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=== Matilda McDuck ===
'''Matilda McDuck''' (born 1871) is one of [[Scrooge McDuck]]'s two younger sisters, the maternal aunt of his niece and nephew, [[Donald Duck]] and [[Della Duck]] and the maternal grandaunt of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. She was first mentioned in Carl Barks' 1950s sketch for a [[Duck family (Disney)|Duck family]] tree, where she was shown to have adopted [[Duck family (Disney)#Gladstone Gander|Gladstone Gander]].<ref name="barkstree">[http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/trees/ducktrees/barks.html Carl Barks' Duck Family Trees]</ref> The Matilda McDuck character was dropped in Barks' 1991 Duck Family Tree sketch (where Gladstone Gander is the biological grandson of [[Duck family (Disney)#Grandma Duck|Grandma Duck]] and not related to Scrooge), but [[Don Rosa]] picked up the name, and used Matilda McDuck as a prominent character in ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]''.

Matilda McDuck was born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, in 1871 to [[Clan McDuck#Fergus McDuck|Fergus McDuck]] and [[Clan McDuck#Downy O'Drake|Downy O'Drake]].<ref name="Rosa"/> She is the younger sister of Scrooge McDuck. She has a younger sister named Hortense.

In contrast to Scrooge and Hortense's fiery tempers, she usually had a calm demeanor. In 1902 Scrooge returned to Scotland and took both of his younger sisters with him to go to America.<ref name="LoS9"/> When he established his base in [[Donald Duck universe#Duckburg|Duckburg]], [[Donald Duck universe#Calisota|Calisota]], United States he left Matilda and Hortense to run his empire from 1902 to 1930. In the meantime he traveled the world expanding his financial empire. In 1930, a conflict with Scrooge ended all relationships between him and his family, and his younger sisters are believed to have left Duckburg.<ref name="LoS11">[[Don Rosa]]: "The Richest Duck in the World" (chapter 11 of ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]''). First published 1994 ([http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+93288 I.N.D.U.C.K.S. entry])</ref>

In the story ''The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter from Home'' (2004), Don Rosa used Matilda McDuck in a non-''Life and Times'' story for the first time. In this story, it is shown that she was hired by her nephew [[Donald Duck]] (son of Hortense) to tend the McDuck castle in Scotland. The story shows the reconciliation between Matilda and Scrooge. It is suggested that Donald deliberately set them up for a reunion. Unfortunately, he did not get the thanks he expected until Scrooge admitted his shameful actions and regrets. This is the first time [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] met their maternal great aunt. In that story, Scrooge returns to [[Clan McDuck#The seat of Clan McDuck|McDuck Castle]] for another treasure and learns from Matilda that his family already knew about the treasure but their father Fergus decided not to tell Scrooge about it. Both Scrooge and Matilda thought that was because of Fergus' disapproval of Scrooge's greedy ways but after finding a letter on the way for the treasure (hence the other title "A Letter from Home") they learn Fergus's real motive was that he thought Scrooge would feel better building his own fortune instead of simply inheriting one.

Matilda, while trying to leave the castle, mentions Hortense. However, in the commentary in the American printing of the story, Don Rosa states that he was prevented from using Hortense because he would have had to explain why she had abandoned her family. So Hortense's fate remains a mystery. In the notes to the Danish publication of the story (Hall of Fame - Don Rosa Book 10), it is stated that the publisher decided that Hortense was "officially dead".

Matilda is usually drawn with a flower on her hat, which loses a petal in each panel in which she appears.

Don Rosa has suggested that Matilda McDuck could have married the well-known Disney character [[Ludwig Von Drake]].<ref>[[Don Rosa]]: "How the Duck Family Tree was grown" (1995). Article in ''[[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories|Walt Disney's Comics]]'' #600 There has been some debate as to whether there was such a marriage, and about whether it ended in Von Drake's death, or in divorce.</ref>

A picture of Matilda appears in the [[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|2017 DuckTales series]] pilot episode, "Woo-oo!", as part of Webby's research on Scrooge's family. She later appears in person in the episode "The Fight for Castle McDuck!", voiced by [[Michelle Gomez]].