Talk:Princess Cadance/@comment-2170890-20120521135442/@comment-5109093-20120531061424

I've wondered why Blueblood isn't an Alicorn. That's still no reason to think that only females can be Alicorns, which I don't believe to be the case. Ponies of any given race can obviously produce offspring belonging to the others, depending upon their mates and how the genes combine. Alicorns, possessing traits of all three primary races, can also probably give birth to any type of pony. Blueblood's genetic combination worked to make him a unicorn. Could a Pegasus and a unicorn together produce an Alicorn? I don't see why not--but I think that that would be a very rare occurrence. Most of the time I'm sure that that combination produces either another Pegasus or unicorn, or even an earth pony. (Someone mentioned that all ponies have earth pony genes. That could very well be.) It would be fascinating to see Celestia's & Luna's parents, truthfully. I'm sure that a pony can carry the genes for one or both of the other primary races, and/or for "Alicornism." (Sheesh, can't believe I'm discussing MLP genetics so seriously...oh, wait, yes I can! XD)

For various reasons I very much doubt that Cadence could be Luna's daughter, even though that's the first logical thought when you hear that she's Celestia's niece. If she's not Luna's daughter, then she's Luna's niece as well. Unless it's one of those "We're so close that I call you my aunt even though you're not biologically related to me" kinds of things.