In "Governor Dunston", Ron and Kenneth's mother, Pearlene (played by Bryan Cranston and Catherine O'Hara, respectively), visit Kenneth, and, contrary to what Kenneth's comments portrayed him to be, Ron is a benign and amiable, if somewhat dim-witted, man who is shown to care for him like a father. Kenneth, however, still retains his dislike of him, which only increases when Ron accidentally lets it slip that he and Pearlene got married seven years earlier, something of which Kenneth was unaware (contradicting the previous quote) and is not pleased about. But, by the end of the episode, he comes to accept Ron as a part of the family. Kenneth has nine siblings, three of whom were given up for adoption. He has mentioned a sister, who, similarly to the story of the Virgin Mary, became pregnant despite never having sex. He has also mentioned that he has an eight-year-old niece, who he reveals is already married. In "Kidney Now!", it is established that Kenneth is the cousin of "American Idol" second season runner-up, Clay Aiken. Among his apparent relatives back home, revealed in "Stone Mountain", are a woman and a mustachioed man, each of whom is Kenneth's spitting image (both portrayed by McBrayer). In "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish", Kenneth reveals to Jack that, after his father died, he befriended a pig, which he named Harold. Unfortunately, Kenneth's mother had to sell Harold to a slaughterhouse, and, with Harold gone, Kenneth had no reason to live in Georgia any longer, and decided to move to New York. However, he needed $300 for a ticket on the "river ferry-train-oxcart-train-bus". In order to get the money, Kenneth participated in a pig-eating contest, as the first prize was the exact amount that he needed. But, to his horror, the pig that he was given to eat was Harold, and, since then, he has felt extreme remorse for eating his "father pig." However, Jack is able to convince him that by eating Harold, Kenneth gave his death meaning, as it allowed Kenneth to embark on his new life. Kenneth may have been newly assigned to the "TGS" studio at the start of the series; in the pilot episode, Liz refers to Kenneth only as "that NBC page", suggesting they are not close. As the series progressed, however, Kenneth became more familiar with Liz and other staff of "TGS with Tracy Jordan".