Ororo Munroe was born in New York City to an African American father and an African mother. When she was a child her parents moved to Cairo Egypt. She was orphaned and forced to survive on her own. As a young adult Ororo made her way to Kenya where she was worshipped by a tribe as a goddess.

Warren Kenneth Worthington III was born the son of millionaire parents. As a teenager he was recruited in to the original X-Men. Warren's parents passed away well he was in his twenties. Warren inherited his father's company which he built in to a billion dollars company.

Scott Summers and his younger brother's parents died in a plane crash when they were children. His mother pushed Scott and his brother out of the plane with Scott wearing the only parachute and Scott holding on to his brother. Scott Summers suffered a head injury that later made it impossible for him to control his mutant ability. Scott was taken in by Charles Xavier when Scott was a teenager and Charles became Scott's surrogate father.