Minato's name does not mean "whirlpool." Like I said, his name means "wind and waves." Uzumaki actually means "three-dimensional spiral" which can also be used for "whirlpool" or "Vortex." But Kushina is from the land of Whirlpools, so her chakra affinity being Water has a good merit, though unknown for sure.
Gaara's ability with sand is something he has.. It wasn't granted by the One-tail. His father could control sand too. In fact, he had the ability to control Gold dust. While it is widely believed Gaara's sand ability originated from the One-tail, it was only enhanced by it. It actually originated from his mother's love.
Sorry I meant the link to Water with Minato's name not link to Whirlpool.
Yes but when the One Tails was released when Gaara went to sleep, he was constructed from Sand, so that proves it is also a Sand Element bijuu, and we also saw it use Sand Jutsu's during it's battle so Wind Element is also a given, Gaara was sleeping at the time so the power being used was all the one tails. If he also got the power from his mother then it's either a coincidence or they have link with the one tails in the past, like how the Sharingan might have originated from Ten Tails looking at the flashback drawing of it, with the Sharingan/Rinnigan mix shown on it's eye. So it's possible that pervious hosts came from Gaara's decendents on his mothers side...also let's not forget the Red Hair which may or may not be a link to Uzumaki family.
Whoa, when did they say his mother came from? I'm getting confused....
Are you sure you're not confusing Minato with Kushina, who did come from Whirlpool?
Um...Kushina told us herself when she helped Naruto defeat the Kyuubi, and before that was mentioned during the Jiraiya and Tsunade conversation about Naruto's parents before Jiraya went to spy on Pain.
http://www.mangaread...hapter-500.htmlHere it clearly shows the place is covered by water, so i'm a bit confused by your statement, Minato was from Konoha as far as I know, and nothing has suggested otherwise, unless he was given his name because he was found abandoned a a port by a Konoha Ninja...hmm...there's an idea for a fic.