Jack Sparrow's mother

"We are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things." The title of this article is conjectural. Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

Unknown
Biographical information
Gender	Female
Hair color	Grey
Died	Pre 1729
Family	Edward Teague (husband) Jack Sparrow (son) "Grandmama" (mother-in-law) Valerie (niece) "Ace" Brannigan (relative) "Quick Draw" McFleming (relative) Patriarch (relative) Mabeltrude (relative)
Statistics
Affiliation	Jack Sparrow's family
Behind the scenes
First appearance	At World's End (as a shrunken head)
Last appearance	On Stranger Tides (as a shrunken head)

"How's Mum? [Teague shows a shrunken head]...She looks great."

―Jack Sparrow to Edward Teague about his mother

This woman was the mother of Captain Jack Sparrow and the lover of Captain Edward Teague.

Biography

Not much of this woman's life is known, only that she gave birth to her son Jack on a ship during a typhoon. After her death, her head was cut off and shrunk. This grisly effigy was in the possession of her husband, Teague, who passed it on to his son, Jack Sparrow, shortly after the Fourth Brethren Court.

Jack had previously asked his father about his mother before he learned of her fate and kept the shrunken head with him at all times by tying it up on his belt. The head hung from Jack's belt during the latter portion of the War Against Piracy and the quest for the Fountain of Youth.

Jack would later give his mother's head to an acquaintance of his known as Trader Sam, himself a trader of shrunken heads. Apparently, Sparrow's mother enjoyed, "Hanging around" Sam's bar in the Polynesian, hence warranting Jack leaving it in Sam's possession. It would remain here until at-least the mid-20th century.

Behind the scenes

• Though it has yet to be confirmed, it is possible that Jack Sparrow's mother was a member of Edward Teague's crew.
• Neither her name nor cause of death have been revealed.
• In the At World's End video game, collecting three shrunken heads gives Jack the ability to use the shrunken head of his mom to perform a "Jackanism", during which Jack's cutlass has a green glow and can be used to collect the souls of enemies. This may suggest that the shrunken head has supernatural abilities.
• In the special edition of the At World's End junior novelization Teague gives the shrunken head from his belt to Jack, but the head is never identified as Jack's mother.

Appearances

• The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow (as a shrunken head)
• Jack Sparrow: Silver (Mentioned only)
• The Price of Freedom (Mentioned only)
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East (Mentioned only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (First appearance) (as a shrunken head)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (Special Edition) (as a shrunken head)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (as a shrunken head)
• Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar (Disneyland Hotel)

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End