Born to a poor family, James had a hard life with little to call his own, taking summer jobs to support his sister, in 1974 he married his childhood friend Slyvia, towards the end of their marrige in 1977 his daughter Annabelle (Annie) was born, the turmoil of his wife leaving him and taking his daughter had a dramatic toll of his pysche. he was approached by Ascension Pharamacuticals, with his above level I.Q. he rapidly rose through the ranks to head researcher, in 1996 he discovered the formula for what at the time was called simply the Gene Recombinator. after discovering the flawed ratio, he called it the F.G.R signifying its limited usage, but he never gave up on the project.