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This is my first post because this conversation drew my eye lol.

Anyway...i've found a little bit of inconsistencies with some of the arguments made by the website that you gave a link to.

1. "Scar does`nt kill Nala when he takes over the throne after killing Mufasa. He does`nt follow the custom. In a real life lion-pride, a male that wants to take over a pride kills all the cubs to make sure that all cubs born from that time on are his own." ---- yet mufasa does not kill nala even though she is not his cub. Even though one could argue that Mufasa has a kind heart, there can't be a kind of double standard here if one is going to use that argument. And also note that this isn't really a "real-life lion pride" this is a disney movie.

2. Also from the SAME person that gave this argument:
"But I don`t think Sarafina could have mated with Mufasa, because he is the mate of her best friend!" --- In a "real-life lion pride" this would have been considered NORMAL, so in other words, this certain person is using different points of view to fit his/her arguement.

3. As for the part of simba and nala being cousins, it's entirely possible that Mufasa had a SISTER that had nala, even though this is considered incest, it's still a possibility that most people have overlooked i think.

4. Sarafina coming from another pride and whose mate died early --- this is also another possibility, but can only be open to speculation until more information is provided. (the link provided, however, states that
"The directors of The Lion King: Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers, have personally acknowledged that Nala`s father is either Scar or Mufasa.")

Of course, a person holds his/her opinions about this matter. I'm just pointing out a little bit of inconsistencies in the argument that i first saw when you scroll down the page that was provided by the link.

I'm not talking about the darn website, I'm talking about where he mentions that there is a book. I repeat, I DO NOT care about what else this website says, I'm just pointing out that he said that there is a book. And I'm curious about it. Anyone even get what I'm saying?

I think that person is talking about the six adventures, not sure though

6 adventures didn't say that Simba and Nala were cousins. So I repeat, again, I REPEAT, he said that he read a book that said that they were cousins. Still with me?

ok sorry >.> I don't know the contents of the Six Adventures just offering a suggestion. Then the other possibility would be the story about Simba's great grandfather, but I don't see how that relates. Anyway...why don't you ask that person?

[EDIT] To save you the trouble Zeldaholic: Quote from one of the theories concerning Nala's father; "In the book "The Lion King," I read that Simba and Nala are cousins.", I've looked up The Lion King on Barnes and Noble and came up with this http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780736420952&itm=1

Is this the book? It probably is if this is the supposed title of the book. I'll try and drop by Barnes and Noble to see if I can find a copy.

It's a disney picture book. Thanks anyway though