Harry and Elise Gintz are Ike's biological parents. They named Ike "Peter". They appeared in "It's Christmas in Canada". They took Ike away from , because of the new law by the Canadian prime minister of every adopted Canadian must return home. The Canadian Prime minister was revealed to be Saddam Hussein, making the law not official. They saw how much Kyle cared about Ike, and gave him back to the Broflovskis.