Ruth Swann

Ruth Josette Swann, also known as Ruth Barbossa, is the main protagonist of Pirate Blood in Their Veins (along with Mia Jones and Jane Turner).
==Background==
Ruth Josette Barbossa was born on the ship of her mother's uncle, the Jewel of the Realm. The daughter of Hector and Arabella Barbossa, the two parents knew that they would put their daughter in danger because Hector was a most wanted pirate in the Caribbean, so Ruth was adopted by a rich family, revealed to be the Swanns. However, as she grew up, Governor Swann and his wife (revealed to be named Ella in chapter 12) noticed that Ruth looked neither like Governor Swann or Elizabeth. However, luckily, Ruth was passed off at being their daughter because Ruth and Ella both had blue eyes.
When Ruth was a young child, Ella passed on, leaving her to be brought up by Governor Swann. She grew up all her life without knowing she was adopted.
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==Relationships==
===Love Interests===
====Jack Sparrow====
Jack first met Ruth and saved her from drowning. However, he threatened to kill her by taking her hostage. Ruth coldly told him to call her "Miss Swann" not her first name. However, Ruth later began to fall in love with Sparrow because of his scoundrel persona.
Usually, when he slept with women, Jack only truly fell in love with Ruth and began kissing her It's revealed Ruth wanted to do that ever since he taught her how to sword fight. They kiss passionately, beginning a romantic relationship.
=== Family ===
==== Arabella James ====
Ruth<'s biological mother. She doesn't seem to even know her real mother, as Arabella died before the events of Pirate Blood in Their Veins. Ruth's mother actually met Barbossa through her uncle, and they immediately fell in love. Unknowingly, Ruth dines in the same tavern that her parents were engaged. Arabella loved her daughter and wanted her safe, which is why she gave her up for adoption
==== The Swanns ====
Ruth was adopted by Governor Weatherby and Ella Swann. She loved her adopted parents equally, but after her mother died, Governor Swann took it upon his ability to raise their daughters (Both their biological and adoptive one)
===== Elizabeth Swann =====
When the girls were very young, Ruth and Elizabeth were unaware that they were adopted siblings as opposed to biological ones. They both were each other's playing companion. However, when Elizabeth first met Jane and Will Turner, Elizabeth and Will treated her like a third wheel. However, both of them were still close nonetheless.
=====Governor Swann =====
Ruth loves her adopted father very much and calls him "Papa." However, she does not know he isn't her biological father and that her real father is Hector Barbossa
==== Hector Barbossa ====
Ruth's biological father. However, Ruth has never met her father and last saw him when she was a baby. However, Barbossa loved her very much, which is why he and his wife gave her up for adoption.
===James Norrington===
Ruth is very good friends with James. She knows Amelia has a crush on him. When it appeared, she was "kidnapped" by Jack Sparrow and William Turner.
When Jack asked she liked decent men, he asked her about James. Ruth admits he's a good man, but she's not interested in him like that
=== Jane Turner ===
Best friend ad unofficial sister-in-law. Ruth is willing to do anything to save her, shown when she is going on a quest to save her from Barbossa.
===Will Turner===
Ruth first met Will Turner when her sister saved him and his sister Jane from drowning. Will and she go on an adventure that will ensure their friendship to one goal they share: saving their sisters, Jane and Elizabeth. However, Turner knows that Ruth is actually the biological daughter of Barbossa but is reluctant to keep it from her.
==Personality and traits==
Ruth is said to be as fiery and independent as her mother but has her father’s rash thinking. According to Jack, that is what he likes about her. She was mentioned by Gibbs to enjoy pirate lore, something she's enjoyed since she was a child. Ruth and Elizabeth were very close growing up and had many things in common. Governor Swann wanted his daughters to be proper ladies and liked it if they didn't express their fascinations with pirates. However, Ruth cannot be tamed by her adopted father. 
Ruth loves her family dearly and will do anything to protect them. She was willing to rescue her sister and best friend from Hector Barbossa and feign her kidnapping with Sparrow and Turner.
She also takes the truth easily, shown when she wasn't mad that Mia revealed that Sparrow was her half-brother. So, when her parents are revealed, she probably won't lash out angrily, but won't take it well. Ruth is described as having auburn hair, like her father, and has his blue eyes. However, she looks just like her mother when she was younger. She usually wore dresses and is still yet to be seen in men's clothes.
==Etymology==
* The name Ruth is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Ruth is: Companion; friend; vision of beauty. SheKnows: Ruth
== Trivia ==
* To pass of Ruth as their daughter, she and her mother Ella were said to have the same eye colour.
* Considered James Norrington a friend.
* Ruth and Jack have the largest love group gap in the entire series. Jack is thirteen years older than her, Jack being thirty and she is being seventeen.
* Her father used to call her "Appleseed" as a nickname, showing his affection for her.
== References & Notes ==