Theory:Mohinder Suresh

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Mohinder has lived in the US prior to Genesis.	Mohinder has a license to drive a taxi cab. (Genesis).	+ To acquire such a license in the 36 hours the show leaves him is impossible. Therefore he must have acquired the license, or at least its prerequisites, at a previous date. + After seeing Chandra's taxi drivers license among his personal effects, Mohinder goes to the Chelsea Cab Company. The boss offers him a job and he accepts. (Monsters) - Mohinder may have been awarded the license illegally. Mohinder's license expires on a day that doesn't exist. It could be a fake, but this most likely a production gaffe or an in-joke. + Many people who study English choose to spend a few years in an English speaking country. - India is an English-speaking country. • If the accent is an intended trait and not an acting variable, then it would seem as if Mohinder has spent a good amount of time in a primarily English speaking country, probably in Europe. - No, not really. India has naturally gained a English sounding accent due to its roots in the British empire.
There have been two Mohinders. The Sureshes tailored the fetuses of their children after Shanti, so it would cure her. The first Mohinder died before it was old enough to survive having it's blood taken and used, so a second identical fetus was made to cure Shanti afterwards.	Two different times of birth (one where he was born while his sister was alive, one he was born after) have been given.	- Why make two fetuses, when the first would have been able to cure Shanti? What would the purpose of the current (second) Mohinder be? How would they have been 'tailored?' • Only Mohinder's antibodies seemed to be the cure for Molly and Shanti's sickness. If he was not tailored in some way, wouldn't anyone's antibodies do? - Mohinder says that 'sometimes, when a mommy and daddy have a sick child, they have another baby, a healthy baby, with healthy antibodies' (The Hard Part). Seeing how the disease started with Shanti, even though there have been EH's around since the 16th century (Takezo Kensei), there is a high probability that only Mohinder (and perhaps Chandra and Mohinder's mother too, unless Mohinder is an EH himself and only EH relatives of Shanti's have healthy antibodies) can cure the virus. Furthermore, it is improbable that anyones (EH or not) antibodies would work, else there would be no need to fear this virus spreading over to the general population.
Mohinder is related to Takezo Kensei.	None.	- Mohinder is of Indian descent, while Kensei is of European or Western descent. + After so many generations it is very likely that any obvious trace of descenty should have be "washed" through the generations. + Takezo has traveled the world, he might have gone to India on his way to Japan. • If Mohinder is related to Kensei then it is unlikely that he wouldn't inherite an ability. Though his sister had an ability so it may have skipped his generation. • None of the wives that Kensei mentioned were Indian. Though he could have slept with an Indian women without marrying her. - The only thing that supports this theory is the fact that Kensei has been around for a long time. As Evan and Khufu prove, there were other evolved humans before, or at the same time as Kensei.
Mohinder Suresh may be a name variation of the semi-mythical "Beast of the Middle East", Sirrush, and possibly be the monster in which he was transforming into.	None.	+ The Sirrush beast's appearance was that of a dragon-like creature that was covered in scales (much like those on Mohinder's back) a head like a snake's with folds within the skin, one horn protruding on its head, a forked tongue, long neck with a slender tail and the front legs of a lion and the back legs of an eagle. + This creature was mentioned in the apocryphal Bel and the Dragon, an addition to the Book of Daniel of the Old Testament, further suggesting the connection between main character names and biblical names i.e. Peter, Gabriel, Noah, etc.
Mohinder will marry Maya in the future.	None.	+ He loves her, and she loves him. She never really left him permanently. - Maya has left the US and went back to the Dominican Republic, after Arthur removed her ability. - Maya told Mohinder to stay away from her, after what he did.
Mohinder and Maya are brother and sister.	None	+ Maya might be Mohinder's sister Shanti, who did not really die but her powers were so strong poison emission for her parents and they probably gave her away to adoption. - The writers would never make siblings have sex. • It almost happened in Star Wars. - Shanti was five years older than Mohinder. Maya is in her mid-twenties. Which means she cannot be his elder sister, and there's no confirmation Mr. and Mrs. Suresh had more children than two. • That would mean that Mohinder is also Alejandro's brother.
Mohinder's cocoon was meant to evolve him to the next stage, but the eclipse interrupted this, causing more harm than good.	None.	+ Mohinder's health deteriorates more quickly after the eclipse than it had before. + Mohinder's ability has been called "insect-like"; cocoons are part of the life-cycle of some insects.
Mohinder has the ability to give other people abilities.	In the final scene of Dual, when the President is looking through Nathan's files, Suresh's file says he has the ability to 'Activate Evolution'.	- Mohinder only has one ability - Enhanced Strength. + 'Evolution' might mean just enhanced strength and reflexes. He just used it on himself. - This was most likely a typo, it is likely referencing his father's book and his relation to it.