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Theory	Citations	Notes
Noah Gray is actually H.R.G. (Noah Bennet)	None.	+ HRG have no abilities, so he injected himself one, only to find out he became younger and younger. • Or de-aging people could be a new ability enacted on Noah. - Sylar was interacting with Noah on an intimate, familial level that would not make sense if this was his work partner, eg making him waffles, turning into a nuclear bomb when he dies, and calling him son. - Zachary Quinto has already commented that the mother of his son Noah is a current Heroes character and the she is "very much alive and silver-tongued," meaning that Noah is indeed the child of Sylar, and as stated below, it is unlikely that HRG could be Sylar's real child. - Just because they share a name doesn't mean they are the same person. It's more likely that Sylar named him after HRG because they will become close as partners with the Company. + If Noah Gray is 4 years old, and it's 2011, then he must be born in 2007, and Sylar doesn't have any known partner in those times. + Noah Gray is blonde. + When Peter went to the future, H.R.G. is nowhere to be found. - He couldn't have, say, died? - In Resistance, Claire talks about the loss of her parents. + Her dad becoming a baby would count as a loss. - She does not seem upset when he dies. + She might not know that it is him. + She had recently killed her uncle and didn't show much remorse. - She allowed herself a few moments to mourn her uncle, and having to kill him a second time. - She might not show much remorse because she believes she is fighting for the greater good. + In "Behind the Eclipse: Week 3, authors Aron Coliete and Joe Pokaski pick up this idea but give it a little twist: Gabriel Gray IS HRG's father, but somehow little Noah timetravels back into the 60's and grows up to be HRG. This would not involve any backwards aging and is possible due to characters like Peter and Hiro being able to timetravel. - I would postulate that if Noah Gray time travels to the past to grow up as HRG, then Claire's entire past would have been altered by Noah Gray being killed. Noah would have died before going back to become HRG, and Claire would have had a totaly different life, which would have altered everything. Actually, the very act of killing Noah Grey would have likely changed the past extensively. What would the heroesverse be like if HRG had never existed? + This is one of those time travel problems, but in my understanding, altering the future does not have the same effect as altering the past because the future is always subject to change. So if Noah Gray already time-traveled back in one possible future and has become a fixed part of the past, his death in an alternate future wouldn't change anything in the past. Also, it is most likely that the future in which Sylar explodes will be altered eventually.
Angela was the reason for the birth of "Noah Gray".	In One of Us, One of Them, Angela states that she will "fix" his hunger.	+ Due to Angela's precognitive ability, she can see the future and thus know what will stop Sylar from giving in to his hunger. As Gabriel stated, in "I am become Death", he does it for his son.
Noah is adopted.	None.	+ There is no evidence of Noah's mother. - Again, Zachary Quinto has commented that the mother of his son Noah is a current Heroes character and that she is "very much alive and silver-tongued. • Yes, but did he didn't specifically say Sylar was the biological father.
Like his father, Noah was an evolved human.	None.	+ Power heredity exists in the Heroes universe.
Noah is the child of Maya and Sylar.	The sex between the two is implied at the end of Truth & Consequences.	+ She is the only woman in the series to seem to have loved Sylar. - Noah shows absolutely no signs of having Hispanic origins. Also, it is highly doubtful that Maya could forgive Sylar for killing her brother.
Meredith is the mother of Noah.	None.	+ Meredith is one of several characters who fits the little bit of information we have. She has blonde hair, could be described as "silver-tongued", and of all the female characters, she has been hurt the least by Sylar. Also, with both of them working for the company, their paths will cross at some point. - She wouldn't forgive him for attacking Claire. - Claire shows no remorse at the death of what would be her half-brother. + Either way, she showed no remorse that her little cousin was killed. - Meredith is older than Sylar. + That isn't known for sure. We know that Nathan and Meredith are of similar age and it's not know whether Sylar is the oldest, middle, or youngest of the brothers. It's possible he's the oldest which means Meredith would be in his age range.
Noah liked waffles.	He was seen eating and enjoying quality time with waffles.	+ He was extremely happy when Gabriel helps him to eat waffles. + He was eating the waffles.
Niki Sanders is the mother of Noah.	Like other characters Noah has the blonde hair of Niki and the brown eyes of Gabriel	- Niki Sanders is dead. + Many of us Heroes fans are not convinced by that body in the casket.
Noah's mother is Elle.		+ Sylar and Elle have a history together, as shown in Villians. + Elle has blonde hair.