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Buddy13 I spent a lot of time on this, I'd love some feedback. I got the idea for the Mom branch from Wikipedia (and I copied some of the text). I'm still working on the Decapodian life cycle (I have to get a good pic of an adult decapodian who isn't in mating frenzy mode), but this one was a lot easier. When you see the Decapodian one, you'll understand why.

Buddy13 Oh, crap, I forgot Cubert! Good thing I saved the PSD. I'll stick him on there tomorrow.

One thing: Enos and Mildred were parents to Fry's father, that is Yancy Fry Sr., if I understood "Roswell that ends well" correctly. Fry yells at Enos' crotch: "Everything's going to be allright, Dad!"

Buddy13 True, but I explained my decision in the text below the image. If enough people disagree, though, I'll change it (though it really seems clear that Fry was wrong).

User:Gopher/sig Whaler is right, Enos and Mildred are definately fry's paternal grandparents. And as for the mom thing... seems a bit too speculative to me personally.

User:Gopher/sig Also, previously in "The Luck of the Fryrish" when talking about the family name "Yancy" Fry's dad says: "Son, your name is Yancy, just like me and my grandfather and so on." Notice the specific exclusion of his father. This was done to avoid contradicting the assertion later (already planned, like most major events in the series) that Fry's grandfather is named Enos, not Yancy. They wouldn't have bothered otherwise. And you can't just dismiss what is explicitly claimed by a character in the show in favor of alternate speculation, unless there's [i]reason[/i] to suspect the character is wrong. Stupid or not, there's no reason to think Fry wouldn't know who his own grandparents were.

Edit- as for resemblances, Fry is his own father's father, meaning Yancy's paternal grandfather is... himself. So he takes after himself, rather than his dad. :)

Buddy13 Yes, but his mother's appearance! Just looking at the tree and the familial resemblances should make it clear. The only other explanation is that Yancy and his wife are related (which may explain some things, but seems a stretch). Just because they planned a gap in the "Yancy" line doesn't mean Enos fills it. They may have been planning to show another grandparent -- remember, the show's unfinished. The fact that Enos is never called "Private Fry" seems suspicious.
As for the Mom speculation, yes, it is highly speculative. It's only included because of the apparent resemblance between the Professor and Walt and Ignar.

User:Gopher/sig Well, I don't want to argue all day, so I'll just say that I object. I think the tree should depict what we were told by the characters, with speculation that Fry was wrong being restricted to the comments.

Edit: Fry's parents ARE related. Since Fry is his father's father, Fry's mother is his father's great-grandmother.

Buddy13 "Fry's mother is his father's great-grandmother." -- I hadn't thought of that! Temporal paradoxes are confusing. Alright, I'll change it around.

The Mom Branch

Buddy13 Okay, before I make the changes, I want to know if I should keep the Mom branch. I know it's highly, highly speculative, and probably wrong, but I felt like it was worth mentioning (and depicting, to showcase the physical similarities).