<p>So I read on naruto.fandom.com that Kushina’s pregnancy was actually kept in secrecy from the general public. So even though no other child in the village has striking yellow hair, like the fourth, except naruto, there technically still isn’t a reason to relate him to the fourth because no one of the general population would have a reason to speculate that the fourth had a child. I also read that Kushina was to be the next jinchiriki of her generation because she had special chakra.So she was sent from the Uzumaki clan to Konoha and enrolled in the school. And since everyone knew that naruto was the jinchuriki I’d assume that everyone knew that Kushina Uzumaki was also the jinchuriki of her generation. It’s also important to note that another Uzumaki possessed the nine tails before Kushina, so when an orphaned kid (after the war when there are many orphans) of the Uzumaki clan shows up  who possesses the nine tails, it’s not really a big whoop and certainly no need to make a connection that the kid may belong to the fourth and his wife Kushina even though he has yellow hair and is an Uzumaki. No one knew the fourth and his wife were expecting a child and when Kushina Uzumaki died they just put the demon in another Uzumaki keeping the trend going for the third generation of the Uzumaki clan.</p>

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One reason could be, since Minato was a exceptional shinobi in the third great ninja war, his son could be an easy target to attack and create a hostage situation for the leaf with the absence of Minato. that could be reason for keeping Naruto's profile low and under survelliance by third hokage
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<p>It's because Minato stated when Naruto met him first, that if anyone knew that Naruto was his son, then he'd be in danger.</p>

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Please include the chapter number too.
Ero Sɘnnin
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This doesn't answer the question.
Jun Kang
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Shogun Spider-Man
<p>While I don't like posting speculative answers, upon plenty of time and thought I think this is the best I can think of. Expanding on my comment on the question, I'll try to logically conclude why many didn't relate the boy Naruto with the son of Hokage.</p>

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<li>We see the scale of invasion pretty early in the episode and see it
was a sudden war worse than the attack by the Sand/Sound villages.
The strategy of saving the villagers <em>probably</em> resulted from the
Nine-Tailed Fox Attack. The knowledge of Jinchuriki is SECRET
information and wasn't revealed to anyone but the Hokage and top-tier Anbu.
Hence, while plenty of people had seen Kushina pregnant,
no one knew the significance of the birth (even Minato didn't know).
The sudden death of the Fourth and his wife naturally led people to
conclude the worst. We also know that some Anbu and the Third's wife died
as well. When so many people die together, how can they assume a new
born baby survive?   </li>
<li>We know of at least two orphans from the Nine-Tailed attack. Iruka and
    Naruto. (I believe Kurenai's parents died too, but not sure if it was 
    filler). When the Third Hokage retook the position, the village was 
    turmoil, and plenty of rehab efforts were made, including for orphan
    children whose parents had died. Uzumaki Village is extinct, but
    there may have been several wandering clans in the Land of Fire (not the
    village), who <em>may have</em> visited the village. And Naruto may've been
    thought to be the son of guests who unfortunately died in the attack.
    The nature of the Third's kindness is well known and no one would question
    his interest in the kid of a guest of the village who died because
    of the failure.</li>
<li>The Hokage's family are treated as special in village. Tsunade (the First's
granddaughter), Asuma (ran away from home to escape the shadow of
Hokage's son), Konohamaru (Honorable Grandson + Special Tutor) and
even Boruto (Konohamaru would naturally take him in). Everyone likes
them. Treats them with respect. In Naruto's case only the shadow of
fear lingered, and it didn't change. If he were "special" why didn't
anybody intervene? This created the vicious circle of some people
staying away because of the fear that being the Fourth's son makes him
a target (Kakashi), some jounin let him be (Shikaku), some actively
shunned him. This shunning gradually increased and seeped into the
kids as well. No one expects a village oddball to be that of Hokage
heritage.</li>
<li>The most important point is <strong>hiding in plain sight</strong>. Naruto isn't
the first nor the last to use this technique for hiding the true
nature of main character. Superman is a prime example. People don't
expect "special" people to live among the common! What they don't
expect they just don't see it. This is true in real life as well.</li>
</ol>

