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Jonathan, Clark, and Martha Kent.

The Kents are a Kansas farming family that has owned and operated a farm in Smallville since 1871.

Known Members[]

Kents[]

Other Relatives[]

  • William Clark is the father of Martha Kent, the estranged father-in-law of Jonathan Kent, and adoptive maternal grandfather of Clark Kent.
  • Kara Kent (born Kara Zor-El) is the Kryptonian biological first cousin of Clark Kent. After arriving in Smallville, Clark's close friend Chloe Sullivan helped set up Kara's identity as a cousin of the Kent family from Minnesota.
  • The House of El was Clark and Kara Kent's Kryptonian biological family, who were all killed during the destruction of Krypton.
    • Jor-El was the biological father of Clark Kent, whose consciousness was preserved in the form of an artificial intelligence, and later revived as a clone.
    • Lara-El was the biological mother of Clark Kent, who was later temporarily revived as a clone.
    • Zor-El was the estranged brother of Jor-El, the father of Kara Kent, and uncle of Clark Kent, who was later temporarily revived as a clone.
    • Zor-El's wife was the biological mother of Kara Kent.
    • Jor-El and Zor-El's father was the paternal grandfather of Clark and Kara Kent.
  • The Lane family is the birth family of Lois Lane, and the in-law relatives of Clark Kent.
    • Sam Lane is the father of Lois Lane and the father-in-law of Clark Kent. He is a four-star general of the United States Army.
    • Ella Lane was the late wife of Sam Lane and the late mother of Lois and Lucy Lane.
    • Lucy Lane is the younger sister of Lois Lane and the sister-in-law of Clark Kent.

Other Realities[]

History[]

Jessica Hiram Kent

Jonathan's parents, Hiram and Jessica.

Hiram Kent (1924-1980) was the father of Jonathan Kent and Clark's adoptive grandfather. He was a farmer, like all the Kent men. He and his wife Jessica unknowingly met young Jor-El under the alias of Joe and saved him from going to jail for being framed for murder. Jor-El sent his son Kal-El to his son Jonathan decades later. Hiram and Jonathan were very close and Jonathan often reflected on their relationship when dealing with his own son.

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Jonathan, Martha and Clark Kent.

Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent owned the Kent Farm. They found Kal-El and his tiny spaceship following the meteor shower on October 16, 1989. He was wandering around alone and naked, as well as appeared to be about age two or three. Jonathan and Martha brought the boy home. Deciding that he had indeed fallen from the sky, they adopted him and raised him as their son. Lionel Luthor owed Jonathan a favor and provided them with "official" adoption papers. They told no one about his arrival on Earth, not even Martha's parents. The Kents named the boy Clark, Martha's maiden name. However, Clark soon proved to be no ordinary toddler. Bit by bit, he began to exhibit super-human abilities, beginning with super strength.

Over the years, Jonathan and Martha's loving, supportive parenting instilled in Clark a strong sense of morality and the importance of helping those in need. The Kents raised Clark with a modest lifestyle and taught him to treat his abilities as gifts and use them to help others, but to keep them a secret from everyone, including his best friends. Despite the fact that he was different from everyone, Clark was raised as normal as possible: he attended school and had friends just like any normal kid. Clark was aware that he was adopted, but the Kents waited until he was fourteen to tell him that he was not from Earth.

Martha got pregnant during Clark's second year in high school even though the doctors had always said she and Jonathan couldn't have children. However later in the spring Martha lost the baby due to a truck accident and Clark remained an only child.

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Kara Kent.

In 2006, the night Jonathan was elected Kansas State Senator, he died of a heart attack. Martha later took his position as senator. Clark assumed primary responsibility of the farm. In 2007, Martha moved to Washington D.C. to serve in the United States Senate shortly before Clark discovered his Kryptonian cousin Kara. His friend Chloe Sullivan created a false history for Kara to explain her sudden appearance, christening her "Kara Kent". Clark and Kara lived on the farm together for much of that year, before Kara was kidnapped by Brainiac and placed in the Phantom Zone. In 2008, Clark and Lois were accidentally transported to the phantom zone by the crystal where they were reunited with Kara and returned back to Earth together.

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Conner Kent.

In 2011, Clark is introduced to a clone that shares both his and Lex's DNA known as Conner Kent, Clark assumes the responsibility of offering guidance to Conner by helping him fit in to society while also gaining control over all of his kryptonian abilities . Clark gives Conner the same moral guidance Jonathan and Martha gave to him and adopted him into the Kent family as his cousin.

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Clark and Lois.

In 2010, Clark proposed to Lois Lane who accepted his marriage proposal with great joy and happiness as she became his fiancée.

Notes[]

  • Clark once married Alicia Baker, while he was under the influence of Red kryptonite. However, according to Clark, the marriage was not legal.[5]
  • During the last few days of his life, Martha and Jonathan Kent had custody of Ryan James,[6] making him an unofficial member of the Kent family.
  • Clark once passed off Lindsay Harrison as his cousin from California.[7]
  • In Metallo, Lois Lane mentions that Martha has told her that Clark is visiting cousins in Poughkeepsie.[8] It is unknown if said cousins are on Jonathan's or Martha's side of the family tree.
  • In Finale, Part 1, one people on the wedding guest list is a Ron Biglow. It is unknown if Ron was a guest of the bride or the groom (the former would make Ron a possible relative of the Lane family, or just a friend of Lois Lane).[2]

In the Comics[]

Jonathan and Martha Kent (circa 2017)

The Kents in the comics

The family's origins date back as far as 6th century England, when Sir Brian Kent participated in several adventures under the pseudonym the Silent Knight. It has been suggested that Sir Brian may have been the progenitor of the Kent family line. Brian married Celia Penbrook.

The direct family line of Jonathan Kent is traced as far back as the late 18th to early 19th century. The American Kents originally hailed from Boston, Massachusetts where print-shop owner Silas Kent lived with his wife Abigail. The two sired eight children, all of whom were born in the Kent's Boston home. In 1854, Silas Kent joined the Emigrant Aid Society and decided to relocate his printing press to Lawrence, Kansas to promote his abolitionist ideals. He brought his two oldest sons, Nate and Jeb along with him and they arrived in Lawrence in the summer of of 1854.

Pre-Flashpoint, Jonathan's father was Sam Kent and he also had a brother, Harry. Jonathan married Martha Clark and they adopted a son, Clark Kent and later Clark's partial clone, Conner Kent. Clark married Lois Lane and they adopted together Christopher Kent.

See also[]

Gallery of family members[]


Clark Kent in Smallville
Family Kents: Martha , JonathanHouse of El: Jor-El (ai, clone), Lara, Kara, Zor-El, Conner Kent
Relationships ChloePeteOliverEmilJohn JonesLex (destiny) • LionelBrainiacJimmyTessDavisZod
Romantic interests Chloe SullivanLana LangKyla WillowbrookAlicia BakerLois Lane (destiny)
Work Smallville TorchJustice LeagueDaily Planet
Details Powers (loss, vulnerabilities, training) • secretattireglassesbloodfighting style
Homes Krypton (knowledge) • Kent Farm (house, cellar, barn, loft, truck) • FortressApartment (telescope)
Other KalKal-El (ship) • Superman (suit, crest) • aliasesdestinyvisionNo tights, no flightsNear-death experiencesEpisodes

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