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Bree saw her parents be taken away by Lucy and a Deacon shortly after they asked that she be excused from participating in the ceremony. She's had virtually no contact with them since, but she was able to meet with her father on December 30th, and she learned that her parents are not her biological ones. She was greatly shaken by this revelation and the subsequent loss of her "father", who was apparently killed when he defected from the Order. Bree's adoptive mother lives, but Bree has not sought contact with her because her father said she had a higher place in the Order and remained loyal.

Father

Template:Person2 Bree's father was first shown in the series in a brief shot of his lower body in "The Tolstoy Principle (and Dad "talks" to Daniel)".

He studied medicine at Oxford and has done research for several biotech companies, himself specializing in ribozymes. Though none of these companies has been mentioned by name, Daniel once found a box with a mysterious symbol that Bree recognized. This discovery led him to one of the company's warehouses, which he broke into and found a box of the medicine Bree's father had once been administering to her in preparation for the ceremony.

Bree's father met her mother while he was studying medicine at Oxford. They met by chance at a performance of the Tom Stoppard play "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" in London. She overheard his discussion with a friend and approached him to express her disagreement. He was saying that the theme of the play was Determinism and Bree's mother stepped in to argue that the theme was actually Free Will. As Bree put it, her father was "smitten like a kitten" after that.

In the Tolstoy Principle video, Bree's father pulls Daniel aside for a talk. Neither Bree's father nor Daniel are willing to tell Bree about the discussion. Bree later confronts Daniel about the conversation. Daniel initially refuses to answer the question, but eventually confesses in a video of his own that her father had asked him to film a play at Bree's religious camp.

Daniel confesses in What Bree's Dad Said... that her father asked Daniel to film a play at Bree's religious camp. When Daniel refused, her father said that maybe Daniel should not be coming around anymore. Bree was angry with Daniel for posting that on YouTube rather than telling her. Daniel later calms down and decides to attend Bree's play, even though he still refuses to film it.

Bree's parents allow Daniel and Bree to go swimming and hiking. But when Bree asks to go to a party with Daniel, her father refuses. After Bree sneaks out to the party anyway, her father catches her, grounds her and bans Daniel from the house. Eventually he is allowed back.

Through the conflict with Daniel, Bree's dad seems to be the stricter of the two parents. He thus causes more contention in the plot, although later in the story Bree's Dad appears to be the better of the two parents, slipping from the grasp of the Order to find Bree and tell her the truth of her life.

Both hands were clearly visible in his brief appearance, and he wasn't wearing a wedding ring. It is possible that Bree's somewhat unusual remarks about Pluto's new planet friends not having rings in "Poor Pluto" could somehow be a reference to that. His next appearance was in "On The Run", in which he and Bree's mother were directed into a car and driven away by Lucy and a Deacon.

His final appearance in the series was in "The Unthinkable Happened", where he is seen speaking with Bree on the street. Later, he and Bree drive to a parking lot and park their vehicle there. Upon their return, two people confront Bree and her father and a gunshot is fired. It has been confirmed in the episode entitled "Bree's Dad Is Dead" that this gunshot had killed Bree's father.

In Bree's next video, My Dad Said..., she revealed that her father and mother were not her biological parents.

Mother

Template:Person2 Bree first divulged detailed information as to the identity and character of her mother in How My Parents Met. In this episode, Bree explained how at the age of 21, her mother lived and studied in Edinburgh, Scotland. Bree's mother, at that time was working on a dissertation on Johann Weyer, a dutch physician, occultist, and demonologist. This bit of information alludes to Bree's religion, which is host to a plethora of speculation that revolves mostly around Aleister Crowley, and Thelema.

Bree's mother has historically taken the offensive when arguing or debating with Bree's father as evidenced by their interaction when they first met at a showing of the play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. When Bree's mother overheard Bree's father debating with a friend of his that the theme of the play is Determinism, she felt compelled to walk over to a man whom she had never met, and tell him he was completely wrong--that the theme of the play was Free Will, a basic concept of many Thelemic sects. According to Bree's accounts, Bree's father was instantly "smitten like a kitten". In Living In London, Gemma describes how her mother met Bree's mother. In this story too, Bree's mom was debating and impressed Gemma's with her confidence.

Although both of Bree's parents are strict, her mother appears to be the stricter one. She reprimands Bree for crying because it projects weakness (Purple Monkey Returns), and disapproves of her watching mystery movies, even if accompanied by her father (see Mystery Movies).

In On The Run, Bree's mother appears briefly as a slim woman with dark brown hair. We do not see her face, but she appears to be quite young. Bree has had no contact with her since then. However, she did have the opportunity to briefly meet with her father on December 31st (The Unthinkable Happened), and she learned that they were not her biological parents (My Dad Said...). She does not expect to speak to her mother "anytime soon", but does not explain why. Perhaps her mother is dead, but even more likely, her mother might have been acting against Bree's best interests, thus rendering any further contact undesirable. Her father explains that Bree's mom had a higher position in the Order and therefore knew more than he did about their workings (Hiding In The Bathroom).

Bree's biological parents

Nothing is known about Bree's biological parents. Bree herself only learned that she was adopted after her parents disappeared. Whether she was willingly given up, or forcefully taken is also an unknown. The Order arranges for thousands of girls to be placed in what are called "protected homes" to be brought up as potential ceremony participants, so Bree's case is hardly an anomaly in their society.

Some have speculated that Bree and Jonas are biological siblings.