Worf Is Russian? The Klingons Star Trek: Tng Earth Family Explained

Technically, Star Trek: The Next Generation's Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) was the son of Mogh, but he was raised on Earth by Russian parents. Worf was one of Tng's original cast members, and he served for several years as the Chief of Security on the USS Enterprise-d under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Because Worf was raised by human parents and was the only Klingon in Starfleet, he felt disconnected from his Klingon heritage and sought out ways to honor his Klingon roots.
In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4, episode 2, "Family," Worf's adoptive parents, Sergey (Theodore Bikel) and Helena Rozhenko (Georgia Brown), visited him aboard the Enterprise following his discommendation from the Klingon Empire. Somewhat ironically, Worf eventually came to embody the Klingon ideal of honor better than many Klingons who had been raised among their own kind. After Tng came to an end, Worf...
In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4, episode 2, "Family," Worf's adoptive parents, Sergey (Theodore Bikel) and Helena Rozhenko (Georgia Brown), visited him aboard the Enterprise following his discommendation from the Klingon Empire. Somewhat ironically, Worf eventually came to embody the Klingon ideal of honor better than many Klingons who had been raised among their own kind. After Tng came to an end, Worf...
- 11/25/2024
- by Rachel Hulshult
- ScreenRant
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