation

Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck

Main article:Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Huey,Dewey,andLouie Duck(born c. 1940) are Donald's three nephews, grand-nephews of his uncleScrooge McDuckandidentical tripletsons ofDella Duck.

Dugan Duck

Dugan DuckisFethry Duck's nephew who is a little bit younger thanHuey, Dewey, and Louie.According to the Brazilian comic story "O Nascimento Do Biquinho",he is the son of Fethry's sister, who lives in the periphery of Duckburg.

Coot kin

TheCoot family,typically called theCoot kinin stories, are the relatives of Grandma Duck and, along with theClan McDuck,constitute the third major branch of Donald's family tree. The name "Coot" was used by several comic authors including Carl Barks, but Don Rosa was the first to show their relationship to Donald. The members of the family are depicted as whitePekin duckslike Donald, although real-lifecootsare typically black.

Cornelius Coot

Cornelius Coot(1790–1880) founded Duckburg (and the real-world, but since closedMickey's Toontown Fairat theMagic Kingdom). He first appeared as a statue inWalt Disney's Comics and Stories#138 in the 1952 story "Statuesque Spendthrifts" by Carl Barks. His statue and legacy has later appeared in many other stories. Although Cornelius was a well-known figure to readers of Disney comics, his character history was not told until Don Rosa began using the character in the late 1980s. The following history is mainly based on Rosa's stories, especially "His Majesty, McDuck", first published inUncle Scrooge Adventures#14.

A statue of Cornelius holding an ear ofcornis present in Mickey's Toontown Fair in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Before 1996, the land was known as Mickey's Birthdayland/Starland, and was set in the city of Duckburg.

Cornelius Coot made his first television appearance in theDuckTalesepisode, "The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot". The episode retells the story of Coot's founding of Duckburg, though the Spanish are replaced byBeaglesin the story. Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby explore the catacombs under Fort Duckburg in search of his treasure, discovering a series of giant popcorn makers that Coot used to imitate the sound of gunfire and scare the Beagles into retreating.

Clinton Coot

Clinton Coot(1830-1910)was first mentioned inUncle Scrooge Adventures#27 in the story "Guardians of the Lost Library",first published in July, 1994. There he was introduced as the son ofCornelius Cootand the founder ofThe Junior Woodchucks,inspired by thebookgiven to him by his father.

InThe Life and Times of Scrooge McDuckit is revealed that he is the father ofGrandma Duck.In Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree, Clinton is married toGertrude Gadwalland their two children are Grandma Duck (Elvira Coot) andCasey Coot.

He is named afterBill Clinton,who was running forPresident of the United Stateswhen Don Rosa created the character.

Clinton makes his animated debut in the 2018 TV showLegend of the Three Caballeros,voiced byThomas Lennon.In the series, Clinton was an archaeologist obsessed with his ancestor Don Dugo and his adventuring companions, who were the original Three Caballeros. He founded the New Quackmore Institute near the site of one of their headquarters, building a cabana over the base itself, but his business partner Baroness Von Sheldgoose would seize control over the rest of the land the campus sat on. After his death, he arranged for the cabana to be left to his great-grandson Donald and the descendants of the other two Caballeros,Panchito PistolesandJosé Carioca.

Gertrude Gadwall

Gertrude Coot(néeGadwall) is married to Clinton Coot and the mother of Casey and Elvira Coot ( "Grandma Duck" ). Like Lulubelle Loon, Gertrude has appeared only in Don Rosa's version of the Duck family tree.

Casey Coot

Casey Coot(born 1860)first appeared in "Last Sled to Dawson", first published in June, 1988. He is introduced as an unsuccessful goldprospectorand friend ofScrooge McDuckduring his years inKlondike.In need of money he sold to the significantly more successfulScrooge McDuckhis share inDuckburg,Calisota,USA.His share included "Killmule Hill" which, renamed to "Killmotor Hill", comprises the land where Scrooge's money bin stands. He later appeared inThe Life and Times of Scrooge McDuckPart 8andHearts of the Yukon.InThe Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Part 10it is revealed that he andGrandma Duckare brother and sister.

In Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree he is featured as a grandson of Cornelius Coot, a son of Clinton Coot and Gertrude Gadwall. He married Gretchen Grebe and they had at least two kids named Fanny and Cuthbert Coot, being the maternal grandfather of Fanny's son Gus Goose.

Gretchen Grebe

Gretchen Coot(néeGrebe) is married to Casey Coot, the mother of Cuthbert and Fanny Coot, and the maternal grandmother of Gus Goose.

Fanny Coot

Fanny Cootis the mother of Donald's cousinGus Goose;she was first mentioned in theDonald Duckcomic stripof May 9, 1938 byBob Karp&Al Taliaferrowhere Gus first appeared. Gus's mother's surname was not revealed in this comic strip, where she identifies herself in a letter to Donald as "Aunt Fanny".In Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree she is featured as a daughter of Casey Coot and his wifeGretchen Grebe,and so a niece ofElvira Coot,Donald's paternal grandmother, and first cousin of Donald's father,Quackmore Duck.Fanny also had a brother namedCuthbert Cootand she marriedLuke Goose,and then became the mother of Gus Goose.

