Martha Kent and Jonathan Kent, also known as Mary and Eben Kent, or as Ma and Pa Kent, are a caring couple in Kansas. The Kents are the adoptive parents of Superman. They live in the small town of Smallville, Kansas. The couple is usually portrayed age-wise as either late middle age or elderly. In most versions of Superman's origin story, Jonathan and Martha were the first to come across the rocket that brought the infant Kal-El to Earth, with their adopting him shortly thereafter, renaming him Clark Kent - "Clark" being Martha's maiden name.