Indiana Oakley

Indiana Oakley is the mother of the late Zara Zimmerman and the grandmother of Herbert Zimmerman.

Backstory
Indiana had sex with a dog named Duncan during her captivity at the hands of pirates. She later became pregnant and eight months later she gave birth to a dog spliced with human genetics, which meant it would be able to think, act and speak like a human. Unfortunately, the dog was deformed. A group took interest in the hybrid, and Indiana took her baby and later gave it away to a family, hoping it would be safer with them. The group were unable to get their hands on the hybrid due to the Combine invasion and occupation afterwards.

Indiana survived the Combine occupation, although she would slip into severe alcoholism and have sex with numerous men. Her dog would be named Zara Zimmerman and live for the next twenty years, before later passing away.

Tracked down
Over ten years following Zara's death and at least 21 years since Indiana gave her away, she was tracked down by her grandson Herbert Zimmerman. Herbert was Zara's son, who she had with Jed Connolly, but gave Herbert away when unable to provide him with the perfect life. By this point Indiana was suffering severe health problems, but still chose to smoke and drink excessively. She revealed that she found out about Zara's death many years prior, and was overwhelmed with guilt, although knew she lived a successful and even comfortable life in her later years. She then parted ways with her grandson, urging him to life a good life like his mother, as Indiana herself was far past it.

Herbert would use information surrounding Zara's birth to kill off doctors and scientists linked that were involved, blaming them for causing a chain reaction that led to Zara being abandoned, and then repeating history with him. But when he discovered that the true benefactors, the Clandestine Company, were now defunct, he settled with taking out opponents that wronged Zara in some way.

Following Herbert's campaign of revenge, he was killed by Nathan Johnson, who he intended to make a victim. During Herbert's funeral Indiana attended, and came to realisation that she had no one left.

Trivia

 * A mother of Zara Zimmerman was mentioned as far back as 2009, although used in the context as an insult in an episode in which Zara got into a feud with Nathan, with Nathan retorting that "[Zara's] mother f***s dogs!". In a behind the scenes commentary it was stated that Zara's mother was an alcoholic, although it was never made clear in the actual show whether or not Zara's mother was still alive and in contact.

Memorable Info
Children: Zara Zimmerman

Grandchildren: Herbert Zimmerman