Who is bilbo baggins cousin

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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. How are Frodo and Bilbo related? Thread starter Naz Start date Mar 13, Tags bilbo frodo. Naz Guest. Bilbo and Frodo? What is the relationship between Bilbo and Frodo? Are they cousins or are they uncle and nephew? In the copy of TLotR 4th edition that I am reading at the moment, on page 40 it says of Bilbo: "But he had no close friends, until some of his younger cousins began to grow up.

The eldest of these, and Bilbo's favourite, was young Frodo Baggins. Is there any text anywhere else that clears up this matter? Lillyaundra the watcher of all things. Bilbo never married so he had no heir.

Frodo parents were killed in a boating accident and that left Frodo and orphone. Bilbo decieded to adopt Frodo and that is their relationship. I don't know exactly where it says this, but it is in the Hobbit somewhere Hope this answeres your question. Gawain New Member. You have read The Hobbit , haven't you Lillyaundra?

Greenwood The Guild of Ost-in-Edhil. Frodo was a distant cousin of Bilbo. Bilbo adopted Frodo as his heir. I suppose because of the considerable difference in ages Bilbo was older by 78 years , it was natural for them to think of themeselves as an uncle - nephew rather than cousins.

Sherri New Member. I think that Frodo was Bilbo 's first and second cousin once removed. I think that he just likes to call Frodo his nephew. Frodo is his first and second cousin, once removed either way, as the saying is, if you follow me.

Like it or not, Frodo is not Bilbo's nephew. Nor is Bilbo Frodo's uncle. The two Hobbits are distant cousins. This is true in spite of the uncle-nephew narrative that has become lodged in the collective consciousness of many fans of The Lord of the Rings — especially the movies.

The question that remains is, how on Earth have so many people come to misunderstand the relationship between the two characters? The answer is that there are actually quite a few ways that the relationship could easily be muddled. The first factor is the age difference. Bilbo is 78 years older than Frodo. This automatically establishes a "kindly old uncle" vibe between the two.

To top it all off, cinematic adaptations have a way of muddying up the waters by skipping over the little details and explanations like explaining family relationships. In addition, the presence of a full-grown Merry and Pippin at Bilbo's th birthday party confuses the fact that, in the books, there's a year gap between the party and Frodo leaving the shire at the age of All of these factors add up to provide a convincing argument on the surface, at least that Bilbo and Frodo are uncle and nephew, respectively, even though it's clearly stated in the source material that they are cousins.

All of this talk of genealogies, ancestry, and distant relations underlines an interesting point: Hobbits love their family history. This is likely why Bilbo would have kept tabs on his distant cousin, even though the connection was so tenuous. When Thorin fell ill, Bilbo saught advice from Balin about the gold sickness and that if the Arkenstone would help.

However, Balin told Bilbo that it would be best if it remained lost and it is heavily implied Balin knew Bilbo had the stone with him the whole time.

Bidding the hobbit farewell, Balin and the other dwarves sadly watched as Bilbo departed, with him inviting them to his house any time. Bilbo met Gandalf when he was a child. They remained good friends throughout the years, even when Gandalf returned to the Shire from time to time, friends through Bilbo's mother. Gandalf was quite fond of Bilbo as a friend, and Bilbo loved hearing his stories of the outside world and remembered his fireworks years later from the parties Gerontius Took used to throw.

Bilbo wouldn't meet Gandalf for many years when he was an adult Hobbit. Bilbo did not immediately recognize Gandalf until his name was mentioned. He tried politely to shoo Gandalf away, not wanting to do with adventures and preferred to stay at home. Bofur and Bilbo are good friends. Bofur has a brotherly, protective streak for Bilbo when he pulled the hobbit into the center of the group when the Elves returning to Rivendell.

One night, he realized that Bilbo was trying to leave. Bofur unsuccessfully convinces Bilbo to leave, as he's part of the company. He unintentionally hurts Bofur's feelings and tries to apologize. He just encourages Bilbo with all the luck in the world before they are captured by the trolls.

Bofur also points out Bilbo's disappearance to Thorin and relieved to be free. He gets angry that Bilbo's leading them into the cellars and his idea of the barrels.

As of the Quest continues, Bofur stays behind, Bilbo asks where he is, but the dwarf had drunk too much. After they are victims of Lake-town's destruction, Bilbo reunites with Bofur and the others but warn them they need to leave because of Thorin's madness. They originally had a scene together in The Battle of the Five Armies, in which Bofur encourages Bilbo to leave Erebor, saying goodbye to him, knowing it would be the last time they would see each other.

Bofur also helped Bilbo escape from Erebor to the battlefield, seeing him off for a second time. After the Battle at the funeral, Bofur tearfully says good-bye to the Hobbit, and invites him and the other dwarves to "come in and don't bother knocking.

He was at first are not that respectable to Bilbo's possessions. He treats Bilbo as if he was their third piece of their siblings. He abandoned Bilbo to the trolls, but they both came back with the rest of the Company. Fili was frantically looking for Bilbo and relieved to see him alive. Bilbo is scared when his friend is captured and killed right in front of him and his friends. After Fili is killed right in front of Bilbo, the hobbit mourns him for a second, closing his eyes and about to cry.

Fili's death is what strikes Bilbo the hardest, as he closed his eyes after witnessing Azog kill the dwarf prince in front of him.

Bilbo was awkward when he first met Dwalin, who in fact bowed to Bilbo, showing that he earned Bilbo's respect a little. The hobbit was awkward when they first and found it odd that a dwarf was there. At first, Dwalin doubted Bilbo and his skills, but eventually came to respect Bilbo.

He put a protective arm over Bilbo when they were hunted and Radagast was distracting the Wargs. Relieved that he was alive, and even helped Bilbo regain his footing when he was about to fall off of the Misty Mountains Dwalin defended Bilbo and the unconscious Thorin when Azog finally cornered them. Sometimes, the hobbit can get annoyed by Dwalin's distrust in Bard the Bowman, and sometimes just annoyed by Dwalin himself.