Talk:Ariel/@comment-33945755-20180905231039/@comment-1672596-20180905231722

First of all, Hercules gave up his immortality for Megara in the ending of his film, which meant that he's most likely long dead by the time The Little Mermaid occurred. Second of all, even if we were to assume that he was not dead and still living, Ariel and Hercules are not relatives, since King Triton's grandpa and father are named Neptune and Poseidon, respectively. In actual myths, Neptune and Poseidon are the same guy.

Now, as far as Eric and whether he has any relatives, based on that life-sized portrait of Aurora and Phillip in the dining hall of his castle, he's most likely descended from them.