Semi long version of mine: parents were killed in a housefire, Count Olaf becomes guardian aka cue nightmare and besides a massive ego he was also after our money. He pretty much pulled every trick in the book to tear us apart, an attempt at making me marry him, several tries at murder and that is just the starting point. We got accused of something we did not do so we spent the next several years basically on the run. We (as in me plus my brother and baby sister) did finally escape the island but at a price in the emotional sense. We got seperated and I landed in foster care (but compared to the guardian crisis it was a miracle). I was in a junkyard looking for parts when the blue light grabbed me.
I think besides the science we have more in common that first seen.