Oh gosh-- im so confused with daves bro/dirk/ basically how everything works and how they're related I dont know how to explain it but like Is it just a ton of peridoxes?? Like??? Please explain daves bro/dirk for me like how does he WORK... how is dave adopted by him?? Is he his brother or his SON? How are rose/mom/etc offsprings??? I have no idea how to explain im just so lost and confused what the heck

John created everyone in a lab. Nanna (Jane), Bro (Dirk), Mom (Roxy), and Grandpa (Jake), are all clones of themselves, no relation among each other. However, Nanna and Grandpa’s ectoslime was combined, and Bro and Mom’s ectoslime was combined as well- And from that combination spawn John and Jade as Nanna and Grandpa’s genetic children, and Dave and Rose as Mom and Bro’s genetic children. And then they’re sent out in Meteors to get to Earth in the past.

Now, on the Dave/Bro case, of course, Dave is not the actual child of Bro, he came in on a Meteor. So while they do share genes? He was adopted by him, from a big-ass meteor crater. Same way Rose was adopted by Mom, Jade was adopted by Grandpa, and John was adopted by Dad, Nanna’s ACTUAL biological children (Allegedly? He may be adopted as well).

And of course, thanks to the Scratch, Bro is just Alt Universe Dirk. Exact same genetic configuration, but born 413 years after the Apocalypse, making him the ‘child’ this time around, with Dave growing up to become a famous movie star and revolutionary activist, and leaving everything set up for Dirk’s arrival. So in the eyes of each other? They’re each other’s parents, while simultaneously knowing the other is also technically their child in some roundabout way. But ultimately, Dirk is the genetic template, and Dave the offspring.