The Genealogy of the House of Finwe

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This thread was created at the request of Taimar to establish an evaluation of the &quot;The Genealogy of the House of Finwe&quot;.

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TAIMAR WROTE:
The Silmarillion, Chapter 18, &quot;Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin&quot;, states that Gil-galad is the son of Fingon.

The Lost Road and other writings (Volume V of HoME), Part I, Chapter II, &quot;The Fall of Numenor&quot;, asserts that Gil-galad is descended from Feanor, but does not give his parentage, and several pages further on states that he is the son of Felagund.

The Return of the Shadow (Volume VI of HoME), Chapter XII, &quot;At Rivendell&quot;, again states that Gil-galad is descended from Feanor.

The Treason of Isengard (Volume VII of HoME), Chapter VI, &quot;The Council of Elrond&quot;, refers to him as Gil-galad son of Felagund son of Finrod. It should be noted that Finrod in this instance equates to Finarfin of the Silmarillion, and that Felagund in this instance is Finrod Felagund of the Silmarillion. It also states that in another draft JRR called him the son of Inglor.

MITHADAN WROTE:
Vol. 12 has Gil-Galad descended from Orodreth. I could be wrong but either Vol. 11 or 12 also may have him descended from either Angrod or Aegnor.

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