Edward was the love child of Count Dooku and one of his assistants, Elizabeth Cullen, who at the same time mothered another kid by Senator Palpatine. Like his father, Edward had a tendency to believe he was a vampire. Dooku wanted him to be raised by Elizabeth, but Elizabeth was not going to care for a little creep like that. Dooku didn't want to either, so he threatened to cut Elizabeth out of his will if she didn't take care of Edward. However, Elizabeth Cullen was already rich due to the fact that she stole Dooku's credit cards had another job but as she wanted to make some extra money off of Edward she sold him to a Jedi Master named Carlisle Jinn, Qui-Gon's brother.