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Quote from user: Quackberghttp://digilander.libero.it/carlbarks1/july_fourth_in_duckburg.jpg

I noticed on Carl Barks oil painting, "July Fourth in Duckburg", that Flintheart Glomgold is holding a flag that looks like the Netherland's flag with horizontal stripes and with red, white and blue colors. Don Rosa made Flinty a boer and that make sense to me. Boers where partly Dutch, German, and French. Which of these is the Glomgold family part of? I think that he is of Dutch orgin (like Cornelius Coot, but I don't think that they are related in any way) and I wonder if that Carl Barks intended him to be?

Of course, it could also be the old South African flag that Flinty is holding with the colors of orange, white and blue. To me it's looks more like red than orange. One other thing is that it looks like that there is some kind of symbol in the middle of the flag, just like the old South African flag. I think it's intended to be this flag but we can still speculate.

What do you think?
It is the old flag of The Union of South Africa. It was only to show That Glomgold came from South Africa. As to his ancestry, I suspect that Glomgold's heritage (at least on his father's side) was English South African, rather than Dutch, as no self-respecting Afrikaaner would end up with an English name. If he had come from Afrikaander stock, his name would have been spelt thusly: "Goudgrijp", or something similar (or Goudglans as it is in The Netherlands). Did Glomgold speak with an Afrikaans accent on the English-language version of Ducktales. It seems to me that he had a Scots brogue. He wears a tam 'o shanter for a hat. So, I suspect that he is an English speaking South African, with Scots ancestry.

According to http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D++5952 , Flintheart's grandfather was a hansom cab driver in London. So my guess (incorporating Barks, Wejp-Olsen/Anderson/Branca and DuckTales) is that the Glomgold family originally lived in Scotland, then moved to London, England... and then moved to South Africa.

Quote from user: QuackbergTwo questions to Lars Jensen: What happend to Flintheart's grandfather in that story, and what ancestry is Slackjaw Snorehead of, perhaps that could give some light to Flinheart's ancestry?
Nothing really happened to the grandfather; he drove a hansom cab in London in the late 19th century, and we didn't learn much more. And I haven't given much thought to Slackjaw's ancestry other than the fact that he is Flinty's nephew.

Quote from user: Lars JensenNothing really happened to the grandfather; he drove a hansom cab in London in the late 19th century, and we didn't learn much more. And I haven't given much thought to Slackjaw's ancestry other than the fact that he is Flinty's nephew.
Ok, I have always wanted to read that story to but never got a hold of it and as I said to you once before; I would love to see Slackjaw reappear in a comic sometime, and perhaps introduce more of the Snorehead famliy to annoy Flintheart (or perhaps not, because somehow I see it like that Flinty and Slacky are the only one left within the Glomgold/Snorehead family).

Quote from user: Robb_KQuote from user: Lars JensenAccording to http://coa.inducks.org/story.php/x/D++5952 , Flintheart's grandfather was a hansom cab driver in London. So my guess (incorporating Barks, Wejp-Olsen/Anderson/Branca and DuckTales) is that the Glomgold family originally lived in Scotland, then moved to London, England... and then moved to South Africa.
That sounds the most logical. Lots of people migrated from Scotland, Wales, Ireland and northern England to London to look for work. Lots of British people migrated to South Africa to better their fortunes. The fact that Glomgold wore the Scots Tam-O-Shanter, and was stingy, like Scrooge, shows the likelihood of Scots ancestry. Some English married into Boer families, and a few nmigrated to The Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Yeah, I agree. It makes sense, it incorporates what we know about Flintheart's family, and it doesn't contradict any stories (as far as I know). In http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+99285 we learned that Flintheart is distantly related to Scrooge, and even that fact fits neatly into this theory.

Quote from user: Quackberg[...] as I said to you once before; I would love to see Slackjaw reappear in a comic sometime, and perhaps introduce more of the Snorehead famliy to annoy Flintheart (or perhaps not, because somehow I see it like that Flinty and Slacky are the only one left within the Glomgold/Snorehead family).
Slackjaw might show up again, but I have a lot of other stories I'd like to do as well. Let's see how things develop.

Quote from user: WBHere's an off topic question - can't remember if I asked it before or not: Why the change from Slackjaw Snoremore to Slackjaw Snorehead. Snoremore just rolls off the tongue way better than the current name does.
"Slackjaw Snorehead" is the name I came up with. Gemstone wanted to give him the last name "Snoremore"... and then changed their mind.

And I agree that "Snoremore" rolls off the tongue better than "Snorehead" -- but I disliked the overall effect of "Slackjaw Snoremore". First there is the alliteration of S and S... and then we have the rhyming "Snore" and "more"! It would be like having a character named "Dan Duckluck". "Dan Duck" would be fine, "Hieronymus Duckluck" would be fine as well... but "Dan Duckluck" simply is too much. In my opinion, anyway.

I'm glad they in the end went with "Slackjaw Snorehead".

Well Robb comic books are about using your imagination. If Scrooge and Flintheart are related it's more of a distant cousin level than anything else.

Just Because Scrooge and Flintheart have a mutual relative doesn't mean they are related to each other. I'm pretty sure that Bogey McDivot had a relative that married one of Scrooge's relatives and another one that married one of Flintheart's relatives.