Popeye the sailor?

who exactly was "Sweet pea" in the series. How was he related to Popeye, Olive Oyl, or who?

I read somewhere that Popeye adoped him. Is that the case? Where did he come from?
Popeye the sailor?
In the original E.C. Segar comic strip (Thimble Theater) Sweetpea was left on Popeye's doorstep by Sweetpea's unknown mother. Popeye took the orphink into his home and raised him as his lil' sweetpea.



Later in the comic it was revealed that Sweetpea was actually the crown prince of Spinichovia. And he was placed on Popeye's door because Popeye was a friend of Spinichovia and the King (not Sweetpea's real father) trusted Popeye and knew he was tough enough to protect Sweetpea until he grew up and could take the throne.



That storyline has been forgotten over the years, and the origin of Sweetpea has been retold differently many times. But that was the original story.
Reply:i believe he was popeyes nephew!
Reply:On some the of the old Popeye show they keep saying that he was Olive nephew and the other shows they keep saying he was Popeye nephew. I always wanted to known who child was he. There is a rumor that Sweet Pea is Popeye and Olive child.He dose look just like Popeye.
Reply:I was watching that a few months ago on a DVD and they said he was Olives .. but I seem to remember him being Popeyes. So who knows. In the movie (stinker with Robin Williams I think he was Olives wasn't he)
Reply:Sweet Pea Just showed up
Reply:He was an abandoned Infant that Popeye and Olive adopted.

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