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* The ''[[Mass Effect]]'' squad is often nicknamed the "SSV Daddy Issues." ''There is a very good reason for this.''

** Two of the three possible origins of [[Player Character|Commander Shepard]] involve parental abandonment: in one (Colonist), both of Shepard's parents were killed when slavers raided the colony they lived in, and in the other (Earthborn), Shepard grew up on the streets of Earth and never knew his or her parents at all. Averted with the Spacer origin—both of Shepard's parents are alive and well, and a sidequest in the first game even involves having to call up your mom.

** Liara never knew her [[Has Two Mommies|"father"]] and her mother {{spoiler|was brainwashed into joining the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Mass Effect (video game)|Mass Effect 1]]''}}. The "Lair of the Shadow Broker" [[DLC]] for the second game all but confirms Liara's dad's identity ({{spoiler|Matriarch Aethyta, the bartender at Eternity on Illium}}), and, in the third game, you can encourage Liara to talk to her.

** Liara never knew her [[Has Two Mommies|"father"]] and her mother {{spoiler|was brainwashed into joining the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Mass Effect (video game)|Mass Effect 1]]''}}. The "Lair of the Shadow Broker" [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] for the second game all but confirms Liara's dad's identity ({{spoiler|Matriarch Aethyta, the bartender at Eternity on Illium}}), and, in the third game, you can encourage Liara to talk to her.

** Wrex never mentions his mother, but does explain that his father {{spoiler|betrayed and tried to murder him, causing Wrex to kill him}}.

** Ashley's father is also dead, but it's never said how.