Shawn was born to a stripper who left him and his father shortly after his birth. His father got remarried to a woman named Virna, who also abandoned Shawn numerous times during his childhood. As a result of their flighty ways, Shawn was raised mostly by other relatives After Shawn was abandoned yet again and left homeless, he moved in with his best friend Cory Matthews. Shawn didn't take well to the rules of the Matthews household and ran away. Personality. In Boy Meets World