<p><strong>There is never a point either in the manga or the <em>Brotherhood</em> adaptation of it where the brothers are <em>explicitly</em> told of Hohenheim's death. Note, however, that it would be odd for Pinako to never tell the brothers of Hohenheim's death.</strong> Unlike with the Maria Ross incident, there is no reason for the brothers to not know, and it seems unlikely that Pinako would lie about the death (in the way Mustang lied about Hughes to Edward) and <em>never</em> tell the truth.</p>

<p><strong>There is additional evidence at the end of the manga, where there is a compilation of post-manga photographs at the end. In one of them, we see Hohenheim's grave next to Trisha's.</strong> There is <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/YZURq.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a similar photo</a> at the end of <em>Brotherhood</em>. (Click link for anime screenshot. I am not cropping the images, since it should be easier to get a sense of where they are from this way.)</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/R69Zk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/R69Zk.png" alt="manga end page"></a></p>

<p><strong>With this, we can infer that the brothers probably know of Hohenheim's death.</strong> That a <em>marked</em> grave was constructed for Hohenheim, who died shortly after Promised Day (and thus, before the brothers leave Resembool two years later), and placed at a meaningful position suggests that there must have been <em>some</em> level of ceremony put into his burial. Being Hohenheim's sons, the brothers then might well have been given the chance to be involved with the burial, and they would probably know of the death that way.</p>

<p>Moreover, even if Pinako quietly buried Hohenheim, it seems unlikely that she have buried him <em>alone</em>, without help from anyone, so word would probably eventually get out that he was dead. Additionally, the brothers probably periodically visit graves in the area &mdash; for instance, Edward decides to visit the Rockbells' graves at the end of ch. 41, after hearing about their work in Ishval &mdash; so they would be "forced" to know once they visited their mother's grave at some point.</p>

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2016-03-22T06:58:00.733Z
Thank you. But wouldn't it be better if they showed their reaction? Ahhh, those mangakas. Always leave us with questions!
Βαγγελης Ζ'
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2016-03-22T17:41:31.523Z
@ΒαγγεληςΖ': it'd be interesting, sure. :) Personally, I'm happy that the story more or less feels complete, with nothing blatantly missing (e.g. character development is where it needs to be for me by the end) and nothing that seems tacked on. But perhaps this is just my personal preference. (One thing I rather like about Arakawa is the fact that she IIRC doesn't give a lot of extraneous character details.)
Maroon
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2016-03-22T17:59:25.133Z
Well sure but it would be nice if we saw some of their reaction to their father's death. I mean he was their dad, it should be important. How they reacted to it or if they were affected by it. Anyway, I won't complain about it, because it's one of the best manga/animation I've read/seen and I was happy with how the story developed. I wish we had seen a little more of Hohenhim, he was one of my favorite characters after all :D
Βαγγελης Ζ'
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Maroon
<p>After Ed got Al's body back, their father Van Hohenheim is shown at Trisha's grave, where Pinako later finds him dead. Did the boys find out that he had died or did they not even know what happened?</p>

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In the Brotherhood continuity, do the Elric brothers know that their father has died?
# In the Brotherhood continuity, do the Elric brothers know that their father has died?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-03-21
After Ed got Al's body back, their father Van Hohenheim is shown at Trisha's grave, where Pinako later finds him dead. Did the boys find out that he had died or did they not even know what happened?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-21. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
**There is never a point either in the manga or the *Brotherhood* adaptation of it where the brothers are *explicitly* told of Hohenheim's death. Note, however, that it would be odd for Pinako to never tell the brothers of Hohenheim's death.** Unlike with the Maria Ross incident, there is no reason for the brothers to not know, and it seems unlikely that Pinako would lie about the death (in the way Mustang lied about Hughes to Edward) and *never* tell the truth.

**There is additional evidence at the end of the manga, where there is a compilation of post-manga photographs at the end. In one of them, we see Hohenheim's grave next to Trisha's.** There is [a similar photo](https://i.sstatic.net/YZURq.jpg) at the end of *Brotherhood*. (Click link for anime screenshot. I am not cropping the images, since it should be easier to get a sense of where they are from this way.)

[![manga end page](https://i.sstatic.net/R69Zk.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/R69Zk.png)

**With this, we can infer that the brothers probably know of Hohenheim's death.** That a *marked* grave was constructed for Hohenheim, who died shortly after Promised Day (and thus, before the brothers leave Resembool two years later), and placed at a meaningful position suggests that there must have been *some* level of ceremony put into his burial. Being Hohenheim's sons, the brothers then might well have been given the chance to be involved with the burial, and they would probably know of the death that way.

Moreover, even if Pinako quietly buried Hohenheim, it seems unlikely that she have buried him *alone*, without help from anyone, so word would probably eventually get out that he was dead. Additionally, the brothers probably periodically visit graves in the area — for instance, Edward decides to visit the Rockbells' graves at the end of ch. 41, after hearing about their work in Ishval — so they would be "forced" to know once they visited their mother's grave at some point.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2016-03-22): Thank you. But wouldn't it be better if they showed their reaction? Ahhh, those mangakas. Always leave us with questions!  
> **username_1** (2016-03-22): @ΒαγγεληςΖ': it'd be interesting, sure. :) Personally, I'm happy that the story more or less feels complete, with nothing blatantly missing (e.g. character development is where it needs to be for me by the end) and nothing that seems tacked on. But perhaps this is just my personal preference. (One thing I rather like about Arakawa is the fact that she IIRC doesn't give a lot of extraneous character details.)  
> **username_0** (2016-03-22): Well sure but it would be nice if we saw some of their reaction to their father's death. I mean he was their dad, it should be important. How they reacted to it or if they were affected by it. Anyway, I won't complain about it, because it's one of the best manga/animation I've read/seen and I was happy with how the story developed. I wish we had seen a little more of Hohenhim, he was one of my favorite characters after all :D  
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