Hey guys, so like many of you I have been racking my brain trying to figure out who Daisy’s parents are and how this timeline makes any sense and I have a theory.
So what we know about Daisy so far is that she escaped Gilead as a baby but that she is more than likely older than Hannah. So how can that be? To me the only way that makes sense is if her mother was apart of the sons of Jacob and got her out before America fell. Presumably the SOJ were planning this coup for awhile so I think she found out about it before it happened and was able to get her daughter out in way in advance. I don’t think Daisy could be from Gilead before they took over unless the show is changing the timeline and I think k that June is sort of using Gilead and the SOJ interchangeably when she tells Daisy where she is from. I don’t know if it was necessarily Mayday but perhaps some other support group that was helping women get babies away from the religion helped her get Daisy out? I’m not sure how long Mayday would have been operating if at all before they took over. But this would explain why Daisy was so young when she got out but also older than Hannah and also why Gilead still considers her theirs.
I also think that maybe her mother was forced to marry a high commander which would explain why she would have some knowledge of the coup plans and why Gilead has gone through so much effort to get Daisy back. I think it’s possible that her mother was apart of a forced religious marriage and that was part of the reason she tried to get her daughter out to escape the same fate as her. As many of you know forced child marriages happen in America in present day so it is not a stretch to think a forced marriages happened among the SOJ before America fell. I also think that Daisy was the product of an affair like Nicole which would explain why June says both her parents wanted her out of Gilead.
But what does this mystery lady have to do with June?
Well here’s where I get crazy. I think she was Fred’s original handmaiden. I think she was punished for the affair and/or sending her baby away and forced to be a handmaiden as a result. I specifically think she was Fred’s because something about the way Daisy said “don’t let the bastards grind you down” earlier in the season that made me think it was extra important. Like maybe June told Daisy the phrase of her mothers that helped get through Gilead and that’s how she is connected to June. It’s been hinted at that there is some connection to the other series with Daisy and we know she’s not Nicole so I’m thinking her mother is the handmaiden we know probably the least about in terms of whether or not she had children before.
Anyways that’s my crazy theory on Daisy’s mother. Can’t wait to hear what y’all think.