After the “Not In Portland” Episode, everyone on the net has been debating if Alex is Rousseau’s Daughter, or if she is Ben’s Daughter. I have even seen arguments saying that Ben and Rousseau are (or were) married.
Assuming that Rousseau wasn’t lying (Which until proven otherwise, I don’t) there are three reasons to disprove the Danielle-Ben marriage.
1. Rousseau said that she was pregnant BEFORE she arrived on the island, and Ben said that he had lived on the island all his life (Although, it wouldn’t be the first time he lied if he did).
2. Rousseau said that her husband was dead, and alluded that she may have killed him.
3. Rousseau also said that the Other’s kidnapped her daughter. If she were Ben’s daughter, she would have been born with the others. Unless there is another girl named Alex running around the Other’s village, Alex is Rousseau’s daughter.
Taking all of the above information into consideration I believe that Alex is NOT Ben’s biological daughter, but was adopted by Ben AFTER she was kidnapped. I’m leaning towards this theory because it is the easiest explanation that would not involve completely uprooting Alex’s family tree. However, always being one who likes to theorize outside of the box, here is another option to consider.
No one in “Not In Portland” said that Ben was Alex’s father. It was hinted at, and the viewers assumed that Juliet was referring to Ben. It is my belief that Juliet was not referring to Ben, but to someone higher up the Other’s hierarchy. I think that Juliet may have been referring to the mysterious Jacob.
With the exception of his name, and the fact that he had a “list”, nothing has been revealed about him. It could be possible, that Jacob was Rousseau’s husband, and that she was either mistaken, or fooled into believing that he died.
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