While Cathy Cox was pregnant with her third child, she turned on the television to watch an episode of Star Trek.
As she watched, one character stood out: a pale man with dark hair, dressed in a red shirt with buttons, who had arrived on planet Barkon IV. His name was Jayden.
Cathy Cox liked the name.
On March 3, 1995, in Columbia, she gave birth to a baby boy: J’den Michael Tbory Cox.
In Star Trek, Jayden — more commonly known as Data — was a robot. His attempts at humor were often unsuccessful, and he was unable to feel emotion at the beginning of his life.