So Peter had two sisters that moved away before Peter could learn their names or know much of anything about them other than that they were a disappointment.
Since they moved of their own volition rather than being sent away like Peter’s other siblings, it can be inferred they reached adulthood/an age old enough to leave home while Peter was still a child.
His other siblings -
Aaron and
Judith - may have been removed from the home when they were still children as a result of this failure, because they weren’t going to waste their time on children that were going down the same path as the two sisters.
Ironic that he talks about his mother not being a cruel woman while also describing the fear and isolation his siblings would have gone through from being uprooted, and also openly admitting his childhood was abusive enough that he and his siblings would have been taken by child protective services.
‘For children that age’ makes them sound very young when they were sent away. Peter was probably an ‘only child’ from a reasonably young age.
He says their mother stopped conceiving because her husband drifted away, but it seems unlikely that was the only reason, since they definitely weren’t together out of love. I imagine she was getting too old to conceive more children by the point her husband drifted/withered away or just didn’t want to deal with marriage/the associated intimacy anymore.
The Lukas’ only marry to propagate the family line, but it seems like some Lukas’, like Peter’s father, aren’t cut out for that kind of cold, loveless marriage. I also get the impression that propagating the family line is considered a family obligation, which doesn’t surprise me because this is very common in cults, which the Lukas’ clearly are. It seems to be an obligation Peter avoided since he spilled his entire life story and never mentioned children, and considering how much he hates connection/intimacy, I imagine he made a deliberate effort to avoid it (kind of hard to push someone into an arranged marriage if they’re out at sea!).
(I also like the idea that part of it is because he’s gay, but tbh that’s very hc territory and I imagine Peter just isn’t interested in people in a romantic/intimate fashion.)
Very surprising she’s still alive, especially considering the frequency of funerals in the Lukas family.
All things considered (his mom being alive, Peter still being a child when his two older sisters left home, growing up with television, and barely having known Jonah as James Wright despite the Lukas’ connection with him and the Institute), I think 44 for Peter makes sense. Which would make his mom 84 in my hc.
what about evan lukas from mag 13: Alone?
i had always assumed peter was his father, probably just having him out of obligation and with all peter’s siblings gone off somewhere else where would evan fit in if peter never had children?
Nah, we’re introduced to Evan’s dad and there’s no indication it’s Peter. Plus, again, Peter doesn’t bring up children nor marriage when he lays out his entire life story. There’s no reason he would mention all his other immediate family but skip over a child when he was being compelled to tell his story.
People usually go for Evan being his nephew, though that doesn’t make much sense since Peter had one brother and they were sent away as a child, and Evan’s father is clearly a Lonely faithful. He’s probably a cousin or some other distant relative. The Lukas family isn’t exactly small; it’s a cult, and there’s a lot of children being born and outsiders being brought into the fold (hence Gerry’s ‘lonely singles’ remark). Even Peter’s mother was someone who hadn’t been born into the family but was nonetheless a Lonely faithful. There’s a lot of family that aren’t named, so it’s easy to imagine Evan could be more of a distant relative.
