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ClintACK:
Question: Who are Bob's Parents?
Jim Butcher: "Wow, really? I thought it was obvious. -- Both of Bob's parents have appeared in the Dresden Files. :)"

Okay...  Presumably one has to be (or have been) a mortal human at the time, and one has to be something more supernatural. And there has to have been a soul/mental melding and an act of loving self-sacrifice. Plus both have to still be around, to have been on screen. And they have to be old enough to pre-date Kemmler.

Possible clues:

* Bob says faith is completely orthogonal to him (in Death Masks when he's explaining why he can't go looking for the Shroud) -- so his supernatural parent is probably not an angel.
* His parents have both appeared on screen -- so Kemmler can't be the human parent, since we haven't seen him on screen.
* "Mortal" parent old enough to predate Kemmler, but has still been seen on screen -- perhaps a Denarian or Fairy or an older wizard?
* He's afraid of Mab -- could she have been his mortal birth-parent?

Possibilities -- Lea, Mab, Odin, the Senior Council, Cowl, Corpsetaker...? An earlier version of the Archive?

*shrug* I haven't got a good guess at the moment.

Snark Knight:
Only some of the senior Council. If Bob is really ~1000 years old, Rashid and maybe Ancient Mai are the only compelling candidates. Most of the rest would have been born in the late 1600's / early 1700's.

I'm not sure if the wording means someone who has appeared live on page, though, or the original Merlin might qualify. (click to show/hide)PT did pretty much drop that he had a romantic history with Mab
Heck, if Jim had to lie about OG Merlin being the unnamed British prisoner to preserve a major plot point, he would have appeared on page anyway.

Mira:

The Erking and Mab would make good parents for Bob, back in the day maybe before she became Lady.  If he has "mommy issues" that might explain why he is afraid of her.

BrainFireBob:
One of the Valkyries
Odin
Eldest Gruff
Rashid
Titania
The Naga?
A loa?
Cowl?
Mavra

tacorrific:
"appeared in the Dresden Files" could also apply to passing references made throughout the books.  Jim has a tendency to stretch his words.  So that would widen the possibilities considerably. 

Does someone have to die or make a huge sacrifice in order to create a spirit of intellect?

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