Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) in Star Trek: Discovery and Worf (Michael Dorn) in Star Trek: The Next Generation have some key similarities, but the biggest thing they have in common no longer matters to their respective stories. Both Burnham and Worf were orphans who were raised by parents from alien cultures; Michael was raised by the Vulcan Ambassador, Sarek (James Frain), and his human wife Amanda Grayson (Mia Kirshner), while Worf was raised by Human foster parents Sergey (Theodore Bikel) and Helena (Georgia Brown) Rozhenko. Their blended upbringings gave them unique insights into both their native and adoptive cultures.
