Odd never really knew either of his birth parents, but he adored his adoptive father, Jeri. He thinks of the man as his hero, his teacher, and perhaps his best friend.

(... Which kind of exacerbates the fact that Odd views Jeri died under circumstances that were "Odd's fault", and he learned that through some matter-shennanigans with Giratina, Jeri essential gave up his own life to save Odd's, which in the present leaves him in a constant tug of war between "I'm selfish to live after what happened with dad" and "I shouldn't squander the sacrifice he made for me")