
The Apple family.
Applejack's immediate family

Applejack with Apple Bloom, Granny Smith, and Big McIntosh.
Parents
The whereabouts of Applejack's parents is touched on in the episode Apple Family Reunion. At the end of the episode, the shot fades to a view of Sweet Apple Acres as two shooting stars fly through the sky. The shooting stars are meant to represent Applejack's parents according to storyboard artist Sabrina Alberghetti.[1] In Applejack and the Honest-to-Goodness Switcheroo, Applejack's mother is mentioned. In Crusaders of the Lost Mark, Applejack makes explicit mention of her "mom and dad", saying they'd be proud of Apple Bloom for getting her cutie mark if they "were here."

Pear Butter and Bright Mac.
Lauren Faust had previously mentioned that the whereabouts of Applejack's parents has not been planned, and that the show was unlikely to mention that they've passed away.[2] Faust stated that she had wanted Applejack's parents to be deceased, and was holding back from defining it in the hopes that some of the show's restrictions were relaxed further down the line.[3] At the 2016 Middle Equestrian Convention in Poland, My Little Pony character designer Kora Kosicka stated in response to a fan question that Applejack's parents are dead.[4]
Extended family

Some members of Applejack's extended family.
Applejack later explains to Twilight in Applebuck Season that her relatives had all gathered for the Apple family reunion, and had been working at their own farms at the time, and were unable to lend a hoof to Applejack. However, several of them, including Apple Bumpkin, Apple Cobbler, Apple Fritter, Apple Honey, Apple Munchies, Gala Appleby, Peachy Sweet, Perfect Pie, and Red Gala, help prepare Applejack's surprise party in The Last Roundup, and Caramel Apple appears in the same episode. Applejack's aunt Apple Brown Betty is mentioned in The Ticket Master, but does not appear until Apple Family Reunion. Another relative, Applejack's cousin Braeburn, is introduced in Over a Barrel. He lives in the frontier town of Appleloosa, along with many more apple farmers.
The Cutie Mark Chronicles establishes that Applejack is related to the Oranges, who Applejack calls Aunt and Uncle Orange; toys refer to the latter as Mosely Orange. Apple Bloom's cousin Babs Seed is introduced in One Bad Apple, mentioning that she has a "big sis". Babs Seed never told her "big sis" but in the end of One Bad Apple Applejack makes her promise that she'll tell her "big sis" when she gets bullied for not having a cutie mark. Great uncle Honeycrisp is mentioned by Applejack in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #3 story The Return of Queen Chrysalis ~or~ Love is a Many Splintered Thing ―Part III―. Great uncle Needle is mentioned by Big McIntosh in the Issue #10 story Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair - Part Deux "If You Only Have a Hammer, You See Every Problem as a Nail". Great granduncle Chili Pepper is mentioned throughout the Issue #25 and Issue #26 story arc The Good, the Bad and the Ponies.
Granny Smith refers to her parents and siblings as "the Smith family" in Family Appreciation Day.
In Pinkie Apple Pie, it is suggested that Pinkie Pie is a possible cousin to the Apple family, but all evidence given leaves this unclear. The same episode also introduces cousin Goldie Delicious, who mentions Applejack's great-great-great-great uncle Apple Tart.
In Somepony to Watch Over Me, Granny Smith goes to visit great aunt Pine Apple.
Granny Smith's father, looking injured but otherwise the same as when his now-elderly daughter was young (as shown in Family Appreciation Day, Apple Family Reunion, and Bats!), appears in modern day in Leap of Faith and a flashback in Where the Apple Lies.
The Perfect Pear introduces Applejack and her siblings' maternal grandfather Grand Pear of the Pear family. After becoming estranged from his daughter Pear Butter and moving to Vanhoover, he returns to Ponyville to reconnect with his grandchildren.
The founding of Ponyville
Granny Smith recounts how the Smith family came to found Ponyville in the episode Family Appreciation Day. As nomadic "pilgrim pony folk", they traveled Equestria collecting and selling seeds and looking for a suitable place to settle down. Princess Celestia gave them the land near the Everfree Forest and while searching the forest for food, Granny Smith discovered the zap apples. Ponies came from all around to purchase the family's Zap Apple Jam, and Ponyville began to grow around Sweet Apple Acres.
Apple family reunion

The Apple family dancing at the reunion.
Sweet Apple Acres
- Main article: Sweet Apple Acres
Sweet Apple Acres is the family farm/orchard located near Ponyville, home to Applejack, Big McIntosh, Apple Bloom, and Granny Smith. Sweet Apple Acres has a large apple orchard, as seen in Applebuck Season. Aside from apples, corn and carrots are also grown and harvested. In Spike at Your Service, Spike counts exactly 24,567,837 blades of grass throughout Sweet Apple Acres.
Other depictions
The Elements of Harmony guidebook
The extended APPLE FAMILY TREE also includes Aunt and Uncle Orange, Apple Bumpkin, Apple Cider, Apple Cobbler, Apple Fritter, Apple Pie, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Buttercream, Caramel Apple, Golden Delicious, and many others!
In Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell, Buttercream is mentioned as one of Princess Cadance's old friends.
Volume II guidebook
If it wasn't for THE APPLE FAMILY, Ponyville wouldn't exist! They're the ponies who founded it way back in the day. The Apples wandered around Equestria, snatching up seeds wherever they could find them. They were hoping to settle down someplace nice but hadn't found a place to do it. As a kindness, Princess Celestia gave the Apples a patch of land near the Everfree Forest, where Granny Smith found the very first zap apple. She started making her famous zap apple jam, and soon enough, ponies from all over were stopping by to scoop up some. Sweet Apple Acres was born and has been the heart of Ponyville ever since.
Gallery
See also
- This article's speculation page.
Notes
- ↑ In Brotherhooves Social, by "Orchard Blossom"; in the storybook Friendship is Magic, by Applejack; and in the Gameloft mobile game's descriptions of Granny Smith and Half Baked Apple.
References
- ↑ Tweet about AJ's parents (2012-12-22). Retrieved on 2012 December 22.
- ↑ Lauren Faust deviantArt journal entry "FAQ" (2011-12-27). Retrieved on 2012 December 22.
- ↑ Lauren Faust Ponychan Q&A Compiled (2013-06-08). Retrieved on 2013 June 9.
- ↑ Kora Kosicka o przemyśle animacji | Middle Equestrian Convention 2016. YouTube (2016-09-13). Retrieved on 2016 September 13.