What is the backstory behind the grandmother and her missing sister? —... —...

handyman_hank

In the movie Coraline, there are only a few references to Wybie's grandmother, and her missing sister. A few include when Wybie is first telling Coraline about why he had never been inside the Pink Palace, and another is after Coraline had escaped the other world after being put behind the mirror, and supposedly meeting the missing sister. Other than that, there is really no story to go along with the Grandma’s history.

Originally asked by Gillian on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

It's in the books. I'm going to just paste this from the Coraline Wiki , as there's no sense re-writing a good explanation. Before the Pink Palace was separated to apartments, Mrs. Lovat used to live there with her twin sister. But in 1952, her sister mysteriously vanished one day, and Mrs. Lovat believed she was "stolen." Her grandson, on the other hand, believes that she simply ran away. It is revealed that Mrs. Lovat's missing twin sister Tasia ran away and was stolen, by the The Beldam (Other Mother). Believing that someone "stole" her sister and possibly hearing about two other kids disappearing before her, Mrs. Lovat moved out of her childhood home and divided it into three...

Full answer by Johnny Bones: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/106199 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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