https://tolkiengateway.net/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=74.248.85.149Tolkien Gateway - User contributions [en]2026-06-10T02:26:32ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.41.1https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forums:Elf_Family_Trees&diff=84642Forums:Elf Family Trees2009-06-20T21:49:48Z<p>74.248.85.149: New page: <div style="background: #eee; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px">'''Tolkien Gateway &gt; Council &gt; {{PAGENAME}}'''</div> Category:Council <!-- S...</p>
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I'm confused about something. I note that Tolkien Gateway indicates that Gil-galad was the son of Orodreth and Orodreth in turn was the son Angrod. But in the family trees in the back of my copy of The Silmarillion (2nd Ed. published by Houghton Mifflin in 2001), Orodreth is shown as the son of Finarfin and Earwen and, as such a brother of Angrod, Galadriel, etc (II The Descendants of Olwe and Elwe). Meanwhile, Gil-galad is show as the son of Fingon ( I The House of Finwe and the Noldorin descent of Elrond and Elros). Is there any reason behind the inconsistency?</div>74.248.85.149