Editing Worf (section)

== Family history ==
Worf was orphaned as a child as a result of the Khitomer Massacre, and raised by Helena and Sergey Rozhenko. In one episode, the character says he was raised on the farm world Gault and in others he says he was raised in Russia near the Ural Mountains. He experiences conflicts between his upbringing and his desire to honor his biological heritage. He has two brothers, each with their own respective backstories, as well as two adoptive human parents, and one son. Important ''Star Trek'' episodes for Worf's family include "[[The Bonding]]", "[[Sins of the Father (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Sins of the Father]]", "[[Family (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Family]]", "[[Reunion (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Reunion]]" and "[[Homeward (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Homeward]]" in ''The Next Generation'', and "[[Sons of Mogh]]" and "[[You Are Cordially Invited]]" in ''Deep Space Nine''.

The House of Mogh was a family of high social and political rank, and was for a time represented on the Klingon High Council. In ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' (set around 70 years before the ''Next Generation'' era began), [[Colonel Worf]] (also portrayed by Dorn) appears as the legal advocate of Captain [[James T. Kirk]] and Dr. [[Leonard McCoy]] after they are accused of killing Chancellor [[Gorkon]] of the Klingon High Council. He was also a member of the Klingon delegation at Camp Khitomer. Although not explicitly stated, he was intended to be Worf's grandfather and [[namesake]].<ref name="screenrant" />

Worf has a son named Alexander with a half-human half-Klingon woman named K'Ehleyr, a character introduced in "[[The Emissary (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Emissary]]"; however, she is later killed in "[[Reunion (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Reunion]]", a "sequel" to that episode and part of the Worf story arc, leaving Worf as a single parent.<ref name="erdman" /> Alexander has to live aboard ''Enterprise''-D when K'Ehleyr is killed. After ''TNG'' ends, Worf gets moved to the Deep Space Nine space station where he eventually marries the Trill symbiont [[Jadzia Dax]]. (See "[[You Are Cordially Invited]]".) On ''DS9'', Worf misses the ''Enterprise''-D "family" that he had, often bemoaning the cut-rate work ethic and unfriendliness on the wayward outpost.

The episode "Sins of the Father" introduces Worf's long-lost brother Kurn, who is also an orphan of the House of Mogh.<ref name="erdman">{{Cite book |title=Star Trek 101: A Practical Guide to Who, What, Where, and Why |last=Erdman |first=Terry J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yi0xvGuzVC0C&q=worf+family&pg=PA68 |publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7434-9723-7 |pages=68}}</ref> Worf's adoptive parents have a biological son, Nikolai Rozhenko, with whom Worf grew up. Nikolai and Worf talk in "Homeward", where it is revealed that Worf will likely have a nephew or niece.

In "[[The Bonding]]" (''TNG'' S3E5, aired 1989), Worf adopts an orphan boy into the House of Mogh.<ref name="Handlen">{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-bonding-booby-tr-1798165698|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Bonding"/"Booby Trap"|last=Handlen|first=Zack|website=TV Club|date=August 12, 2010 |language=en-US|access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref> In the first ''Star Trek'' episode written by screenwriter [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]], the orphan Jeremy (played by Gabriel Damon) has a special Klingon ceremony to be adopted into Worf's family.<ref name="Handlen" /><blockquote>Join me in the R'uustai, the Bonding. You will become part of my family now and for all time. We will be brothers.

:– Worf to Jeremy, "The Bonding"<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Next Generation Transcripts -The Bonding|url=http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/153.htm|access-date=2021-03-19|website=www.chakoteya.net}}</ref>
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