Actually I failed to clearly state my opinion. I'd prefer not to have parents in SS, as long as they're not just inexplicably absent. There would have to be a decent excuse this time to leave them out, unlike in previous games in which your imagination can take you to an endless number of...
No wife or kids, but parents are possible. He is supposed to be a normal boy. They don't usually like giving him such a defined life, but it would be difficult to explain his lack of parents this time. No wars to die in, no sea to explore, etc.