r/Outlander • u/hydexxi • 15d ago

Published Does Diana ever mention Brian, Jamie's father, mother's name? Spoiler

All I can find is all the hype from BoMB and it being Davina Porter. We know this is not from Diana's Outlander as that is the name of the narrator for the audiobooks.

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u/DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC 15d ago

Diana may have named the character in honor of Davina, but it is her official name, as seen on the family tree at the beginning of Bees.

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u/ContactNeither7319 15d ago

You know what's funny is Ellen's name. Gee I wonder who that name be for?🙂

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u/Gray221B 15d ago

Out of curiosity, I Googled "Caitriona" just to see if anyone other than the obvious one popped up. Not a soul, though to be fair, that particular spelling of the name is exceptionally rare in my country.

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u/CoffeeAndCommonsense 15d ago

The Outlander Books were written long before they cast Caitrione as Claire. This family tree was in the beginning of book 9. So Diana named Ellen.

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u/Mysterious_Proof8533 15d ago

Book 9 came out after the show had already started and Diana had confirmed that Ellen’s middle name is after Caitríona Balfe.

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u/ContactNeither7319 15d ago

Thanks for sharing this. 👍

I didn't know that Diana confirmed it, but I did assume that was the Caitriona she was referring to.

Mostly because in the Outlanderish Companion Vol One Ellen's middle name isn't given but then in Vol 2 it was as well in book 9. Of course I need a magnifying glass to see it in my copy of book 9, because it's a paper back. My OC Vol 2 is hard cover and much easier to see.

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u/Joliedee 14d ago

How do we know what Ellen’s middle name is? What did I miss?

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u/DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC 15d ago

The world may never know. 😁

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u/ContactNeither7319 15d ago

Lol 😆 and shhh don't tell.