Theory:Nana Dawson

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Nana is a member of the group of twelve.	The third unnamed woman on the picture of the group of twelve looks a lot like	+ She seems to be around the appropriate age. + She had a certain musical motif accompany her first appearance (Kindred), signifying her significance to the plot. • Her significance can be a number of things. + The actress who portrays Nana, Nichelle Nichols, co-starred on Star Trek with George Takei, who plays Kaito Nakamura. This may be more than a coincidence. - The unnamed woman in the photo is far younger in appearance than Nana, whereas Linderman, Angela Petrelli, Charles Deveaux, Kaito Nakamura, Maury Parkman, and Bob all appear to be approximately the same age they are (or were, in the case of those who are deceased) during the events of the series. + This could be explaind by them receiving an infusion of Adams blood. Nana may have not been available for it or declined taking it. May also have been part of a "baseline" group that did not recieve it to see effects on someone not recieving the blood. + Nana could have just stopped coloring her hair after Hurricane Katrina, causing her to have grey hair now. - Matt Parkman says that unnamed woman is dead. (Cautionary Tales) - This woman is named Paula Gramble according to Parkman's sticky notes. • This may be an alias. + So all of a sudden what Matt Parkman says is written in solid stone? Arthur looks diffrent from appearence to his picture (diffrent actor at the time) and Arthur was marked off as being dead... Hard to say other people did the same? Were portrayed by a fill in actor for the time and characters went into hiding. • In universe characters are not supposed to be aware of plot devices, Parkman listing them as dead is to be accepted as fact until plot says otherwise.
Nana is the former wife of Charles Deveaux and mother of Simone.	None	+ She seems to be around the appropriate age. • We know nothing about Simone's mother.
Nana is the mother of Trina, the woman who Adam married in 1977.	They both look alike.	:+ Bob seemed to recognise Nana at the funeral. + Trina could have had more than one daughter, other than Monica, if she is Monica's mother.
Nana is going to be working with Micah on his super hero business.	None	+ She seems to imply that she knows about powers. - Nana's background and knowledge as it relates to abilities is unknown. + Micah seems to have some records of evolved humans as Rebel. If Nana is involved with such things as many people think, she may be helping him already.
Nana has the ability to tell people what to do.	In Truth & Consequences she says to Damon that he will tell Micah everything he knows about the backpack then says that she is calling the police and he will tell them everything.	• It seemed more like Nana intimidated Damon.
Nana doesn't actually have an ability.	None	+ Danko's agents captured everyone who was in Dawsons' house, while they were clearly after Monica and Micah. It's unlikely that every member of Dawson family is an evolved human. • If their plan was to "catch 'em all", why would they say that they grabbed cousin by mistake?