Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5448995-20160103010513/@comment-61022-20160308183352

Skimmed through what has been released so far in Spider-Man 2099 taking close attention to the scenes with Roberta. She certainly remembers things from Secret Wars if she recalls that things "involved Reed Richards", as for them both recalling Miguel flirting with her, it's certainly not something that has been depicted in the original Spider-Man 2099 run. From he was engaged to Dana D'Angelo until her death in. Their relationship was troubled but he never flirted with anyone during that period of time. Prior to dating Dana, he was in a relationship with Xina Kwan before that (as seen in, Miguel dated her until he met Dana who was dating his brother Gabriel. Miguel and Dana had an affair until both Xina and Gabriel found out about it and the two started dating in the open)

So it's certainly not something that was depicted during the original run. The only possibility is that this happened at some point in the past prior to Miguel dating Xina Kwan. Which again, I'm not holding much stock in since Miguel has known Xina since they both attended the Alchemax School for Gifted Youngsters as kids (which was chronicled in back-up stories on Spider-Man 2099 Vol 1). Although they early relationship wasn't explored very deeply, it suggests that they were dating for quite a long time.

So it certainly looks like the recognizance at this point needs to be explained further. Also because the pair have mutual memories, that doesn't also mean they're from the same reality as a lot of realities have parallel events that happen. It's still possible that Roberta is from a different timeline where she becomes Captain America 2099, whereas there is also the "prime" 2099 where she does not. The only similarities being that in both realities Miguel hit on a blond test subject. A lot of the early What If? realities are perfect example of realities where similar events happen but history goes off in a different direction. What is true about alternate realities similar to Earth-616 would also apply to alternate realities similar to Earth-928.