A Family Affair

A Family Affair is a side quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Honest Hearts.

Quick walkthrough

 * Talk to Waking Cloud about her husband.
 * Talk to Daniel to learn about his fate.
 * Tell Waking Cloud the bad news, lie to her, or promise Daniel not to tell.

Detailed walkthrough
First, talk to Waking Cloud about her family - she believes Daniel may be withholding information from her, and will ask you to talk to him about the matter. After much hesitation, Daniel will state that her three children survived their exodus, but her husband died protecting them from a White Legs attack.

Daniel will ask you not to tell Waking Cloud about this out of fear that her resultant grief will render her useless, but the player can convince him otherwise. At this point, the player can either tell Waking Cloud the truth or lie to her. Lying to her results in bad karma and the bad ending, whereas telling her the truth results in no karma change and the good portion of her ending. The player can also promise Daniel that he won't disclose the fact to Waking Cloud, which closes off dialogue options pertaining to the quest.

If she is told the truth, she will at first be angry with Daniel for keeping the news from her; but her ending reveals that she later forgives him. After her grief over losing her husband subsides, she takes a new husband, a member of the Dead Horses tribe, who stays close to home at her request.

If she is lied to, she will be resentful of Daniel and the New Canaanites and poison her tribe against their teachings, making relations very difficult between the Sorrows and the New Canaanites.