

In the new manga mini-series, Sarada figures out the girl in glasses with
Sasuke to whom Sarada seems to look like (the glasses, the face). I was
wondering if maybe Sakura isn't her biological mother and that Sarada is a
child of Sasuke and the other girl in picture.


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Is Sakura, Sarada's biological mother?


Some fans are stating as fact that Karin is Sarada's biological mother based
on the result of a DNA test in **[chapter
700+7](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Genetic_Slaves), but the test does not
make this clear**.

In chapter 700+7, Sarada gets a genetic (遺伝子, _idenshi_ ) test. The Japanese
words for "DNA" (デオキシリボ核酸, _deokishiribo kakusan_ ) and "DNA test" (DNA型鑑定,
_DNA-gata kantei_ ) are **not used**.

Sarada goes into it with the assumption that doing so will conclusively
determine who her birth mother is. Her assumption is based on a photo she saw
in [chapter 700+1](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sarada_Uchiha_\(chapter\)) of
Karin standing next to Sasuke, who she believes to be her biological father.

![DNA test result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NzX4H.png) ![enter image
description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pQerl.png)

The result of the test is that she has a genetic match (一致, _icchi_ : the
image above from page 20). **However,**

**=** it is unknown what genetic material Suigetsu matched Sarada's saliva
swab to. Suigetsu found something in Karin's desk which he believes to be from
the time of Karin's birth (on page 19), but 1) what item he found and tested
is not shown and he does not mention what it is, 2) whether Suigetsu's
assessment of it dating from Karin's birth is unknown, and 3) even if it dates
from that time, it is unknown whether the item contains Karin's genetic
material (the possibility that the genetic material belonged to someone other
than Karin remains)

**=** there are ways Sarada and Karin could have a genetic match without being
mother/daughter

**=** even if Sarada and Karin have a genetic match based on Sarada being
conceived from Karin's egg, it is possible that Karin was not the birth mother
(such as surrogacy, egg donation)

**=** the storytelling **lead-up within the chapter to this scene implies that
the reader should not put too much trust in genes alone** through the
following plot points.

  1. On page 9, Sakura says that Ochimaru is even a bigger idiot (大バカ者, _oobakamono_ ) than Orochimaru because he doesn't at all understand what is important to a parent (親にとって大事なものが何かまるで分かってない！ _Oya ni totte daiji na mono ga nani ka marude wakattenai!_ )

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7jKAQ.png)

  2. On page 15, Ochimaru says that humans are merely "slaves to genes" (遺伝子の奴隷, _idenshi no dorei_ ) and that any individual's connection to any other person can be proven by such (その繋がりも全て証明できる, _sono tsunagari mo subete shoumei dekiru_ )

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o7tj7.png)

  3. On page 22, Suigetsu feels likes he might've done something bad by conducting the genetic test (…ぼく…なんかまずいことしちゃった感じかな？, _...Boku... nanka mazui koto shichatta kanji kana?_ )

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wkUpI.png)

  4. On pages 22 to 23, Sarada violently reacts to believing she now knows who her biological mother is (we could say, she overreacts: she verbally disowns Sakura as her mother)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tIaT0.png) ![enter
image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g6CyK.png)

There is still room for someone other than Karin to be Sarada's birth mother.
If the reader is meant to trust Sakura over Ochimaru regarding what a parent
is, and to dislike Sarada's turbulent reaction to the genetic test result,
**the reader should not 1) interpret the test as conclusive, and 2) even if
Karin is the biological mother, to not interpret Karin as the "real mother"
because parenting is not simply about biological ties**.

Whether Karin is Sarada's biological mother or not has not been stated in
canon, but **[adoptive mothers are real
mothers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_adoption) in the full sense
of the word**, so Sakura is Sarada's "real mother" even if Karin is her
biological mother. Likewise, adoptive daughters are "real daughters" of the
parent/s who raise them without being related biologically. The relationship
between adoptive mother, adoptive daughter, and birth mother is given a
careful treatment in [_Kodomo no
Omocha_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodocha) (also known as Kodocha or
Child's Toy) manga volumes 3 to 4 and in episodes 17 to 19 of its anime
adaption. For more information about the complicated situations of people who
grow up without knowing who their biological parent/s are, see the documentary
films [_The Invisible Red Thread_](http://theinvisibleredthread-
themovie.com/about-the-movie/), [_Birthplace
Unknown_](http://www.docsonline.tv/documentary/314), [_Foster
Child_](http://www.nfb.ca/film/foster_child), [_Anonymous Father’s
Day_](http://www.anonymousfathersday.com/about/) and
[_Breeders_](http://breeders.cbc-network.org/?page_id=2).


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Karin (the other girl you're talking about). It's a very minute possibility
that Karin is the mother of Sarada.

The reasons being:

  1. There was no relation whatsoever between Karin and Sasuke until the end of war.
  2. After the final fight, Sasuke went to explore the Ninja world. And before leaving, he tapped on Sakura's forehead. The tapping symbolizes love, and affection. This is similar to what Itachi did to Sasuke. So it's a very minute possibility that Sasuke would maintain sexual relations with a girl at that time. 


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Everything in this answer takes place after Shippuden ends and should be
considered a spoiler.

* * *

In [Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet
Spring](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Gaiden:_The_Seventh_Hokage_and_the_Scarlet_Spring)
Sarada is unsure of who her real mother is after finding a picture of Sasuke
with Karin. Since Sarada had never meet her father she follows Naruto to meet
Sasuke and find out the truth about her biological mother. When she meets
Sasuke he says that its nothing to do with her and leaves it at that.

[![Naruto Gaiden: Manga
image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yhMhC.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yhMhC.jpg)

Later in Orochimaru's hideout Sarada ask Suigetsu about Karin to see if she
was there in the hideout or if he knew who her real mother is. Suigetsu did
know the answer but remembered that Karin had an umbilical cord in her desk.
Suigetsu thought it was from Karin's birth. He then did a mouth swab on Sarada
and preformed a DNA test. The test was a positive match. This leave Sarada to
think that Karin is he biological mother.

[![Naruto Gaiden: Manga
image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eN1Y1.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eN1Y1.jpg)

It is later revealed that Karin could not be Sarada's mother because she was
the one who delivered her. Karin tells Suigetsui that the umbilical cord he
tested was Sakura's and that she was Saradas biological mother.

[![Naruto Gaiden: Manga
image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jdN99.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jdN99.jpg)


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