Family Headcanon

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Background: Colonist

FAMILY

Mother
Name: Emily Gale-Shepard
Age: 40
Status: Deceased | Killed in attack
Born: Earth
Died: Mindoir
Job: Colonist/Farmer
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Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Green
Notes:
-Sarcastic sense of humour
-Ruled the house
-Liked to tease her family
-Hard worker


Father
Name: Kevin Shepard
Age: 41
Status: Deceased | Killed in attack
Born: Earth
Died: Mindoir
Job: Colonist/Farmer
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Hair: Red
Eyes: Blue
Notes:
-Soft spoken
-Laughed a lot
-Teased his family
-Hard worker


Sister
Name: Bridget Shepard
Age: 10
Status: Deceased | Killed in attack
Born: Mindoir
Died: Mindoir
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Hair: Red
Eyes: Green
Notes:
-She wanted to be a pilot
-Rachel was teaching her to shoot before she was killed
-Horrible spelling


Brother
Name: Daniel Shepard
Age: 7
Status: Deceased | Killed in attack
Born: Mindoir
Died: Mindoir
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Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Notes:
-Wanted to be an explorer
-Liked to jump out and scare people


Brother
Name: Max Shepard
Age: 3
Status: Deceased | Killed in attack
Born: Mindoir
Died: Mindoir
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Hair: Red
Eyes: Blue
Notes:
-Followed his siblings around
-Smiled and laughed a lot
-Pulled peoples hair


Paternal Grandmother
Name: Meghan Smith-Shepard
Age: 71
Status: Deceased | Killed in attack
Born: Earth
Died: Mindoir
Job: Retired School teacher | Colonist
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Hair: Red
Eyes: Blue
Notes:
-Lived with the family on Mindoir


Paternal Grandfather
Name: Max Shepard
Age: 40
Status: Deceased | Accident
Born: Earth
Died: Earth
Job: Pilot
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Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Notes:
-Died when Kevin Shepard was young
-Grandson is named after him


Maternal Grandmother
Name: Nora Gale
Age: 70
Status: Deceased | Killed in attack
Born: Earth
Died: Mindoir
Job: Retired Soldier/tech | Colonist
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Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Green
Notes:
-Liked to knit and tell stories
-Lived in her own house with her husband


Maternal Grandfather
Name: Arthur Gale
Age: 69
Status: Deceased | Heart Attack
Born: Earth
Died: Mindoir
Job: Retired Soldier | Colonist
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Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Green
Notes:
-Died a year before the slaver attack
-Sniper


Relationships with Rachel
-She got along well with her mother and father
-Used to baby sit her siblings a lot
-Very protective of her brothers and sister
-Close with her grandparents
-Maternal Grandfather taught her how to shoot with a sniper rifle
-Maternal Grandmother taught her a few tech things
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General
-All of the Shepard kids wanted to go and explore new worlds and meet aliens
-Paternal Grandmother taught them a lot of things outside of school
-All Grandparents told the kids stories
-Paternal Grandmother looked after them when they were little and their parents were working
-All the kids had to do chores around the house when they were old enough


After
-Decided she was going to explore the galaxy and see everything there was out there, for her family as well as herself.
-Has a few photos of her family that were sent to her when the colony rebuilt. She left them with a relative of a friend on Mindoir because she didn't want to take them with her.
-Writes to some of the people who resettled and rebuilt Mindoir
-Can't stay on the planet more then a few nights before developing insomnia. She also gets depressed and/or nervous if she's there too long.
-A lot of the people on Mindoir have adopted her. Even the ones who don't know her personally.
-She's been offered a home on the planet many times, especially after the Reaper war, but she always politely turns them down. She still comes to visit though.
-Get's sent letters and cards from kids on Mindoir