Ben's childhood is revealed in flashbacks and dialogue; Ben's father had left the family's farm when Ben was an infant, leaving him in the care of Flora, Ben's mother.[61] Late season 1 confirms what early episodes had already suggested – the man in the tuxedo, Henry Scudder, is Ben's father.[62] In the second season, Ben meets his paternal grandmother, Emma Krohn, and learns she killed her husband Hilton Scudder on the night of Henry's birth, along with Henry's older brothers Owen, Gilbert, and Alvin Sr.[63] (According to Knauf and the HBO website, Emma's other sons were from a previous marriage to Clarke "C.W."