he grew up in the foster care system after losing his parents in a car crash with no other family to speak of. he had a really rough time in the system, spent a lot of time in abusive households, and not enough time with any of the well intentioned families. i'm on the hunt for a few foster siblings that he ended up keep in touch with after he aged out of the system and went off on his own? they could have been part of a biological family that was taking in foster kids, or another kid being shuffled around the system that ended up in the same home as he did for a while. IF NONE OF THAT WORKS i'm all for brainstorming up something else.