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Theory	Citations	Notes
Elle is the daughter of Meredith.	None.	+ Meredith, Elle, and Claire resemble each other. - It is noted here that Elle was originally meant to be Meredith's daughter. However, the writers dropped it due to plot holes. • Little is known about Meredith's affairs to previously meeting Nathan. - It is unlikely that, upon meeting her long-lost daughter, Meredith would not tell her about her sister. + Meredith did not tell Claire who her father was, so it is quite unlikely that she would of told her about her sister. - Unlike Claire and Meredith, Elle does not have an ability that would help her survive the fire. + Meredith could have conceived Elle a year or two before the fire making Elle slightly older than Claire which in reality is plausible. Claire and Elle may battle each other at some point and the cause of this battle may have to do with something happening to Meredith. + Kristen Bell has stated that Elle and Claire share a deep relationship. • Kristen has also let slip that she and Hayden joke about being sisters. + It can also be a reference to an adoption from someone in the Company: Claire was adopted by Noah, Elle could be adopted too. Perhaps they share familiar feelings about adoption. + Elle stated in "Four Months Ago" that at age six, she burned her mother's house down. Claire's house burned down when she was a baby. - In Hell's Angel, Meredith clearly lived in an apartment not a house. - Elle said she had burned down her grandmother's house, not mother's. - Elle is 24 years old, and Claire is 16-17 years old, so if Elle burned the house at the age of six, Claire wouldn't have been born yet. + Elle being 24 makes the fire happen 18 years ago, if Claire was 17 last year then she will be 18 this year, making the timeline fit. • Claire's age has been varied throughout, her actual age is not certain unlike Elle's. • Her power is similar to pyrokinesis, but so far evolved human families rarely share powers. + Maury and Matt share the same level of powers due to Matt's rapid ability development. + Meredith may have caused the fire in the house, and not known it. If this is true, then it is plausible that Elle was born a few years before Claire. - Elle stated that she is 24. Meredith is known to be 35. For Elle to be Meredith's daughter she would have been concieved when Meredith was 11, which is highly unlikely and probably too unsavoury for a TV show.
Elle is Matt Parkman's sister.	None.	+ Matt's father has powers and abandoned him. + Matt's father is/was in the company. - The Parkman family seems to be one of the few examples of similar abilities being passed down, as both father and son share variations of telepathy.
Elle is related to Niki somehow.	None.	+ Just like Claire and Meridith, they all share some resemblance. - They all have blonde hair, but there are a lot of blonde women in the world.
Elle is the sister of another evolved human with the same ability	None.	+ Many characters with electromagnetic powers are twins, sisters, or something else, representing a positive or a negative energy charge. + There are at least two other evolved humans with this power or something similar.
Elle is the sister of the future agent with a similar ability.	None.	+ He would fit as the polar opposite for Elle personality. + Both work for an organization that deals with evolved humans. • Given the five year difference, they may be close in age.
Elle is the sister of the teenage patient with a similar ability.	None.	+ The patient had the power to absorb electricity, while Elle seems to create it. Making their powers fit if they are twins/siblings.
Elle started the fire that Meredith and Claire supposedly died in.	None.	+ In Four Months Ago..., Elle told Peter that she started a fire at her grandmother's house when she was 6. Elle also said that she was 24, making the incident 18 years ago. This comes within a year of Claire's birth timeline, possible overlapping it if facts are slightly inaccurate. Meredith would have been a reasonably young mother (around 20), and as stated in the graphic novel Hell's Angel she was living in an apartment complex, where many members of the same family can live. If this was Elle's grandmother's residence, Claire and Elle would at least be cousins, if not sisters. - Hell's Angel heavily implies that Meredith started the fire. As Claude said, "the bitch blew up!" + Kristen Bell has stated that Elle and Claire share a deep relationship. • Claire's grandmother is Angela. If Elle is a sister or cousin to Claire who is Meredith's daughter, then one of the Petrelli's must of fathered Elle. - If Elle is Meredith's daughter or niece then she could be referring to her grandmother on Meredith's side of the family, not the Petrellis. - The character with pyrokinesis is more likely to cause a fire than the character with induced lightning. - Lightning may cause electrical fires (Example: Peter's shirt engulfes in flames as Elle blasts him. (Four Months Ago)) - Elle says that she set her grandmother's house on fire (Four Months Ago...). Meredith was Claire's mother, but Elle is older than Claire is.
Elle has the ability to emit electromagnetic pulses.	None.	+ Noah Bennet was able to describe to Ted Sprague the way to emit an EMP from the perspective of an evolved human.
Elle Bishop is Noah Bennet's biological mother.	We don't know who Noah's mother is, so she may be Elle. While HRG's biological father may be Sylar, since we know he shares a story arc with Elle in Season 3.	+ They could travel back in time to the 1960s, in order to put Noah up for adoption. His adoptive parents are unknown, but HRG must’ve recognized the house that he grew up in. So when his family was on the run from the Company, Noah knew exactly where to find the perfect safe house. - Neither Elle, nor Sylar have exhibited Space-time manipulation.