Editing Cosmo Kramer (section)

==Background and family==
In "[[The Trip (Seinfeld)|The Trip]]", Kramer says a man in a park exposed himself to him when he was a young boy. In "[[The Big Salad]]" Kramer reveals to Jerry that he grew up in a strict household where he had to be in bed every night by 9:00PM.

Kramer never completed high school; in "[[The Barber (Seinfeld)|The Barber]]", it is revealed that Kramer has a [[GED]].

Kramer was estranged for a long period from his mother, Babs Kramer, who works as a restroom matron at an upscale restaurant. Unlike [[George Costanza|George]] and Jerry, Kramer's character does not have a well-developed network of family members shown in the sitcom. He is the only main character on the show whose father never makes an appearance; in "[[The Chinese Woman (Seinfeld)|The Chinese Woman]]", Kramer mentions that he is the last male member of his family, implying that his father had died. He also mentions in "[[The Lip Reader]]" that he has or had a deaf cousin, from whom he learned fluent [[American Sign Language]]. Like the other main characters, he has no children.

In "[[The Strong Box]]", it is revealed that Kramer spent a brief time in the [[United States Army|Army]], although info about this time is "classified". In "[[The Implant]]", he says he lived in [[Los Angeles]] for three months.