He's not too surprised at that particular question, given the time difference and the fact the woman hadn't yet been even thought of when Bae had crossed worlds. Somehow he doesn't think the answer will go over too well, but there isn't anything he can do to change the truth of it.

"She's Henry's adoptive mother. From what I've learned, Emma was in jail when she had the child, she gave the boy up to give him a chance at a better life. Around that time, Regina came to me asking her to find her a child she could adopt and raise, and the child I ended up locating for her was Henry." He still thinks fate has a sense of humor, even if it did effectively provide them with a means to pull Emma into their town at the right time to break the curse.