User blog comment:Deathmanstratos/Call of Duty: Black Ops II Origins Intro Cinematic released/@comment-4273420-20130823005612/@comment-25494464-20130826142710

Maybe she's not actually Maxis' daughter but a sort of Deity of the dead and Maxis took her, which is why he's so protective of her? It's not that far fetched considering Treyarch can change the whole thing about Samantha's mother or whatever, and it would kinda make sense as well....