You know -- I originally had the character as having missing just his father then raised by his mother and sister. But I had a hard time justifying his more hardened personality with so much supportive feminine influence in his upbringing. In my head, his father died when he was little and his mother died not too long ago. The deaths combined affected and increased his bond to his sister. I purposely left the reasons behind both deaths alone as to give room character development (A fancy way of me saying I wanted to reserve the right to amend their cause of death before it became character canon)
That being said -- I can easily change several things:
1) Bring the mother back. Of course, I'd like to paint her a bit in the history so we can get a better understanding of Quincy.
2) Keep her buried. HOWEVER, explain her death and maybe.
3) Raise them both! Not my favorite choice, as I'd be losing anchors that explains his personality.
4) Oh...and I can change his rank if so needed. While I've RPed here before, I still might not have the "street creds" for the rank bump, but my thoughts that the military action he did see gave me a chance to explore his cybernetics and personality development.
I'm really flexible on all of it, so let me know what needs to be done to get him approved! Thanks!