Character Star Trek: The Next Generation · 2367

Connaught Rossa

Starfleet admiral and grandmother of Jono

A Starfleet admiral whose son and daughter-in-law were killed at Galen IV, and who learns in Suddenly Human that her grandson Jeremiah survives as the Talarian Jono.

Connaught Rossa is a Starfleet admiral who appears, by way of a recorded message, in the fourth-season episode Suddenly Human, set in 2367.
Her son Connor Rossa and his wife Moira died when Talarian forces attacked the Federation colony on Galen IV. Their small son Jeremiah was believed dead with them, leaving the admiral without any surviving family.
When the Enterprise rescues a group of Talarian cadets, one proves to be human and is identified as Jeremiah, brought up by the Talarian captain Endar under the name Jono. The admiral sends him a warm message of welcome. It stirs buried memories in the boy but also deepens his distress, and Picard finally decides that Jono belongs with the father who raised him.