James T. Kirk/Early History/Origins

James Tiberius Kirk was born on , 2233, in Riverside, Iowa, on Earth. (; ; ; production resource; ) He was the son of George and Winona Kirk; their other son, his brother, was George Samuel Kirk. (; )
He was named after both his grandfathers: his maternal grandfather, , and his paternal grandfather, Tiberius. (; ; ) Moreover, Kirk was a descendant of the late 19th-century American frontier pioneers. () Kirk held a deep appreciation for the culture and history of his homeland, the United States of America, particularly the western lore and the life of his hero, Abraham Lincoln. He even recognized a document on the planet Omega IV that mirrored the United States Constitution, whose preamble he could recite from memory. ()