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''Daria'' fandom got a surprise in the very first fan-conducted interview with series creator [[Glenn Eichler]], early in 2005, when it was revealed that [[Jake Morgendorffer]] was supposed to have had an older sister.
''Daria'' fandom got a surprise in the very first fan-conducted interview with series creator Glenn Eichler, early in 2005, when it was revealed that [[Jake Morgendorffer]] was supposed to have had an older sister. Fans of the series were long aware of clues that Jake was not an only child, such as [[Ruth Morgendorffer]]’s comment in “[[Jake of Hearts]]” that [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer|her husband]] “gave me fifty dollars a month for my allowance. Allowance! As if keeping his house spotless and raising his children was only worth the price of a couple of girdles!” In ''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' is a photo of [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]], [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]], and [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] dressed to go to the wedding of one of Daria's cousins, but this cannot be the cousin who was married in the episode, "[[I Don't]]," as the Morgendorffers have not yet moved to [[Lawndale]] and are assumed to still be in [[Highland]]. Since [[Erin Chambers]] is the only cousin Daria has on her mother's side, Daria thus has one cousin on her father's side, who would be the child of one of her father's siblings.▼
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Little is known of this unseen individual, though much is speculated. Jake himself never once mentions having a sister, or any other sibling, in [[canon]]. Still, her existence seems clear enough to make her a canon character.▼
▲Little is known of this unseen individual, though much is speculated. It is interesting that Jake himself never once mentions having a sister, or any other sibling, in [[canon]]. Still, her existence seems clear enough to make her a canon character.
==Examples of Fanfiction Depictions==
====Bruce Morgendorffer====
Prior to the [[Glenn Eichler]] interview, [[Richard Lobinske]] postulated that Jake had an older brother, [[Bruce Morgendorffer]], two years Jake's senior. Background on Bruce appears in "[[Silver Lining]]" in the [[Falling Into College]] series.
====Cindy Morgendorffer====
In [[GlitterShrooms]]' [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26664 "Phoenix"] (a [[WIP]]), Jake is tormented by memories of his sister, who disappeared years earlier after running away from home. Daria and Quinn, however, have never heard of her before.
===David Morgendorffer===
[[Mike Xeno]]'s "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1421329/2/Committed Committed]" gave Jake a brawny, bullying older brother, who has contempt for him and claims his bullying is an attempt to toughen Jake up. He physically resembles their father and is a US Marine; this resemblence and uniform briefly caused Jake to think Mad Dog had come back from the dead.
[[Sleepless]] created
In [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23314 "Two Aunts,"] by [[Legendeld]], Jake's sister Rebecca becomes [[slash|romantically involved]] with a badly injured [[Amy Barksdale]].
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* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10372&p=133059#p133059 "Time for another plot bunny (this time with bonus info!)"]: Could Darius be Daria's cousin?
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8415 "Iron Chef: Daria's Half-Siblings on Jake's Side"]: related musings
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8174&p=99839#p99839 "Essay topics for the future"]: Could there also be an older brother of Jake's? ('''thread removed''')
====Additional Fanfiction====
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7887 "Iron Chef: Jake's sister!"] on [[PPMB]]: discussion and more short fiction worth reading on the subject
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7875&p=95392#p95392 Brief mention of Jake's "older brother" in a fanfic]('''thread removed''')
[[Category: Canon Characters]]
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