Why? MAJOR SPOILERS WITHIN!

[Suvious]

Ok as we know (SPOILER)Squall is the son of Laguna so what happened between them that lead to (SPOILER)Squall being in an orphanage? I really wanna know.

[Creeping Shadow]

I think it was something like when his mother died there was no one to take care of him.

[Momiji]

FFI, FFII, FFIII, FFIV, FFMQ, FFV, FFVI, CT, FFVII, FFT, FFVIII, CC, FFIX, FFX, KH, and FFXI are ancient games, kids. Everyone who really cared about their stories or anything else you'd like to censor has already found out that information in the three to seventeen and a half years they've been available. (FFXI was released on May 16, 2002.) So really, don't bother with the spoiler tags unless someone makes a thread specifically asking you to censor that stuff because he never got on the ball because of some stupid excuse like "That game never came out in my country." You're breaking my heart over here, Mr. O'Malley, really.

The same applies to whatever miscellaneous media you're discussing in the Lounge or whatever. Three years is a pretty fair mark. This is our official stance here and failure to comply will find you banished to the Phantom Zone forever.

In other words, no need for spoiler tags.

Anyway, Laguna joined the military, didn't he? Perhaps that's why Squall ended up in an orphanage.

[Suvious]

Hmm it didn't explain the link very well ^^
Laguna looses his son - then adopts another kid from the same orphanage!? I'd punch Laguna in the crotch if he was my dad!

[rubah]

it goes something like 'raine + ellone, then laguna. Esthar wants little girls. laguna goes to rescue her (flashback scene with doc odine and friends), he gets roped into leading esthar, raine dies, baby!squall and Sis get sent to orphanage along with all the other orphans of the sorceress war.'

[Jessweeee♪]

I wonder how old Squall was exactly when he was reunited with Ellone in the orphanage o.o

[theundeadhero]

They weren't reunited in the orphange. They both went together then Ellone left with him still there.

[Big D]

Laguna was away in Esthar when Raine died, so Squall ended up at the orphanage. I don't remember clearly, but I think Ellone ended up at the orphanage because Laguna didn't think he could care for her as a father whilst also getting involved in crazy stuff on another continent. The orphanage was one of the places he looked for Ellone after her abduction, which would explain why he chose to send Ellone there. He probably never knew that his son was there too.

[Jessweeee♪]

Oh...I was confused because everyone at the orphanage called her Sis, and they made no mention of her and Squall coming from the same family. Of course the GFs would make them forget

[Big D]

Oh...I was confused because everyone at the orphanage called her Sis, and they made no mention of her and Squall coming from the same family. Of course the GFs would make them forget

They probably never knew. I think it happened like this: Ellone gets abducted, so Laguna goes looking. Squall's born, Raine dies, Squall goes to the orphanage. Laguna finds Ellone, gets embroiled in Esthar politics, and sends Ellone back to Raine - not realising she's died. Winhill then sends Ellone to the orphanage too.

I could be wrong, someone's sure to correct me if that's the case.

[theundeadhero]

I always figured Ellone made it home when her mother was still alive and then went to the orphanage later.

[The Last Oath]

Laguna didnt know that he had a son cause he left before squall was born but he knew about ellone.
AMEN

[ReloadPsi]

What matters is that it's really funny to hear Laguna say that he's not related to her, but that "she's so cute! I wish I could hear her voice!"

The implications are sickening.

[Serapy]

I don't think Squall and Laguna knew that they are related to each other, especially not in the beginning. Maybe they have found out that they are related after the time compression.
If Laguna knew that he was Squall's father, he would of have told him at some point in the game, he didn't even tell him why he ended up being in the orphanage.

[Roogle]

Ellone and Squall are not related by blood in any way, shape, or form. I think that there may be some confusing occurring from the fact that Ellone was raised by Raine; however, Raine was only a foster child of Ellone because her parents were killed when she was a child for refusing to give their child up to the government.

Laguna arranged for Ellone to be taken back to Raine after the events of the flashback in Esthar; soon after, Raine gave birth to Squall and passed away, and, subsequently, Ellone and the newborn Squall were sent to the orphanage.