Daphne Burns

Daphne Burns (née Charles) was the only child of Jean-Claude Charles and Ophelia Charles and Charles Montgomery Burns' mother. She was married to Clifford Burns, and once had an affair with President Taft. Her date of death is unclear, with her appearing to either have died in the 1930s while Mr. Burns was still at school,"Bobby, It's Cold Outside" or lived to 122 by the 1990s."Homer the Smithers"
== Children ==
Daphne had many children, including Charles Montgomery Burns, George Burns, Zeph Burns, Cornelius Burns, Cornelia Hernandez, Clifford Burns Jr., Dominique Burns, Archibald Burns, Ernest Burns, Sarah Drew Linscott and 10 other unnamed children.Double, Double, Boy in Trouble
== Personality ==
From what has been seen in the episode Homer the Smithers, Daphne has been shown to have a feisty and cantankerous disposition. As evidenced by the way she spoke in the same episode, her mannerisms are out-of-touch with modern times. instances include "Lack-wit" (Idiot), "Improvident" (thoughtless), "Atom Mill" (Nuclear Power Plant).
== Biography ==
How long Daphne Burns lived and what her apparent cause of death was depended on the episode. In one episode, she was last seen alive by Mr. Burns in 1935 before he was sent to boarding school. In another, she was still alive in the 1990s, having lived to at least 122 years old and only capable of dialing phone numbers and yelling, following a failed attempt by her son to kill her five decades prior to that as revenge for her extramarital affair with President William Howard Taft. In another episode, during a medical check up Mr. Burns once listed the cause of his parents' deaths as "got in my way"."The Mansion Family" After buying out KBBL and firing Bill and Marty, Mr. Burns commented that the lack of indoor plumbing killed his mother."Fraudcast News" Mr. Burns also once asked Smithers where his "stuffed mother" was, implying that his mother is deceased."Dark Knight Court" It is possible that, in these instances, he is actually referring to his grandmother Evelyn Graycomb, much like how he once referred to his grandfather Wainwright Montgomery Burns as his father"The Color Yellow".
==Trivia==
* It is implied on The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album that Daphne had another partner, or was unfaithful to her husband, as Zeph, Cornelia, and Cornelius Burns all had "father unknown" listed underneath their names.
* According to The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World, Daphne Burns had an uncle named Ramses Burns, whom her son considered his favorite, implying she may be of Egyptian descent.
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==Gallery==
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== Citations ==
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