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<p>Besides the out of universe reason that his identity was hidden as a plot device, is there any in universe reason people don't know Naruto is the 4th Hokage's son?</p>

<p>After all, Minato was married to Uzumaki Kushina. She must have been pregnant for a while before her and Minato's death. Being the wife of the 4th Hokage, she must have been, at least to some degree, a celebrity figure. Everybody would have known she was pregnant. She must have been sporting a good baby bump for at least a couple months before her death. Shortly after the time of her death, there's suddenly a newborn baby named Uzumaki Naruto wandering around (that happens to have a striking resemblance to the 4th, which becomes more and more obvious as he ages), and nobody made the connection they were related?</p>

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  <p>Suddenly orphaned, Naruto was left to grow up knowing nothing of his parents, receiving only his mother's last name because the Third Hokage thought that it was best that nobody knew that he was related to the Fourth Hokage.</p>
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<p>I know that the Third hid his relation to the 4th, but simply using the 4th's wife's last name doesn't seem like it would be very effective. Was that really all it took to fool just about EVERYBODY? Is there some other explaination to Naruto's anonymity? </p>

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Speculation, Nine tailed fox invasion was a full scale war and Naruto likely was not the only orphan (Iruka). People expect what they want to see. A son of Hokage is like a celebrity (Konahamaru - Honorable Grandson) and treated well in the village. People would assume everyone died together, 4th Hokage, Kushina and 3rd's Wife as well. While Naruto would be hidden among other orphans probably a son of a refugee (Uzumaki village is no more). What I'm saying is its like Superman's Glasses, people have pre conceived notions and they confirm what they see not question its logic.
Arcane
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@Arcane I suggest you post your comment as an answer. While it is speculation, it is speculation based on fact (that there were likely hundreds of orphans and Naruto would have just been one of the hundreds), and that could have been sufficient to hide his identity. Although, in my opinion, it doesn't completely explain it, since there were so few Uzumaki left, and as far as I'm aware, Kushina was the only one in Konoha at the time of the 9 Tails attack.
Jun Kang
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@JunKang Elaborated the points I felt were necessary. Addressing your concer Kushina was the only Uzumaki like Minato was the only Namikaze. She may be the only one living in the Village but she came from "somewhere". The more likely explanantion is that Uzumaki homeland was destroyed, there were still some Uzumaki in land of Fire probably nomadic. 3rd contacted them for someone with Uzumaki blood to be heir to the Jichuriki. This only makes sense rather than a random girl being found at the right moment
Arcane
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@Arcane I think your answer is probably the best I'll get to explain Naruto's anonymity. My only issue, in my opinion your answer doesn't explain, is the fact that Kushina is the only Uzumaki in Konoha. You said likely `there were still some Uzumaki in the land of Fire probably nomadic`, but I don't think that's accurate. There are only scattered survivors and Kushina was selected to be the new jinchūriki and came to the village BEFORE the Uzumaki clan was destroyed. While I'm not saying there CAN'T be other Uzumaki clan members wandering around, there is no evidence for that.
Jun Kang
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After all, we have a list of all known Uzumaki clan members: Nagato, Fusō (Nagato's Mom), Karin, Karin's Mom (Anime only), Ashina (leader of clan before destruction), Mito (old jinchūriki ), Kushina, Menma (Movie alternate universe), and Naruto. Excluding Boruto and Himawari for obvious reasons. Given that there's no evidence of any surviving groups of Uzumaki clan members, I can't image people not making the connection between Naruto and Kushina. But given that your answer explains everything else, except that specific issue in my eyes, I'm willing to say that is probably just a plot hole.
Jun Kang
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The plot addresses and accomodates as much characters as its needed. What was important to the storyline was the end result not how it happened. But yeah, maybe someone will ask the author. I feel we don't see any Namikaze clan members for the same reason. There was no need for the plot.
Arcane
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I thought I recalled it being specifically stated that one of the reasons that Naruto was such an outcast was precisely *because* the adults knew he had the 9-tails.  It was at the behest of the Third that they all concealed this fact from Naruto and the younger generations. But many still harbored fear and hatred for him, which colored his whole life and his peers' perceptions for a long time.
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Why didn't the entire village know Naruto was Minato's son?
# Why didn't the entire village know Naruto was Minato's son?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-07-17
Besides the out of universe reason that his identity was hidden as a plot device, is there any in universe reason people don't know Naruto is the 4th Hokage's son?

