It's always been evident that Todd is really terrible at being a tiger. They're traditionally badass and grumpy and loners, of which he is none.

So awhile back we came up with the idea that his mother is some kind of canine (to recap, the species in my world completely carry over to the offspring based on the genders, unless they're relatively close, in which case some overlap/hybridizing may occur). I kicked around the idea of an Irish setter (Todd is, officially, half Irish, half Indian), but it just seemed cuter to make her a golden retriever. And while Cody closely takes after his father, Todd's father is...........well, let's just say Todd gets his body from his mother's side. Exactly how his parents met will be shown in the comic later. Amusingly, Todd's surname was supposed to be based on Shere Khan, but it's such an Irish name, it seemed more suitable that his father opted to take his wife's name, simply because it's easier to spell/pronounce (I know that pain). Plus, she's a doctor and legally couldn't change her name. We'll likely retcon it so it's actually O'Connor.
And to further drive home the good-natured canine side, he has six sisters--he's the second youngest. The older sisters are warm, friendly, supportive, and very close, as a good golden retriever family should be! They're all smart and pretty and sweet, and I tried to give a good spread of archetypes; at least one is heavily athletic, one is into science, one is a lawyer, etc. His father is a somewhat gruff and distant engineer, and sort of the blunt, intellectual type. He very much approved of Todd's relationship with Cody, since he felt Todd needed more...masculinity in his life. The youngest sister, despite being a canine, inherited her father's personality, and is clearly daddy's little girl. She also gets along best--not surprisingly--with Cody.

We're still hashing out names (it'd be cute if they alternated between traditional Irish names and traditional Indian names for their kids), but I just hashed this out cuz I wanted something cute at the time. They're not going to have a HUGE role in From Russia With Lust, so I'm not going to go heavily into them here, but there will be a sequence where Cody and Jake visit Todd's family.
At first I was wondering if it made sense to have another big family, but well...canines have litters, so I imagine they're big on having large families (hence Jake and his brothers as well), compared to something like a horse or a tiger that have fewer children at a time, hence, say, Cody and Cindy being only children.

Eh, that's all for now, the comic will explore more of this.