Theresa Wiggin was a graduate student researching community formation and social connections, but overshadowed by her father, who is renowned as a theoretical military genius. It is guessed by Theresa and John Paul that John Paul's forced attendance of her class may be a ploy by the International Fleet to allow them to meet.Although she has hidden her Mormon faith, she remains devoutly religious when allowed to speak freely, which is rare. She prayed over the sleeping Ender when he was young, and in a conversation with Bean reveals efforts on behalf of her children to raise them religiously were stifled by the International Fleet's interest in them and the fact that the Fleet would have undoubtedly interfered had they attempted to instill a specific value set.After both Peter and Valentine were determined to be inappropriate for Battle School, the International Fleet bent their population restrictions and allowed the unfettered birth of Ender. As a Third, a child born third to the family, Ender faced discrimination, but it is revealed that Theresa and John Paul intended to have a third child regardless of the International Fleet restrictions for religious reasons.She also notes that it was too late to teach Peter religion, but that after seeing his violent, ambitious, and ruthless tendencies, she tried with John Paul to teach him basic concepts like decency, although at the time Peter despised them both. Show less «