![]() In the movies however, Frodo is the first of the ‘main characters’ introduced to us: we see him sitting under a tree, reading a book. Later, he’ll be in charge of distributing Bilbo’s gifts, but he doesn’t become the main character until the second chapter, The Shadow of the Past ( 1.II.). His first ‘independent action’ as a character is when Tolkien describes his concern for Bilbo’s plans after his farewell-speech at the party ( 1.I.). He only comes to the foreground after Bilbo has left, though it is made clear from the beginning that the young hobbit plays an important part in his uncle’s life. In the book, Frodo is introduced to us as Bilbo’s cousin. Then Gandalf pops up and tells him the Ring is evil and must be destroyed. He lives in peace for seventeen years, enjoying the company of his friends Merry Brandybuck, Pippin Took and Fredegar Bolger. After Bilbo leaves Hobbiton, Frodo inherits most of his possessions, including his magic ring. He becomes 33 in the year that Bilbo becomes 111 – a birthday they actually share. He’s friends with Merry Brandybuck, Peregrin Took and his uncle’s gardener Samwise Gamgee.Īfter his uncle leaves the Shire, he inherits Bag End and a magic ring.įrodo Baggins is Bilbo Baggins‘ cousin, and lives with him in Bag End. Tolkien Month Will Be Tolkien.Frodo Baggins is Bilbo Baggins’ cousin and lives with him in Bag End.If this has sparked your interest in the genealogies of Middle Earth, you can try to figure some out for yourself! We haven’t even touched on the subject of how Elrond is a second cousin twice removed to his mother-in-law… There are many more interesting relationships between Tolkien’s characters, but alas, we are running out of time and room. There we shall stop with the family trees. Sadly, this is because the Gamgees were not considered an ‘upper-class’ family, and thus they didn’t intermarry into Bagginses, Brandybucks, Tooks, etc. Sam is not related to Frodo, Pippin, Merry, or even Bilbo. ![]() Search as we might through the Hobbit family trees, there is no common ancestor recorded between Frodo and Sam. We’ve figured out how Frodo is related to the main Hobbits from The Lord of the Rings, except for how he is related to Samwise Gamgee. This gives us another reason to think Pippin got his facts wrong in the movie. That also turned out to be the same as what we came up with for Pippin through Frodo’s dad. This would make Frodo and Bilbo second cousins once removed. Now Frodo’s dad, Drogo, is Bilbo’s second cousin. A second cousin once removed is your parent’s second cousin, or your second cousin’s child. And a first cousin twice removed is either your grandparent’s cousin or your cousin’s grandchild. For example, a first cousin once removed is your parent’s cousin, or your cousin’s child. This is where it can get pretty complicated! If your extended relative is one generation above or below you, they are once removed. So what do you call relatives who are on different generation levels? cousin, you have to be on the same generation level. That’s not the same ancestor Bilbo reached, so that means that Frodo is not on the same generation level as Bilbo. If you go back three generations from Frodo, you reach Largo. Go back three generations from both Bilbo and Drogo, and you reach Balbo Baggins. That means if you go back the same number of generations from either descendant you will reach their common ancestor. If you look carefully at the family tree, you will notice that Bilbo and Drogo are on the same generation level. This makes Bilbo and Drogo second cousins because their parents are cousins. (Simple enough, right?) Now what’s a second cousin? A second cousin would be your parent’s cousin’s child. Thus, Bilbo’s father Bungo and Frodo’s grandfather Fosco are first cousins, because their fathers were brothers. Well, most of us know what a first cousin is. So what do we call Bilbo and Frodo’s relationship? ![]() Largo’s son, Fosco, had three kids, and his second child was Frodo’s father, Drogo. Mungo’s oldest son was Bungo, who had a child named Bilbo. Mungo had five kids (just like his parents), and Largo had one son. Both of these Hobbits got married and started families. Balbo had five kids, but we’re only going to concentrate on two at the moment: Mungo and Largo. If we go way back in time, Bilbo and Frodo share a common ancestor: Balbo Baggins.
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