Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24979796-20140526120205/@comment-24386552-20140528160536

There was no spoilers to reveal this shocker in 10.24 beforehand. Richard mentioned in 3.16 that Meredith was Ellis' little girl, but this was long before the storyline for Ellis' other daughter was introduced. There are no scenes with Ellis in her Alzheimer's state ever mentioning another child, or any moment if I recall. But it is possible that Dr. Pierce is Richard's. After he left she could have found out she was pregnant and wore big clothes to hide it from Thatcher (Unless he had already bolted) and more importantly Meredith. She could have given her away and then became extremely depressed afterwards resulting in her cutting herself. Plus Dr. Pierce mentioned graduating high school and med school early, while Meredith was in Europe with Sadie when she was 25 and didn't start her internship until she was in her 30's, so Dr. Pierce got an extreme head start over Meredith, explaining how she could be chief of Cardio yet still be younger than Meredith.