Some Questions about Marnie

[scarlett]

I have been playing for a long time and there are two questions about Marnie that I can't figure out.

1) Okay, maybe this has something to do with cultural difference. Since Shane is Marnie's nephew and Jess is her niece, Shane and Jess are cousins. But the wiki also states that Shane is Jess' godfather. Since Marnie is not married, she can only have nieces and nephews from her own siblings. So is it true that you can take your cousin, who is of the same generation as you in a family tree, as your godson/goddaughter?

2) This one is about secret note #11. In this note, we can see a picture of young Marnie and baby Jess, I guess, and they are surrounded with animals. What does it mean? Does the photograph imply that Marnie is Jess' biological mother? Anyone have any ideas?

[McJiggy]

I don't think blood relation is really a thing to be a godparent, its basically a religious thing about having them ensure the child grows up the same religion the family has been following if anything happens to the parents.

About the picture its implied that Jas' parents died and Marnie adopted her.

[Kenka]

My uncle is my godfather. We're not sooo religious and it's more a thing of the parents choosing who will take care of their child if they both pass away.

For the secret note I also think it implies that this is when Jess arrived at Marnie's ranch. Although I personally like the thought that Jess is actually Marinie's and the Major's daughter. I do think she really looks like him (like her nose f.ex.). It also is implied by some events that Major&Marnie have a secret relationship going for quite some time and that he absolutely does not want this to go public. Therefor the info about Jess' parents could well be fake (kinda cruel though).

[scarlett]

Originally posted by JamestheFreak:

I don't think blood relation is really a thing to be a godparent, its basically a religious thing about having them ensure the child grows up the same religion the family has been following if anything happens to the parents.

About the picture its implied that Jas' parents died and Marnie adopted her.

I see. So a godparent is more like a guardian or a custodian than a family elder. Thanks for clearing that up.

As for the note, I thought that was not a secret... But I probably forget learning that from the wiki so I thought the secret note was implying something else.

[scarlett]

Originally posted by Kenka:

For the secret note I also think it implies that this is when Jess arrived at Marnie's ranch. Although I personally like the thought that Jess is actually Marinie's and the Major's daughter.

Haha, no I only thought about the ones in the note. I didn't connect all this with Mayor Lewis despite the secret relationship he had with Marnie. I think he and Marnie were together after Jas came.