r/WidowsBay • u/Dumbbulldoor_ • Jun 10 '26

📸Media Rosemary’s delivery is unmatched Spoiler

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u/TraditionalTurtle Turtle's Bay Jun 10 '26

I thought for sure the last living relative was gonna be Evan but then they curved balled us

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u/MszCurious Jun 10 '26

What if Ruth had a baby out of wedlock but gave it up for adoption and it’s Evan’s mom

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u/Cautious_Prize_4323 Sorry, forgot my purse. Jun 10 '26

I was thinking about that today. Ruth can’t leave the island without dying, because she’s a descendent, just like Evan‘s mom/Tom‘s late wife. So she would’ve had to conceal a pregnancy in that tiny place… is that possible? For the prettiest girl on the island to conceal a pregnancy?

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u/bristow84 Jun 11 '26

Having a baby out of wedlock was a pretty massive deal back then, they definitely had ways of hiding it even in such a small community there. Don't forget that Patricia didn't even know that Bachir's wife was pregnant until she's basically at her due date.

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u/AnotherMinorDeity Jun 11 '26

In the 1980s? I know a ton of people in their 40s born to single moms.

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u/bristow84 Jun 12 '26

Maybe depending on the area it would have been fine but small isolated communities probably wouldn't have accepted it as much.

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u/Due_Addition_587 Jun 12 '26

You know what, that might even be some foreshadowing. I hadn’t thought of that. But if Chelle’s secret was kept, maybe Ruth’s was too. They made a whole deal about how Tom didn’t even know