if you're talking about family wise it's kind of up in the air still but his family would have immigrated from brazil before he was born and they would've had a tough time at first, finding work, etc, but would have made it work and provided for their kids as best they could. his dad passed away when he was in high school. his brother or sister would've been born in america too and he's originally from florida, which is where his parents stayed permanently after immigrating. he would have moved to boulder at 19 to go to school buuuut details can be easily changed though if there was something you had in mind