I was mixing things up, even though I quoted it. This is what happens when you come from work tired.
I have thought over the course of the episodes that Ryouko or Sayoko were potentially Kuniko's mother. Momoko ruined the possibility that it was Sayoko after saying that Sayoko's daughter is around ten, well too young for her daughter to be Kuniko. Now that's back to Ryouko only.
I've never once entertained thoughts that Karin could be Sayoko's daughter.
Sorry for the confusion. This paragraph was all backwards:
I was thinking Kuniko when I wrote it.Originally Posted by Ryllharu