Board Thread:Speculation, Theories, and Rumors/@comment-679780-20160710203708/@comment-27441478-20160711104404

I prefer an Archie Comics theories than the Sega Universe theories.

In the Sega Universe (excluding TV shows etc.), so far there are only 3 known hedgehogs excluding silver (and Mephilese?) which leaves us with limited options to Sonic, Amy and Shadow. Here's the deal.

Before we begin, we can clarify (Sega doesn't specify a general term for Sonic and the rest of the anthro animals in their universe in one collective term, so I'll just stick with the word "Mobian" like I normally do) that Mobians of the Sega universe DO reproduce in someway as evident by the existence of Cream and her mother Vanila (unless she was adopted and Sega hasn't told us).

1. If we are gonna take this the biological way of explanation, then we can rule out Shadow as being a possible genetic descendant of Silver. Main reason being is that he is a synthetic lifeform created in a lab, not just as a living being or creature, but sole primary purpose being a living, breathing weapon of war. Not initially recognised as a being, but a tool, or an experiment to an end, he is also immortal and cannot die or be "killed" under normal means. Thus, the need for capability to reproduce was not a consideration or factor biologically in his creation or function thereafter. So I doubt he could possibly under any circumstance be part of Silver's biological ancestral family tree.

2. Thus, for the Sega Universe we are limiting our options down to those two hedgehogs since non other exists in the game as of the chronological timeline (yet) so it is plausible to say for now that Sonic and Amy could be direct far-off descendants of Silver unless Sega says otherwise (so far they have implied neither)

But that is way too simple, and the options are way limited.

This is why I prefer the Archie Universe. They give us more information to work with.

In the Archie Universe, as  Megaladon commented, Hedgehogs are also a common Mobian species and thus we will be able to broaden our options. Excluding Shadow and Silver for obvious reasons, we open up to more Hedgehog species as candidates. Not only that, but the advent of Sonic Universe and Mobius X years later also confirms that Mobians and species can not only reproduce, but  also interbreed naturally. From the evidence given from said comic arcs and issues, we can see a pattern that offsprings between two separate species (say a Hedgehog and a Chipmunk ) usually result in twins, where the born-female is forced to take the species of the mother whilst the born-male takes the species of the father 95% of the time. We can see this as consitent through other characters such as Tails /Mina and even Vector /Argyle (We cant tell whether Argyle's mom was a croc like Vector or a whole different species, but since he was born both a male and takes the species of his father, this theory is still consitent). Born mixed-species is rare, not that I have seen it happen before in the comics. This is probably put there to ensure "mutants" dont occur in some way, I dunno.

Since we are putting Silver all the way forward some 300+ years, then the Archie Universe's Silver could have ancestors relatives not only from Hedgehogs but possibly from a whole clusterf*** of different Mobian species ranging from possibly reptiles to birds and some others in between. It could possibly be mean either up to him or his close parent relatives that either A. At least one of the mother or father were a species of a Hedgehog throughout the entire family tree until they got to Silver or 2. The "Hedgehog" species gene which was once dormant, kicked in and a Hedgehog was born. In this case, both Silvers parents have the possibility of not even being Hedgehogs at all.

And there, ladies and gentleman, was Mobian biology 101. I should write a book about this.

This is why the Archie Universe version of this theory would make more sense and gives us more evidence to work off of to support a particular theory.