After all, Minato was married to Uzumaki Kushina. She must have been pregnant for a while before her and Minato's death. Being the wife of the 4th Hokage, she must have been, at least to some degree, a celebrity figure. Everybody would have known she was pregnant. She must have been sporting a good baby bump for at least a couple months before her death. Shortly after the time of her death, there's suddenly a newborn baby named Uzumaki Naruto wandering around (that happens to have a striking resemblance to the 4th, which becomes more and more obvious as he ages), and nobody made the connection they were related?

> Suddenly orphaned, Naruto was left to grow up knowing nothing of his parents, receiving only his mother's last name because the Third Hokage thought that it was best that nobody knew that he was related to the Fourth Hokage.

I know that the Third hid his relation to the 4th, but simply using the 4th's wife's last name doesn't seem like it would be very effective. Was that really all it took to fool just about EVERYBODY? Is there some other explaination to Naruto's anonymity?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Speculation, Nine tailed fox invasion was a full scale war and Naruto likely was not the only orphan (Iruka). People expect what they want to see. A son of Hokage is like a celebrity (Konahamaru - Honorable Grandson) and treated well in the village. People would assume everyone died together, 4th Hokage, Kushina and 3rd's Wife as well. While Naruto would be hidden among other orphans probably a son of a refugee (Uzumaki village is no more). What I'm saying is its like Superman's Glasses, people have pre conceived notions and they confirm what they see not question its logic.  
> **username_0**: @Arcane I suggest you post your comment as an answer. While it is speculation, it is speculation based on fact (that there were likely hundreds of orphans and Naruto would have just been one of the hundreds), and that could have been sufficient to hide his identity. Although, in my opinion, it doesn't completely explain it, since there were so few Uzumaki left, and as far as I'm aware, Kushina was the only one in Konoha at the time of the 9 Tails attack.  
> **username_1**: @JunKang Elaborated the points I felt were necessary. Addressing your concer Kushina was the only Uzumaki like Minato was the only Namikaze. She may be the only one living in the Village but she came from "somewhere". The more likely explanantion is that Uzumaki homeland was destroyed, there were still some Uzumaki in land of Fire probably nomadic. 3rd contacted them for someone with Uzumaki blood to be heir to the Jichuriki. This only makes sense rather than a random girl being found at the right moment  
> **username_0**: @Arcane I think your answer is probably the best I'll get to explain Naruto's anonymity. My only issue, in my opinion your answer doesn't explain, is the fact that Kushina is the only Uzumaki in Konoha. You said likely `there were still some Uzumaki in the land of Fire probably nomadic`, but I don't think that's accurate. There are only scattered survivors and Kushina was selected to be the new jinchūriki and came to the village BEFORE the Uzumaki clan was destroyed. While I'm not saying there CAN'T be other Uzumaki clan members wandering around, there is no evidence for that.  
> **username_0**: After all, we have a list of all known Uzumaki clan members: Nagato, Fusō (Nagato's Mom), Karin, Karin's Mom (Anime only), Ashina (leader of clan before destruction), Mito (old jinchūriki ), Kushina, Menma (Movie alternate universe), and Naruto. Excluding Boruto and Himawari for obvious reasons. Given that there's no evidence of any surviving groups of Uzumaki clan members, I can't image people not making the connection between Naruto and Kushina. But given that your answer explains everything else, except that specific issue in my eyes, I'm willing to say that is probably just a plot hole.  
> **username_1**: The plot addresses and accomodates as much characters as its needed. What was important to the storyline was the end result not how it happened. But yeah, maybe someone will ask the author. I feel we don't see any Namikaze clan members for the same reason. There was no need for the plot.  
> **username_2**: I thought I recalled it being specifically stated that one of the reasons that Naruto was such an outcast was precisely *because* the adults knew he had the 9-tails.  It was at the behest of the Third that they all concealed this fact from Naruto and the younger generations. But many still harbored fear and hatred for him, which colored his whole life and his peers' perceptions for a long time.  
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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-19. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
While I don't like posting speculative answers, upon plenty of time and thought I think this is the best I can think of. Expanding on my comment on the question, I'll try to logically conclude why many didn't relate the boy Naruto with the son of Hokage.

