As reported by the official Star Trek Discovery Twitter, Burnham was raised on Vulcan as a child by her human mother, Amanda, who was married to Spock’s father, Sarek.
While the series has enjoyed a successful movie relaunch under J.J. Abrams, Star Trek has been absent from television since Enterprise was unceremoniously cancelled in 2005.
The cast and crew of Discovery assembled at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday to discuss Star Trek’s much anticipated return to the small screen.
Star Trek: Discovery premieres September 24 on CBS, before moving to CBS All Access for further episodes.