When starting with 'Unfortunate Hunting Trip', the deceased father is of the local culture. Not that of the character. I.e. Driik starting in Owl territory, the corpse would be of an Owl-Tribe hunter/woodman. Not a Driik like character. Or a vagabond if starting location is in no-man's-land.
(possibly related to bug when asking vagabond for directions; they tell "village X is a vagabond village", not a village of the present culture)