Is Batgirl Batman's daughter?

Barbara "Barb/Babs" Gordon is a superheroine and member of the Batman Family. Created by William Dozier, Julius Schartz, Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino, she is the daughter of Commissioner James Gordon and an ally of Batman and Dick Grayson.
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Is Batwoman the daughter of Batman?

The modern Batwoman is written as being of Jewish descent and as a lesbian. During the New 52, it is established that Kate Kane is a cousin of Batman's alter-ego Bruce Wayne, being a niece of his mother Martha Wayne.
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Is Batgirl Batman's niece?

In Batman & Robin, Batgirl is Barbara Wilson. The character is introduced part-way through the movie, after arriving (unexpectedly) at Wayne Manor. Barbara is the niece of Alfred Pennyworth. She is the daughter of Alfred's dearly departed sister, Margaret, and she has come to Wayne Manor to take care of Alfred.
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Are Batman and Batgirl siblings?

Batwoman was quite close to Gotham's previous defender because they're cousins. In fact, he was like an older brother to her, and on one occasion, when she and her twin sister visited Wayne Enterprises, they snuck into his office.
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Is Batgirl Batman wife?

Batgirl is the love interest of Dick Grayson, the first Robin, later Nightwing and at one point the second Batman in the Batman comics. Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon had an on/off relationship. They did get engaged but Barbara ended it.
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Why did Batman get Batgirl pregnant?

As revealed in the comic Batman Beyond 2.0, Bruce Wayne and Barbara Gordon had an affair while Barbara's boyfriend Dick Grayson was away. Barbara fell pregnant. Her crimefighting caused her to have a miscarriage. She would go on to marry someone else.
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Did Batman make Batgirl pregnant?

Not only did we learn about Barbara and Dick's blossoming relationship back in the day… but that the timing was rather awkward. Basically, Batman got Batgirl pregnant while she was still involved with Dick Grayson. And rather that let Barbara tell Dick, Bruce got in there first.
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How are Batwoman and Batman connected?

Debuting in 52 #11, she is a member of the Kane family and, through her father, the cousin of Bruce Wayne. Batwoman has headlined her own comic series since 2011 and served as a vital member of the Batman Family.
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How are Batman and Batwomen related?

While Kathy Kane was a love interest of Bruce Wayne, Kate Kane -- the modern version of Batwoman -- is directly related to Bruce. They are actually first cousins as Bruce's mother was Martha Kane prior to marrying Thomas Wayne.
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Is Batgirl and Batwoman the same?

Batgirl and Batwoman are undeniably different characters. No Batwoman has ever been a Batgirl, and no Batgirl has been a Batwoman, but they form a crucial part of the Bat Family. After all, Gotham's a big city, and as we all know by now, there's plenty of crime to go around.
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Who is Batgirl's father?

Barbara Gordon and her alter ego Batgirl debuted in Detective Comics #359 (Jan. 1967), "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl", as the daughter of Gotham City's Police Commissioner James Gordon.
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Does Batman have a niece?

Alfred had two nieces who appeared in comics. The first was Valerie in Batman Sunday comics (Feb-March 1945). The second was Daphne Pennyworth, who was the daughter of Alfred's older brother Wilfred, who first appeared in Batman #216 (Nov.
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How does Barbara become Batgirl?

In 1967, DC Comics reintroduced Batgirl as the niece of Commissioner Gordon as well. Barbara's mother Thelma died in a car accident when she was a young girl. Her father Roger became an alcoholic, and her uncle, James Gordon, gained custody of her when she was thirteen.
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Did Bruce and Selina have a baby?

On Earth-2, Catwoman had frequently battled Batman in their Golden Age days, but she eventually gave up her life of crime and revealed her secret identity to him. Bruce and Selina fell in love and married (sounds almost familiar, no?). They had a daughter and named her Helena Wayne.
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Who is Batman's daughter?

Helena Wayne, also known as Huntress, is the daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle of Earth 2. She was raised to become Batman's eventual successor. Helena's first appearance was in DC Super-Stars #17 (November/December 1977).
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Does Bruce Wayne ever have a child?

Robin (Damian Wayne) – The biological son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul as well as the grandson of Ra's al Ghul.
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Who is Batwoman in love with?

On one adventure, the Bat-couple were under the influence of some powerful hallucinogens. They imagined their minds stranded on an alien planet and their bodies huddled up in a warehouse. Thinking she might die at any time, Batwoman confessed her love for Batman.
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Are Gotham and Batwoman related?

However, the Gotham and Batwoman universes aren't connected.

The CW's Batwoman has cast its Renee Montoya and it is none other than Victoria Cartagena, the actor who played Montoya in Gotham on Fox.
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Does Kate know that Bruce is Batman?

In addition to now appearing like Wayne, series showrunner Caroline Dries has revealed Elliot knows the superhero identities of both Batman and Batwoman. "Yes, Tommy does know that Bruce is Batman, and he does know that Kate is Batwoman," Dries confirmed in an interview with TVLine.
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Who came first Batgirl or Batwoman?

The original Batwoman stopped making appearances in the 1960s because Batgirl, who was introduced in 1961, quickly stole the spotlight. Batwoman finally returned to the comics in 2006, reimagined as Kate Kane, Bruce Wayne's cousin.
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Is Martha Kane Batman's mother?

Martha Wayne (née Kane) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. She is the mother of Bruce Wayne, the future Batman, and wife of Dr. Thomas Wayne as well as the paternal grandmother of Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin.
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Did Batman sleep with Barbara?

But outrage only grew on Friday night when footage from the film leaked before the Comic-Con screening and news broke that Batman and Batgirl have a sexual relationship. In the beginning of the film, Batman and Batgirl, who have a father-daughter dynamic, have sex on a rooftop.
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Why did Barbara quit being Batgirl?

From 1967 to 1988, she operated as the superheroine Batgirl, serving as the second character to use the identity. Barbara continued to operate, though was forced into retirement due to her crippling during Batman: The Killing Joke.
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Did Nightwing and Batgirl have a baby?

Jacob Grayson (The New Order)
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