So Jefferson is the child she gave up? I like that. It makes sense.
I like it too. Maybe it’s because I have seen a lot of theories about Bae being Jefferson, which I don’t think is true, but I do think that there are parallels between Rumple, Baelfire, and Jefferson which might be a hint to Jefferson being the first born that Rumple wanted from Cora perhaps as a pseudo-Bae.
I do admit though that when it was first suggested after “Hat Trick”, I was unsure of the idea because Jefferson and Regina had a lot of chemistry that didn’t seem too sibling like, but the more that I think about it, that could just be part of their perverse family dynamics.