Daphne Duck

Daphne Duck was a female anthropomorphic duck.
==Description==
Daphne Duck was the mother of Gladstone Gander. By most accounts, Daphne is the daughter of Grandma and Grandpa Duck, the paternal aunt of Donald Duck and Della Duck, the sister-in-law of Hortense McDuck, the aunt-in-law of Mr. Duck, and also the maternal grand-aunt of Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck on their maternal grandfather's side, although one singular account holds that it was Daphne's husband Goosetave who was a blood relation of Donald's as the son of Grandma Duck, while Daphne was a mere in-law.Abril's Duck Family Tree. Daphne is extremely lucky due to a travelling magician having painted a lucky sign on the Ducks' barn on the day she was born.According to Don Rosa's 1998 story The Sign of the Triple Distlefink. She married wealthy Goosetave Gander and had three sons, Gladstone, Sadstone and one who remains unnamed but would become the father of Shamrock, as well as a similarly anonymous daughter.It is, in fact, unthinkable that Sadstone could ever have been married. Daphne was a very affectionate mother to Gladstone, and, when he was a toddler, often took him for walks through the countryside, often in the very picturesque valley of Mount Snowy, where Gladstone found his very first four-leaved clover.According to the 1995 Italian story Rivoglio il quadrifoglio!, written by Fabio Michelini and drawn by Alessandro Barbucci.
Due to having grown up on her mother Grandma Duck's farm, she valued hard work in spite of her luck rendering it unneeded, unlike her lucky son; due to this, the luck allowing her to succeed in every endeavor she tried, she died  extremely rich, living in Portofino.According to an interview given in 2009 by Don Rosa. She and her husband reportedly died from "overeating at a public picnic",Carl Barks's first Duck Family Tree which, according to one account, was a simplified "official story" for their dying of their food having contained shards of glass due to an accident — the existence of this accident and its ability to harm the lucky Daphne having been due to that day being Gladstone's year unlucky birthday.According to the unlicensed The White Balloon.
==Gallery==
==Behind the scenes==
Daphne Duck first appeared in the 1950's in Carl Barks's first Duck Family Tree, although in this version, Barks had drawn her closer to the look that would eventually be attributed to Lulubelle Loon. She has made several appearances ever since.
Probably by pure coincidence, a blonde-haired female duck by the name of Daphne Duck briefly appeared in the 1980 independant comic series Dick Duck, by Jim Engel, as the titular main character's love interest.
===Notes and references===
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Category:Duck family
Category:Ducks
Category:Characters
Category:Gander family
Category:American characters
Category:Females
Category:Mothers
Category:Farmers
Category:Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck characters
Category:Lucky characters