1. We see the scale of invasion pretty early in the episode and see it
   was a sudden war worse than the attack by the Sand/Sound villages.
   The strategy of saving the villagers *probably* resulted from the
   Nine-Tailed Fox Attack. The knowledge of Jinchuriki is SECRET
   information and wasn't revealed to anyone but the Hokage and top-tier Anbu.
   Hence, while plenty of people had seen Kushina pregnant,
   no one knew the significance of the birth (even Minato didn't know).
   The sudden death of the Fourth and his wife naturally led people to
   conclude the worst. We also know that some Anbu and the Third's wife died
   as well. When so many people die together, how can they assume a new
   born baby survive?
2. We know of at least two orphans from the Nine-Tailed attack. Iruka and
   Naruto. (I believe Kurenai's parents died too, but not sure if it was
   filler). When the Third Hokage retook the position, the village was
   turmoil, and plenty of rehab efforts were made, including for orphan
   children whose parents had died. Uzumaki Village is extinct, but
   there may have been several wandering clans in the Land of Fire (not the
   village), who *may have* visited the village. And Naruto may've been
   thought to be the son of guests who unfortunately died in the attack.
   The nature of the Third's kindness is well known and no one would question
   his interest in the kid of a guest of the village who died because
   of the failure.
3. The Hokage's family are treated as special in village. Tsunade (the First's
   granddaughter), Asuma (ran away from home to escape the shadow of
   Hokage's son), Konohamaru (Honorable Grandson + Special Tutor) and
   even Boruto (Konohamaru would naturally take him in). Everyone likes
   them. Treats them with respect. In Naruto's case only the shadow of
   fear lingered, and it didn't change. If he were "special" why didn't
   anybody intervene? This created the vicious circle of some people
   staying away because of the fear that being the Fourth's son makes him
   a target (Kakashi), some jounin let him be (Shikaku), some actively
   shunned him. This shunning gradually increased and seeped into the
   kids as well. No one expects a village oddball to be that of Hokage
   heritage.
4. The most important point is **hiding in plain sight**. Naruto isn't
   the first nor the last to use this technique for hiding the true
   nature of main character. Superman is a prime example. People don't
   expect "special" people to live among the common! What they don't
   expect they just don't see it. This is true in real life as well.
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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-11-13. Score: 0
So I read on naruto.fandom.com that Kushina’s pregnancy was actually kept in secrecy from the general public. So even though no other child in the village has striking yellow hair, like the fourth, except naruto, there technically still isn’t a reason to relate him to the fourth because no one of the general population would have a reason to speculate that the fourth had a child. I also read that Kushina was to be the next jinchiriki of her generation because she had special chakra.So she was sent from the Uzumaki clan to Konoha and enrolled in the school. And since everyone knew that naruto was the jinchuriki I’d assume that everyone knew that Kushina Uzumaki was also the jinchuriki of her generation. It’s also important to note that another Uzumaki possessed the nine tails before Kushina, so when an orphaned kid (after the war when there are many orphans) of the Uzumaki clan shows up who possesses the nine tails, it’s not really a big whoop and certainly no need to make a connection that the kid may belong to the fourth and his wife Kushina even though he has yellow hair and is an Uzumaki. No one knew the fourth and his wife were expecting a child and when Kushina Uzumaki died they just put the demon in another Uzumaki keeping the trend going for the third generation of the Uzumaki clan.
> **Comments:**
> **username_4** (2019-11-13): One reason could be, since Minato was a exceptional shinobi in the third great ninja war, his son could be an easy target to attack and create a hostage situation for the leaf with the absence of Minato. that could be reason for keeping Naruto's profile low and under survelliance by third hokage  
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### Answer by username_5 on 2019-05-25. Score: 0
It's because Minato stated when Naruto met him first, that if anyone knew that Naruto was his son, then he'd be in danger.

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> **username_6** (2019-05-25): Please include the chapter number too.  
> **username_0** (2019-05-29): This doesn't answer the question.  
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