Retconning and Character Background
Jonathan's history has been retconned on more than one occasion. In 2001, it was stated that Gail Lavery had married Patrick Curry, but later had taken back her maiden name and given it to her children. This was later re-written, as Jonathan's father's name was later revealed to actually be Patrick Lavery. Jonathan's blood type was written to be A-negative. The character was previously presumed dead, from April 14, 2005 to August 23, 2005 when a bomb exploded in an old mine.
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