Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160708115044/@comment-756329-20160708171714

@JouXIII and GoldLiger:

Not to take sides, but it was obvious from the get-go that Shinki and Gaara were related to some degree, either Father-Son or Uncle-Nephew. But so far, they've done a good job interweaving the novels to the manga so Shinki's mother being either Shijima (as novel would suggest) or even Matsuri (anime fan fav) is still up in the air

Still, we should just be happy that the manga has confirmed what we already knew.