"No idea," She grins like the disparity amuses her; but it's the truth, "Grew up on Earth. But the exact city is, uh... A li'l harder. Alliance kept records though, I bet somebody could at least figure out what recruitment office I came through, if anybody cared."

Not that they would, after digging much further. Shepard's youth didn't lead to some vulnerable family or bucolic countryside. Her childhood haunts were owned by different transients, now. The world was a brief and narrow affair for those who survived only on luck, and the strength of their wits; not much given to place-names.

"Joined the military, got a new home. You know how it is."