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  Downy O'Drake
  
Name:    Downy O'Drake
Address:    She used to live in Glasgow, Scotland.
Born:    1830 or 1840, probably in Ireland.
Died:    1897 in the McDuck Castle at Dismal Downs?
First appearance:    1991 in The last of the Clan McDuck.
Created by:    Don Rosa
Father:    Unknown
Mother:    Unknown
Siblings:    Unknown
Spouse:    Fergus McDuck
Children:    Scrooge McDuck
Matilda McDuck
Hortense McDuck
Other close relatives:    Unknown
Occupation:    She probably was a housemother.
Member of:    ?
Drives:    She probably handed all driving over to her husband Fergus McDuck.

The name for Downy O'Drake in some other languages:

Language:     Name:
Danish: Clementine O'And
Dutch (in the Netherlands):   Ma McDuck
Finnish: Lauha McAnkka
French: Edith O'Drake
German: Dankrade Duck
Italian: Piumina O'Drake
Norwegian: Myra McDuck
Portuguese: Donilda O'Pata (in Brazil).
Spanish (in Spain):  
Swedish: Dunhilde O'Rapp
   Downy O'Drake

Biography:

Nothing much is known about Scrooges mother. She was born, probably somewhere in Ireland, in 1830. Her pre-marriage name O'Drake sound Irish. When asked if she's Irish Don Rosa says: "I guess. I was just trying to think up another ducky sounding name, but didn't want to use "Mc" again. Ireland is nearby, and I didn't have any "O'" names yet.".

Latest in 1867 he married Fergus McDuck of the old Scottish clan McDuck.

Her death in 1897 is mentioned in a letter from her husband Fergus addressed to their son Scrooge, in The King of the Klondike from 1992.


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