Cuthbert Coot

Cuthbert Cootwas introduced in the story "Webfooted Wrangler," first published in April 1945, as a distant cousin of Donald Duck and a rancher. In Don Rosa's Duck family tree he is included as a member of the Coot Kin as son ofCasey Cootand Gretchen Grebe.

Kildare Coot

Kildare Cootwas introduced by Italian artistRomano Scarpaas a highly eccentric fourth cousin ofDonald Duckin the story "Sgrizzo, il papero più balzano del mondo" (roughly translated as "Kildare Coot, the weirdest duck in the world" ), first published on October 25, 1964. Though his exact relationship to Donald remains uncertain his last name suggests he belongs to the Coot Kin and that he is related to Donald throughElvira Coot,Donald's paternal grandmother. Curiously, Kildare usually treatsGideon McDuck,Scrooge's half-brother, as his uncle. He calls Gideon 'Zio', which means uncle in Italian.Kildare and his fellowAndy Ascott(original Italian name) appear as reporters of Gideon's newspaper,The Cricket,in some Italian stories.

Goose family

Luke Goose

Luke Goose(sometimes calledLuke the Goose) is the father of Donald's cousin Gus Goose. He was originally supposed to be Gladstone Gander's father,Daphne Duck's husband and Gus's uncle, but Carl Barks later changed his mind, makingGoostave Gander(who was originally Gladstone's adoptive father after Luke and Daphne "overate at a free-lunchpicnic") Gladstone's biological father and Daphne's husband. Luke the Goose disappeared from the tree.

When Don Rosa created his Duck Family Tree, he used Luke Goose (removing "the" from his name) and made him the husband ofFanny Cootand Gus Goose's father.

Gus Goose

Gus Gooseis Donald Duck's second cousin, and the great-nephew of Grandma Duck. He debuted on May 9, 1938, inAl TaliaferroandBob Karp'sDonald Duckcomic strip,before making an animated appearance in the 1939 shortDonald's Cousin Gus.Because the animation studio took much longer to produce a film and worked with a schedule much farther ahead than the comic strip, Gus, like Donald's nephewsHuey, Dewey, and Louie"first saw the light of day" in the animation department, with the comic strip being based on the film that was in-the-works.Gus's main personality traits are laziness and gluttony.

Within Disney comics, Gus is usually shown living as afarmhandon Grandma Duck's farm outside of Duckburg. Along with his gluttony, Gus is quite lazy, often doing little if any work on Grandma's farm. He also has a tendency offalling asleep at random occasions,sometimes even standing up. On occasion Gus has even shown signs of ingenuity as to finding methods or solutions to make his chores much easier for him and at times even automating them so he does not have to work at all.

Gus made no appearances inDuckTales,but there is a background character in the series, Vacation Van Honk, who looks similar to him.

Gus appeared in the 2000sanimated seriesDisney'sHouse of Mouse,as the club's gluttonouschef,speaking only in honks rather than words. He also made non-speaking cameo appearances in bothMickey's Christmas CarolandWho Framed Roger Rabbit.

The friend and neighbor Gustav Goose fromQuack Packis probably not the same as Cousin Gus since there are very few similarities (aside from the name and general size of the character). Some confusion is also caused by the German comicbook version ofGladstone Ganderbeing referred to as "Gustav Gans" ( "Gustav Goose" ).

In Danish comic book stories, Gus Goose has appeared as the boyfriend of a classy and rich anthropomorphic swan named Cissy Swann.In Italy, a nephew of him named Pepper appeared in two stories.

Gander family

Goostave Gander

Goostave Ganderis Gladstone Gander's father. In some early stories he is married toMatilda McDuck,Scrooge's sister and adopted Gladstone, but Carl Barks later had him married to Daphne Duck instead. They are considered the parents of Gladstone Gander; although his wife and son's luck does not include him. "UsGandershave never sunk low enough to associate with youDucks!",exclaimed Gladstone to Donald in" Race to the South Seas "by Carl Barks,suggesting that there is a mutual antipathy between his father's family and his mother's. In this same story, Gladstone exclaims, "UsGandershave never worked! ",what suggests that originally Gladstone's luck came from his father's side.

Gladstone Gander

Main article:Gladstone Gander

Gladstone Ganderis a Walt Disney fictional character created in 1948 by comic artist and writer Carl Barks. He is an anthropomorphic male goose (or gander) who possess exceptional good luck that grants him anything he desires as well as protecting from any harm. This is in contrast to his cousin Donald Duck who is often characterized for having bad luck. Gladstone is also a rival of Donald for the affection of Daisy Duck.

Shamrock Gander

Shamrock Ganderis Gladstone's nephew. Shamrock first appeared in a story printed inDuck Album Four Color#649 where he was shown to be as lucky as his uncle Gladstone. He has only been used a few times since; one example is a Brazilian comic story where he competes with Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

See also

• Donald Duck,Daisy Duck,Huey, Dewey, and LouieandScrooge McDuck
• Clan McDuck/Ludwig Von Drake/List of Donald Duck universe characters
• Donald Duck universe/Donald Duck in comics/Disney comics
• Mickey Mouse universe/List of fictional ducks
• Magica De Spell(character)

External links

• Don Rosa's Duck family tree