User blog comment:Burningspidermonkey/Little Becky and Soldier-San/@comment-24.16.104.57-20130911115406/@comment-6122161-20130911154932

I could go for that. Ricky is Rebecca's father but he left his family behind for a life of piracy (cuz apparently that's ok to do in One Piece). Or maybe he was out on a diplomatic mission. Whatever the case, I get the impression that Rebecca's father wasn't around when Doflamingo took over.