Frodo Baggins does not have a son; he never married or had children, but he was the adoptive nephew of Bilbo Baggins, and his biological parents were Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, who died when he was young, leading to Bilbo raising him as his own. The name "Frodo Baggins, son of Drogo" is how he was known by some (like in Gondor) to denote his lineage, but he remained childless.
Background. Frodo is introduced in The Lord of the Rings as Bilbo Baggins' cousin and adoptive heir. Frodo's parents, Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, had been killed in a boating accident when Frodo was 12; Frodo spends the next nine years living with his maternal family, the Brandybucks, in Brandy Hall.
It was always Sam's intention to name one of his children after his best friend, Frodo Baggins. Though his first child was a girl, he named the second one Frodo. Frodo became the head of Gardner Family and inherited Bag End.
Yes, he loved Frodo. In Two Two Towers book, he literally thinks those very words. ``I love him.'' Tolkien has said Sam loves Frodo, it is no secret.
Frodo kissed sam at least three times before he left for the undying lands. Sam kisses Frodos forehead, holds him while he sleeps. In the books they are constantly holding hands and not just while in danger or on the walk to Mordor.
The text depicts the relationship as one of mutual friendship and loyalty. As Frodo is progressively weakened by the burden of carrying the Ring, Sam becomes increasingly resourceful, and increasingly tender in his care and concern for Frodo. At one point, Sam takes Frodo's hand, though he is embarrassed to do this.
As others have said, it just means "strange." There are a few other words that are now slang/slur for "homosexual" in the Hobbit and LoTR as well.
Tolkien called Samwise Gamgee "the chief hero" of The Lord of the Rings , going so far as to refer to the modest Hobbit as "far superior to" himself. Sam's grace, kindness, and undeniable heroism are ultimately responsible for the elimination of Sauron's presence from Middle-earth.
As far as how old Frodo is when he dies, the answer is...well, we don't know. Because two years after the end of his quest, Frodo leaves for the earthly paradise of Valinor and doesn't return to Middle-earth, so what happens to him is unknown. He could be dead, he could be alive—he's the Schrödinger's cat of Hobbits!
In the books Bilbo hadn't even come close to catching up with his biological age until after the Ring was destroyed. (And since Gollum was destroyed with the Ring, there wasn't any chance for his age to catch up with him.)
Frodo never used the ring, and kept it to safe guard it. While holding the ring for those reasons, it would be slow to corrupt the wielder. Despite being slow to work its evil, it definitely had an effect on the hobbit: "You do not know the real peril yet; but you shall.
A group of UCL medical students, led by Dr. Liz Sampson, concludes that Gollum was actually suffering from schizoid personality disorder.
Out of all his family members, apart from his parents, Bilbo was closest to his cousin Frodo, whom he identified as his nephew as opposed to their actual relations.
On 27 October 1916, as his battalion attacked Regina Trench, Tolkien contracted trench fever.
Nori and the others are the reason Gandalf loves the Hobbits so much. He saw their purity of heart and through Nori he saw their potential to do great things.
As a Maia, Gandalf was an angelic being in human form, in service to the Creator (Eru Ilúvatar) and the Creator's 'Secret Fire'. He took on the specific form of an old man as a sign of his humility. His role was to advise but never to attempt to match Sauron's strength.
Frodo Baggins, at the Council of Elrond, in The Fellowship of the Ring I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way. Frodo Baggins was a hobbit of the Shire in the late Third Age. He was a key figure in the Quest of Mount Doom, in which he bore the One Ring to Mount Doom, where it was destroyed.
After the Battle of Bywater, it was largely restored to normal, and Frodo took up residence in the hole again. After Frodo Baggins left Middle-earth, he gave Bag End to Samwise Gamgee, whose family, the Gardners, would live in it for many years.
Tolkien's description of Gollum conforms to a Catholic – and Thomistic – account of envy, which is a “sadness of the soul”; and it is Gollum's unbearable sadness and his unquenchable desire for the one Ring that marks his character.
It's possible that Gollum's prolonged search for the ring allowed it to maintain a significant power over him, suspending his aging process. In contrast, Bilbo's exposure to the ring's influence waned after he willingly (mostly) relinquished it, allowing his aging to resume more noticeably.
As one of the Maiar, Gandalf was not a mortal Man but an angelic being who had taken human form... along with the other Maiar who entered into the world as the five Wizards, he took on the specific form of an aged old man as a sign of his humility...