

Or maybe he did want a family reunion, just was kind of an asshole about it.

Unless some pre-war person with a missing kid, see how long they last, see how they deal with the supposed deadliest guy in the wasteland (yeah -ing right) if they even get that far. Some revenge might have played a part but a small one, I think it was mostly just an experiment now that the SS was no longer needed as the Backup. One could interpret him as doing so hoping the Sole Survivor would get revenge of Kellogg's frosted flakes but thats not an interpretation I really accept, Shaun was too cold and too willing to - over everyone even his own parent. He decided to unthaw his frozen popsicle parent to see if they would survive, atleast thats what he said.
