What's the deal with the stars' parents?
Okay, so we know that Sakura has her living father and her annoying brother (our beloved Touya). It's a well known fact that her mother died when she three for reasons we are never told. Is there any mention of what Nadeshiko died of, or are we meant to guess... Cause my guess is of an illness of some sort though I could be wrong. From the looks of things, she's the happiest of the Cardcaptor Sakura gang.
From what we've seen and heard, Syaoran Li is the youngest of five children and is the only boy, with four crazy older sisters and a very respectable, pretty and strange mother. As told to us by Wei in the 'Move' card episode (when Meiling showed up) we're told that Syaoran's father died when he was little (probably around the age that Sakura was when her mother died). Now, I don't think that Syaoran's father died of illness but maybe a car crash?
Tomoyo is easy, as her parents are obviously divorced. Whether Tomoyo knows who her father is or not (after all, from the way Tomoyo never talks about him, if sounds like they parted on bad terms). We know her mother was Nadeshiko's cousin and is obsessed with Nadeshiko like Tomoyo is with Sakura.
Meiling is a little bit harder. We KNOW she has a mother as she calls Meiling up to tell her to come home for family reasons, and Syaoran mentions that 'auntie' (Meiling's mother) said so. There is mention of Meiling's father somewhere (it might have been the dub or something). So I asume that Meiling is the ONLY one of the 'Fabulous Four' who has both of her parents! I doubt she has a great family unit as she seems to prefer the company of Syaoran, Yelan and her other cousins (from the way she speaks). My guess is her parents want to marry her off quickly to someone with power magical powers. Meiling is clearly meant to have magical powers, but it my have been a defelt cause she doesn't, does she. (Although, she does have incredible strength. A ten year old black belt...)
Of course there is Eriol who is sort of the fifth member of the gang (though he really runs in his own circles... Yamazaki and Nakuru... etc.) who is obviously not a normal kid, hence he probably doesn't have parents. His family just include Spineil and Nakuru... And of course, his beloved Kaho. So he's made his own family. (Then again, he's Clow in a way, so Syaoran is his 'cute decendant', and probably related to Meiling too...)
The gang's parents are pretty hacked, aren't they? As from the looks of things... None of them have it all do they? ^_^ And they're all realated to each other. See, Tomoyo and Sakura are cousin's through their mother's, and Meiling and Syaoran are fairly close cousins through the 'Li' line (So my guess is their father's were brother's or something... Seeing as Syaoran calls Meiling's mother his 'auntie'). Sakura and Syaoran, in a idle girl-anime-like-manner will stay together and get married... Therefore joining all four of them together as family... As for Eriol, we already know that Syaoran and Meiling are decendants of Clow Reed, therefore Eriol's related to them also.
Awww... It's family a wonderful thing?
