User blog comment:JakePT/Mass Effect 3 to be Revealed at VGA Awards?/@comment-3101247-20101122140510/@comment-217683-20101125012024

Shepard's mother or father is unlikely due to canon issues. Based on the choices players have, Shep's parents were either colonists on Mindoir, officers in the Alliance Navy, or unknown individuals who were either not alive for or at least uninvolved in all but the earliest portions of Shepard's life. I really don't see the Commander's parents factoring in to this.