Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27924662-20170413020933

Rinnegan seems to highly associated to the jutsus of Uzumaki clan(Despite lack of information on the clan) for instance: 1)Human Path: Is very similar to reaper death seal; Especially if you remove the dying part. 2)Naraka Path: Is very similar to Healing bite. This path can supposedly heal the other pains just like how uzumakis can heal others with heal bite. 3)The chains that are used to subdue tailed beast(similar to one which obito used) are really similar to Admantine chains of Uzumaki clan. 4) this one is long shot, But Animal path is quite similar to how that red haired girl controlled the ultimate summoning beast.My guess is Kishimoto at first decided to make nagato a rare case of Uzumaki mutation but later scrapped it in favor of madara awakening the rinnegan. That would explain the uncanny similarity between Uzumaki clan and the Rinnegan. 