Why doesn't Naruto have a family?

[CapsuleCorpJX]

Even though Naruto is an orphan. How come he has absolutely no relatives? Cousins? Uncles? Aunts? Even family friends? Nobody seems to know Naruto.

And from the beginning of the series, I think most adults actually thought Naruto was the reincarnation of the nine-tail fox, not its container. Otherwise why would they hate him? They might fear him as a container, but they wouldn't hate him.

Probably its just some plot loose ends. Originally the Naruto pilot had Naruto as the human son of the Nine-Tailed fox. Kishimoto might have changed it to a baby container, but forgot to add in the necessary human connections he should have inherited from his dead parents.

That ... or Naruto is the Fourth Hokage regressed to a baby, after he tried to seal the Nine Tailed Fox into himself. But the personalities are so different between the Naruto and the Fourth, that seems far-fetched.

[mage]

where have you been since the beginning of the series?

[sairane]

I've allways wondered about that myself, why he seems to have no family...

Suppose ive just been waiting on it being brought up in the anime

Althought i may have missed something major xD

[masamuneehs]

i've never read the manga but i simply assumed his parents died in the effort fighting the Nine Tail Fox that the 4th sealed inside of Naruto...

but even without the manga I'd bet a million that his father was the 4th Hokage. They look alike, are even described as having similar traits, and it would just seem to be a perfect anime answer to that question. ... as for his mom, wormfood.

as for why he has no foster family, well, it doesn't make alot of sense to me either... Somebody had to have taken care of him when he was an infant, but whoever it was probably decided they didn't want to deal with the flak from the rest of the village, so they stopped taking care of Naruto the second they thought he could survive on his own..

well, that' s just my opinion, and i've never read the manga so...

[Gen]

I dont think hes the 4ths kid. Look at the respect konahamaru(sp?) gets for being the 3rds grandkid.

[Carnage]

hehe, maybe hes one of those accidents that nobody knows about .....

But seriously, just the fact that there are so many hints between Naruto and the Fourth kinda proves that Naruto's past will be probably be revealed later in the series.Otherwise, what would be the point of the hints? The big thing I dont understand is, who supports the orphans? does the money come out of the pockets of tax payers in the village? If everyone hates Naruto so much, who would have paid for his aparmtent, food, clothing, furntiure......We also saw Sasuke has his own room......I want to know where they're getting all this money.....<_<.....>_>.....

[[]D[][]\/[][]D]

I dont think hes the 4ths kid. Look at the respect konahamaru(sp?) gets for being the 3rds grandkid.

Konohamaru also doesn't have a Kuubyi trapped inside of him either does he? He also wasn't the cause for the thirds death was he? Just throwing it out. Yondaime (the fourth) might not have been able to tell everyone yet either cuz naruto look like he was just born or something. Also people blame it on Naruto for yondaime's death so I'm fairly certain even if he was the son that nobody would show much respect towards him. One other note

HOKAGE > Kuubyi demon spawned baby

[Super5]

as for why he has no foster family, well, it doesn't make alot of sense to me either... Somebody had to have taken care of him when he was an infant, but whoever it was probably decided they didn't want to deal with the flak from the rest of the village, so they stopped taking care of Naruto the second they thought he could survive on his own..

As for who took care of him - I think it's just a responsibility that the hokage accepts for the village. The japanese have that whole honor thing, and paying for the sins of your ancestors, so it just makes sense that the next hokage would inherit the duty of taking care of naruto.

One thing I've always wondered is how kyuubi was sealed in naruto. This does not seem to be the same technique that the third used against Oro. In that technique the target's soul was sealed in the belly of the death god. In this technique the target's soul was sealed inside a baby. They don't seem to be the same at all. I'm not even sure that the Third indicated it was the same jutsu when he was fighting Oro or not. If not, that leaves some possibilities open for the fate of the Fourth.

Anyway, I'm sure Kishi will reveal all of naruto's past at some point down the line. He's building it up too much not to.

[Yukimura]

I'm pretty sure the Third said something along the lines of "This is a technique that was used to save the village" and hinted strongly that it was how they sealed Kyubii into Naruto.