Gracia Hughes

Gracia Hughes is the kind-hearted wife of Maes Hughes and mother of Elicia Hughes. In the 2003 anime series, Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric and Nina Tucker helped Gracia get through her delivery of the baby by being there for her. At the time Edward heats some water for Gracia without a Transmutation circle. Gracia is very kind throughout the series and sometimes makes cakes and sweets for the Elric brothers.

Quote:

Gracia Hughes: [struggling against pain] Honey, it's here.

Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes: The tea?

Gracia Hughes: [in pain, mildly ticked] The baby!

Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes: [surprised] Ahh! But-but the doctor said next week.

Gracia Hughes: [in pain] Well the baby just said 'Now!', and I'm pretty sure she gets to choose.

Trivia

 * Gracia's name is yet another of the many references to Ancient Greece, as "Graecia" is the name of the country in its native language.


 * Though the name most attributed to the pronunciation is "Gracia" and the name itself is a nod to "Graecia", Mrs. Hughes' name has been spelled "Glacier" both in an omake of the manga as well as in the Fullmetal Alchemist movie, presumably a mistake due to the identical pronunciation of the name and the term in Japanese.