Board Thread:Manga/@comment-151.231.104.172-20150824001325/@comment-32610518-20170720032724

Sookey5 wrote:

And our Ymir was specifically named Ymir because she was seen as the reincarnation of Ymir Fritz and/or an idol of Ymir to be worshipped. It'd be like a little girl being seen as the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary and being called Mary as a result. Ymir was essentially an actor for the group to worship and play with the same way you'd treat a celebrity impersonator like the real thing.

Yes, but I think it might have implications beyond that. If you remember when Ilse Langnar, who is said to resemble the present Ymir, encountered that Titan, it bowed to her and refered to her as "Lady Ymir". I think this tells us that there is some relation between the present Ymir and Ymir Fritz. My prediction is that it will be the same story as with Eren Jaeger and Eren Krueger.