Cora has the baby who we think is Zelena, but the father doesn’t have to be Leo, or anyone we even know. Could be that Cora had a love affair with a young stable boy. And perhaps that stable boy mysteriously disappeared as well after the birth of the child. This leaves her in a not too enviable position so she gives up her baby and sets her on a lifestyle road that she despises. Loveless and childless. This could be why she so hates Regina being with Daniel and wants to destroy their relationship. Too close a parallel to what she had gone through…and/or also, being the jealous, stingy gal she was didn’t want her daughter to have the kind of love that she couldn’t. Motherhood can get kind of complicated.
This is a good idea that someone came up with.
Not bad, not as fun or twisted as some of the other theories but I like it fits.
