Donald Duck in comics birth. According to Carl Barks, Donald's parents are Hortense McDuck and Quackmore Duck. Donald’s sister is named Della Duck, but neither she nor Donald's parents appear in the cartoons or comics except for special cases, like "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck". According to Rosa, Donald and Della are twins. Taliaferro introduced Donald's car, on July 1, 1938. It is recognizable by its license plate number "313". Though Donald briefly drove other cars both in Taliaferro's strip and in later stories, this car would stay with Donald throughout the following decades. The car's constant breakdowns and need of repairs
Donald Duck Mouse TV shorts for Disney Channel. Donald also appears in the "DuckTales" reboot, in which he is a main character as opposed to his limited role in the original cartoon. The series depicts him as having once been Scrooge's partner in adventure, apparently along with his sister; however, ten years prior to the series' beginning they went their separate ways and didn't speak throughout that time. Donald later reluctantly brings the triplets-whom he is the guardian of-to Scrooge's mansion so he can babysit them, though he clearly hasn't forgiven Scoorge for their past history. He ends up being hired by