User blog comment:Plainblack/Musings on possible developments in 708/@comment-2226235-20130507212514/@comment-5640399-20130507214206

That's why it's a secret. You have to believe. It may be it'll never come out, maybe the series will end without the world ever knowing, but that just proves DDD's brilliance at burying his past. He might have 5 kids and be a pirate to keep them clothed, he's hiding who he really is to protect them! He's a hero, as great a man as Whitebeard or Gan Fall!