Spencer Dutton had a child with a widow (Image: PARAMOUNT)
Yellowstone buffs were left in shock after the prequel 1923 unveiled that Alex (played by Julia Schlaepfer) succumbed to being exposed to the elements.
Making it just long enough to prematurely give birth to her son, she died in hospital, cradled in the arms of Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar), following a fleeting reunion.
The show wrapped up with an epilogue spoken by Elsa Dutton (Isabel May), divulging that Spencer remained a bachelor but fathered a second son with an unnamed widow.
Since this revelation, fans have delved into speculation over who this mystery woman could be, with many pointing fingers at Jack Dutton’s (Darren Mann) bereaved wife Elizabeth (Michelle Randolph).
Elizabeth lost her husband Jack
Nevertheless, a fresh hypothesis has emerged proposing that the widow might be connected to an unexpected person from the original series, reports the Irish Star.
One curious viewer took their thoughts to Reddit, hinting that the widow might descend from Jamie’s (Wes Bentley) genealogy.
Jahon_Dony curiously probed: “1883 girl mentions that Spencer gets with a widow and has another son. Does anybody know about this from OG Yellowstone or is it setting up a future story?”
“Also, is the dead nephew’s wife still pregnant? What happens to that Dutton?”
ScatterTheReeds chimed in with a potential clue: “OG Yellowstone’s Garret, biological father of Jamie says that Jamie’s birthright was taken from him.
“It’s never clarified how. The backstory connecting Jamie’s natural parents with the Duttons is also left untold.
“Were they friends? Were they neighbors? Were they related? They never say. That’s why the widow line has to be about Jamie.”
Jamie Dutton from Yellowstone
In a Facebook group dedicated to fans of the show, Victoria Lin Wade speculated: “In Elsa’s narration she mentioned Spencer had a second boy child with the widow he hooks up with after Alex dies. I wonder if that boy child is a relation to Jamie Dutton?”
Despite reminders from some enthusiasts that Jamie was adopted and does not traditionally tie to the Dutton bloodline, fan Lori Elder suggested a compelling hypothesis: “Doesn’t mean that the boy’s mother didn’t go off with him and something happened. He was adopted but John and Evelyn knew who his parents were.”
David Strickland weighed in on the theory inferring show writer Taylor Sheridan’s intentions: “Taylor Sheridan has left the door open on this. Nothing in the Yellowstone universe thus far prevents this from being a possibility, but there is also nothing that confirms it.
“It is a fact that Jamie’s biological father told him he’d been cheated out of his birthright- what did he mean by this?
“I think Jamie’s biological mother might be a Dutton descendant, possibly related to Spencer’s son with the widow.
“There were probably many sad cases of children that needed to be adopted- why did John Dutton step up for Jamie in particular?”
Fans remain on edge, eager to discover if a future Dutton-related series will unravel the enigma of the widow’s identity.
