Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6500074-20130829103240/@comment-4830106-20140210161053

I think there are three dominant theories about Pyrrha's family and personal backstory:

A. She's an orphan and/or was raised in a communal society.

B. She comes from a fairly normal family, but is just something of a prodigy regardless (you know, those kinds of people)

C. Her family is actually dirt poor, and she fought her way to the top in order to support them in the future.

While I'm most inclined to agree with B, since it seems more fitting with her personality, I could see any one of these working.