@ the Anon who asked about Crocodile and Cordelia, I might have found a way to make it work -
Crocodile is the parent. Whether it's Crocomum or Crocodad will be left open until either Oda confirms anything or I have to come up with something. She was most likely left to the other parent who might have died at some point, leaving little Cordy to fend for herhelf in the streets. Tried to steal from Smoker (I'm not sorry, I was going through the Marines in order to get the facts right for Midori's introduction and what can I say, I'm a sucker for the most unlikely people suddenly having to care for someone, blended families, found families and whatever...) and was taken in to find her folks. He did found out who her other parent was but decided not to take action and instead take care of her (assuming he has family somewhere, he brought her there to be taken care of when he was at sea). I might have to make her younger since Smoker is only in his 30s - if I make her younger, he might have been mid-20s when he found her and she got attached quickly and assuming he had parents somewhere who wanted to give the kid a chance instead of sending her to the nearest orphanage.... hmmmm... She grew up on the right side of the law but also learned not taking shit from anybody and learned to stand up for herself. Although she was offered to join the marines, she decided not to, never having liked rules very much and also having seen some of the not-so-great things the marines did. I think I said she was working on Sabaody in a bar - I'll keep that and have her meet the Supernovas and all to get her more involved with pirates. Eventually she learns who her still living parent is which makes things complicated. She is stubborn and headstrong and will eventually seek Crocodile out. She will have learned basic fighting from Smoker and Tashigi but will gain her devil fruit ability later in the story, after the timeskip somehow. I will need her to get involved with a pirate crew so she can join the events that are happening in the story. I have not made any further decisions but that's what I've gotten so far. Also, since she's family to Smoker, she can interact with Tashigi, Hina, Midori and so on as well so Midori won't feel so separated from my other ocs.