Personal Life and Family
David's only known family is a father who works for the National Security Agency and a mother whose occupation is unknown. David's father exhibits some of his personality traits, rejecting an offer of assistance from the alarm company when his house is broken into (by Marco) and opting to handle it himself instead. David refers to his father as 'a spy' and it is revealed his father brings him back many exotic things from his overseas travels, such as his pet cobra Spawn. Notably, David's father is the only authority figure he respects and cares for, to the point of charging Visser Three head-on (before he was given the morphing power) to save him.
When David's father is taken by the Yeerks, they use his position with the NSA to trace a call made by David (with Marco watching) at a 7-Eleven pay phone. This near confrontation is what convinces David that his parents have been made into Controllers. His parents are not named, and it is never revealed what happens to them after the series, or whether they try to find out what happened to David.
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