[gregebowman]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
I thought Kirk's dad was a farmer. Didn't JTK grow up on a farm in Iowa?

From what I can remember, Shatner's dad was named Samuel, same as his brother's name. Sam Kirk the elder was the chief security officer of Robert April's NCC-1701 (April was the captain of the Enterprise before Pike). I don't know if Kirk's farm was a working farm, or in the 23rd century they had automated planters and harvesters so a man can travel in space and still keep a farm. If Shatner does appear as a Kirk ancestor, it would have to be a great, great grandfather or something like that.

[ July 21, 2004, 21:19: Message edited by: gregebowman ]