Bree's parents

Bree's parents were portrayed in early episodes as strict and overprotective. While Bree lived with them, she was homeschooled and had limited contact with the outside world. Her isolation was attributed to religious reasons. Both parents have traveled extensively; they met in England, lived in New Zealand when Bree was young, and moved around a lot before finally settling down in Southern California.

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 has had limited contact with them since. 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 since she has a higher position in the Order and apparently did not defect like her father had.

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 was carrying what appeared to be a while lab coat in one hand and a briefcase in the other. The lab coat led some to believe that he is a doctor or scientist. In "How My Parents Met", Bree confirms that her father studied medicine at Oxford. She also says that Bree's father met her mother at a performance in London of the Tom Stoppard play "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead".

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 be related.

His next appearance was in the "On The Run", where 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.

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 in What Did Daniel and Dad Talk About?. Daniel refuses to answer the question and eventually tells Bree that her father said she smells like cheese.

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 became mad at Daniel for posting this information on YouTube rather than telling her and they get in a big fight. 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. 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, places her under House Arrest and bans Daniel from the house.

Through the conflict with Daniel, it is revealed that Bree's Dad is generally more strict than Bree's Mom. 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.

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.