Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11016223-20130904052318/@comment-11016223-20130904230155

Trigger009 wrote: Ryu-amio wrote: Technically they are related. When the turtles mutated to become anthropomorphic they needed some source of human DNA, otherwise they would just have been oversized, mutated turtles. The human DNA that allowed them to become semi-human was that of Hamato Yoshi (Splinter before he himself mutated) Therefore the turtles are 'technically related' to Splinter and thus also 'technically related' to Karai as well. Just stating the facts. did you click the link that FrostXxBitex posted, cuz the link explains alot. and besides the turtles are splinters adopted sons and karia/Miwa is his flesh and blood daugther the turtles grew up with splinter and love him like a father but Karai/Miwa did not. she was raised by shredder and has had no interaction with splinter other than the fight in the season finale.

Of course, I'm not saying that he isn't their father by bond. Blood doesn't define family at all. But as the link says, Karai doesn't view Leonardo or any of the turtles as her siblings and vice versa. Even if Karai is to join the turtles once finding out Splinter is her father, I don't think she'll consider a mutated rat family. It'll take time.