Is the smoking man Fox Mulder's father?

Later in the sixth season, there is more evidence that suggested that the Smoking Man is Mulder's biological father. Eventually in "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati", Smoking Man tells Mulder, "I am your father," while Mulder has a flashback to his childhood of walking on the beach with his parents.
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Who is the father of Dana Scully's baby?

Birth & Naming

That Scully named baby William after Mulder's father seems odd as her own father and brother also had the first-name "William." So one can conclude that by stating William was named after Bill Mulder, Scully was acknowledging Mulder as the father of her baby.
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Is CSM Mulder's dad?

But as viewers learned in the season 11 premiere, William was not biologically Mulder's son — he was CSM's, who drugged and medically impregnated an unwilling Scully. (CSM is also Mulder's biological father.)
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Is Agent Spender Mulder's brother?

Jeffrey Frank Spender was the son of the Cigarette Smoking Man and Cassandra Spender, as well as the paternal half-brother of Fox Mulder.
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Is smoking man samanthas father?

She tells Mulder that she has children of her own, thought that her mother had died some time ago, and believed Cigarette Smoking Man to be her father. She leaves abruptly during the meeting, and is never seen again. According to Cassandra Spender, she was indeed another clone, but not the real Samantha.
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Does Mulder ever find his sister?

In season 7, episode 11, “Closure”, Mulder finally accepts that his sister is gone and they're both free. Throughout The X-Files various beings pose as Samantha to trick special agent Mulder. It is not until “Closure” that her true fate is revealed, which debunks any other theory about what happened to Samantha.
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Does the Smoking Man love Mulder?

In early 1961, the Cigarette Smoking Man had an affair with Teena Mulder, and would father Fox — (The Truth). Although the CSM kept a close eye on Mulder over the years, Fox was raised to believe his father was William Mulder.
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What happened to Fox Mulder's dad?

After Klemper predicted that he – like his Jewish test subjects – would soon also die, Mulder admitted that his own father was likewise dead and had been killed by the Syndicate.
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Why is Mulder named Fox?

Carter has said that he named Mulder after his mother's maiden name. His first name, Fox, was actually not a tribute to the Fox network which aired The X-Files, as often assumed – Carter said he had a childhood friend named Fox. When Duchovny got the script many of his characteristics were fully formed.
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Do Mulder and Scully sleep together?

The 49-year-old actress marked the momentous moment by sharing a GIF of Mulder and Scully clinking together two bottles of beer. On Wednesday night's episode the alien hunting duo ended up involved in a very suggestive scene. Gillian confirmed they'd done the deed by telling her fans: “ATTHS [And Then They Had Sex].
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What happened to Scully and Mulder's son?

Believing that he will always be in danger as long as he lives with her, Scully gives William up in season 9, episode 16, “William”, to the Van De Kamp family. His powers begin to fade, and he settles into a life of normalcy under the name Jackson Van De Kamp.
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Who killed Agent Mulder's father?

Krycek then killed William Mulder in an attempt to frame agent Mulder for the murder — (Anasazi). Shortly after these events, Krycek and two other agents of the Syndicate assaulted Walter Skinner, stealing the digital copy of the aforementioned files.
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Is the smoking man an alien?

A variation of the comic-book continuation was made canonical with The X-Files: Cold Cases, an Audible adaptation of the series set between the events of the ninth and tenth seasons of The X-Files, in which the Smoking Man presented in the series is revealed to be a shape-shifting alien imitating him.
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Why is Scully immortal?

She is informed by the 149-year-old immortal, Fellig, that he will live forever because, when he saw the grim reaper, he looked away. By the end of the episode, Scully turns her head from the bringer of death; if Fellig's theory and logic are accurate, doing this would make her immortal.
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Did Scully have a daughter?

Emily Sim (played by Lauren Diewold) was the biological daughter of Dana Scully conceived as part of the Syndicate Project to create an alien/human hybrid.
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Why does Mulder wear a wedding ring?

In several shots, Mulder can be seen wearing a wedding band. This was David Duchovny's idea; he explained "That was just me, you know, fooling around. I had recently gotten married, and I wanted to wear it." He later described the situation as "so Mulder to never have mentioned that he was married".
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Who does Mulder sleep with?

Mulder meets Fowley, and the two have sex.
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How did the smoking man survive?

For 14 years, the Cigarette-Smoking Man was thought to be dead, for good this time. Yet, apparently thanks to his vast connections, he was found and rehabilitated after "The Truth," ending up only with some severe scarring and facial prosthetics.
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Who took Mulder's sister?

The story begins with the series Pilot taking place in 1973, when a 12-year-old Fox Mulder witnesses his sister being abducted by aliens. Developing a reputation as "Spooky Mulder," Fox becomes obsessed with solving mysteries, constantly circling back to the disappearance of his sister.
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Why did Mulder stop believing?

Due to the information he learns from Michael Kritschgau (John Finn), Mulder loses his belief in extraterrestrials.
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Is CGB Spender Mulder's father?

In a pre-credits opening to season 11's first episode 'My Struggle III', not only does the Cigarette Smoking Man confirm his real name, (which is more than The Doctor ever did for us), he also confirms that yep, he's Fox Mulder's dad.
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How did Mulder get Scully pregnant?

He calls Doctor Lev in the elevator to inform him about being called back into the FBI as they knew would occur. A flashback reveals that Mulder agreed to conceive a child with Scully through in vitro fertilization through Doctor Parenti.
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Are Mulder and William Brothers?

Your obvious spoiler warning is right now! "My Struggle III" featured the Smoking Man telling Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) that he impregnated Scully with William back in season seven's "En Ami" and he was the father. So, William is Mulder's half-brother, not son? Sort of.
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