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Did Dr. Mc'Coy and Scotty eve rhave any brothers or sisters ? Surpisingly very little is known about these two and most popular characters from Trek.
Did Mc'Coy or Scotty ever have any brothers or sisters ?
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Well, Scott has a nephew so I'd assume he's got at least one sibling.
As for McCoy, all we really know is that he's got an ex-wife (and maybe a daughter depending on which sources you adhere to).
A sister, as mentioned in TWOK.
Yeah, Peter Preston is supposed to be Scotty's nephew, and is identified as such in the director's cut (and ABC cut, if memory serves). But this "fact" could be argued since it was dropped from the theatrical version. Similarly, it is well known that McCoy was to have a daughter, Joanna, and an ex-wife. But this was never shown on screen and thus isn't "fact." (Notice how I didn't say canon?) 
Yeah, Peter Preston is supposed to be Scotty's nephew, and is identified as such in the director's cut (and ABC cut, if memory serves). But this "fact" could be argued since it was dropped from the theatrical version. Similarly, it is well known that McCoy was to have a daughter, Joanna, and an ex-wife. But this was never shown on screen and thus isn't "fact." (Notice how I didn't say canon?)
In Star Trek 5 (dubious canon) McCoy talks of a grandson.
Are you sure? That rings no bells at all.
You know, aside from Scotty and McCoy, come to think of it, we don't know much about the families of most of the seven characters.
Let's review what we do know: Kirk had a brother, sister-in-law, and nephew, two of who died in Operation: Annihilate. And Kirk had a son with Carol Marcus, David Marcus.
Spock had a half-brother, Sybok.
And we also know Chekov is an only child, from Day of the Dove.
These backstories are canon.
We know McCoy's father was named David. Also canon, as he says it in TSFS. And that McCoy participated in a mercy killing of his father in TFF.
But not exactly canon is that McCoy is divorced and has a daughter. I say not canon since I don't believe he ever mentions it in any dialogue, but there is mention of his ex-wife and daughter from old TOS production notes. In the original script for Way to Eden, one of the "space hippies" was supposed to be McCoy's daughter, Joanna.
Also not canon because it's not spoken is that Peter Preston is Scott's nephew. It's in deleted scenes, which I believe he also mentions that Peter is his sister's youngest, which implies he has at least one or more siblings, so Scotty may have nephews and nieces. But we don't know that for sure, either.
As for Sulu, we know he eventually has a daughter, Demora, but we don't know who the mother is. We also don't know if he has any brothers or sisters.
And we know nothing of Uhura's family life, unless I missed something.
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Let's review what we do know: Kirk had a brother, sister-in-law, and nephew, two of who died in Operation: Annihilate. And Kirk had a son with Carol Marcus, David Marcus.
Spock had a half-brother, Sybok.
And we also know Chekov is an only child, from Day of the Dove.
These backstories are canon.
We know McCoy's father was named David. Also canon, as he says it in TSFS. And that McCoy participated in a mercy killing of his father in TFF.
But not exactly canon is that McCoy is divorced and has a daughter. I say not canon since I don't believe he ever mentions it in any dialogue, but there is mention of his ex-wife and daughter from old TOS production notes. In the original script for Way to Eden, one of the "space hippies" was supposed to be McCoy's daughter, Joanna.
Also not canon because it's not spoken is that Peter Preston is Scott's nephew. It's in deleted scenes, which I believe he also mentions that Peter is his sister's youngest, which implies he has at least one or more siblings, so Scotty may have nephews and nieces. But we don't know that for sure, either.
As for Sulu, we know he eventually has a daughter, Demora, but we don't know who the mother is. We also don't know if he has any brothers or sisters.
And we know nothing of Uhura's family life, unless I missed something.
Red Ranger
I have a memory of something and I will research. I remember one of the movies McCoy mentioning grand[son or daughter] but am not finding it right now. I find watching ST5 painful. If my memory is correct it wasn't very obvious in the movie and you had to listen for it.
I must be wrong - seems it was in the novelization only.
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Red Ranger seemed to sum it up.
Well, it was in the ABC version. Does that count?
It's also (I think) in the Director's Edition DVD, which is the only version now available for that format. If so, I'd expect that to become the default canonical version in the same way that the Director's edition of TMP and the additional-footage version of TUC have.
Assuming that Sarek didn't have any other sons at that point.
Not canon? Not spoken? Have you ever watched the tv cut or the directors edition? The scene in question was restored for both cuts. Since it doesn't violate any previous canon, it becomes 100 % canon to me.
TMP DE and TOS-R is something completely different, though!
The theatrical version of TWOK is still available on DVD, and you can't even remotely compare TWOK DE with TMP DE!
The TWOK DE is adding some scenes without changing any of the established canon, while TMP DE and TOS-R are more like alternate realities!
Quite possibly adopted by Hikaru and his "partner" Brad.
All right, all right, already!
No, I never saw that version. So I guess if it was broadcast somewhere, that makes it canon! Which is fine with me, actually. -- RR
For what it's worth...
"M'Umbha" is also listed as Uhura's mother in the 1977 Star Trek Quiz Book (Quiz 4, question #2).
In the animated episode with the shape shifting alien who has taken the form of famous wealthy philanthropist Carter Winston, McCoy mentions that his daughter was on a colony world when the crops failed and Winston used all his wealth to send relief.
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