Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-196.42.18.230-20140311222306/@comment-18016240-20140811004153

Bluemoondude wrote: actullaly gwyn is a human who found a lord soul Gwyn doesn't identify himself as human nor does he have humanity, his kin and servants don't seem to identify themselves as human either so I don't know where you're getting this idea.

It's possible that Gwyn's race, giants, and humans come from the same source or are evolutionary paths that originated from the same source (ie under the earth/the kiln of the first flame) but Gwyn and his people aren't human.