sure...............Maybe Ash's dad is a Ninetales. According to Japanese lore foxes could turn into humans so maybe a Nintales did that and ****** Ash's mom.
for this im calling ashes dad singe i reckon that singe was like the main character in md and got turned into ho oh wen he was human he had a best friend pichu singe looks like ash but older pichu grew up and evolved into pikachu ashes partner pika waited aroun pallet incase singe came back thinking ash was singe he kept a close eye on him until he was captured by oak for research. singe (ho oh) saw this and kept ash asleep in a dream making him late so oak had no choice but to give him pika pika was a bit unure about ash untill the flock of spearow wer he realised that ash was kind like his father