What are some descendants of the Wizard of Oz?

Answer 1

Elphaba Thropp and her son Liir may have been descendants of the Wizard of Oz. No information was given in the original 1900 book edition of 'The Wizard of Oz' by author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 6, 1919]. The wizard was presented as a seemingly self sufficient, solitary, street smart senior citizen.

But decades later, Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954] published a prequel, 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'. In that novel, he indicated that the Wicked Witch of the West was given the birth name of Elphaba Thropp. He also suggested that she might have been the illegitimate child of her mother Melena's extramarital affair with the Wizard.

In the novel, Elphaba went on to have an affair of her own. She became involved with Fiyero, who was married to Sarima. The result was the birth of Liir, Elphaba's son and the Wizard's grandson.