Hortense McDuck is the mother of Donald and Della Duck. She is also the wife of Quackmore Duck and the sister of Matilda and Scrooge McDuck.
History
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The conspiracy board with Hortense's picture.
Hortense's image appears on Webby's conspiracy board as part of her research on the McDuck family tree, connected to that of her brother Scrooge and her husband Quackmore.
The First Adventure!
Hortense drops her children off at the Money Bin, giving Duckworth a letter for Scrooge explaining her reasoning.
Behind the Scenes
Hortense was created by Don Rosa and based on Carl Barks' personal notes. She was not present in the original DuckTales but appears in the reboot series, only in a photo.
Trivia
- Hortense first appeared in Rosa's comic book serial "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" and related works. There, she had a habit of being aggressive, although she was also a feisty, passionate, outspoken and witty woman who was always there for her loved one and acted out if someone said or did something disrespectful.
- Both Hortense and Quackmore were renowned for their fiery tempers and started to fall in love after getting into a screaming match.
- When Webby met Matilda, she called her the youngest of the McDuck family, which is true if counting only Scrooge and his siblings. But Clan McDuck as a whole has younger generations who can trace their ancestry to Scrooge's parents, including Webby herself, and its youngest known member is June.
- Frank Angones said on Tumblr that Hortense is still alive.
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