Theory:Gabriel's mother

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Theories

Theory	Citations	Notes
Sylar's mother is related to Angela or Arthur Petrelli.	Arthur claiming to be Sylar's family	+ Lie detection did not pick up a lie upon Arthur's claim of being family. - It's not clear whether the ability works in the statement as a whole or in its parts, to affirm either one as fact is speculative. + Angela knew who his parents truly were. + Elle was shocked upon reading Sylar's file.
Sylar's mother had an ability.	None.	+ Sylar may not have inherited his ability from his father. - If she had an ability, Samson would've taken it long before he'd marry her. + Sylar can take an ability without killing like he did with Elle, why can't Samson? - Nothing indicates Samson was ever aware that he can take abilities without killing. - Even if he did, it seems unlikely that he'd take the time and the effort to connect with people in order to have their abilities. - Samson married her. It seems like that would be precipitated by a considerable period of emotional closeness. Besides, Samson may have just had a preference for killing his targets.
Sylar's mother's identity will be revealed next season.	None.	+ Sylar might accidentally touch something of hers. - Sylar is now Nathan Petrelli. - Sylar's mother is dead. What objects would she have? - This is likely a loose end, never to be tied up like Caitlin or Kaito's ability.