Daniel Jackson's Record

[aurora_novarum]

Okay, I actually did this a while ago, but sg_fignewton's recent canon/fanon discussion made me decide to note it here.

I think I know Daniel's birth place.

I know fanon has two big camps of Daniel Jackson's birthplace. Either New York (where the parents died) or Egypt...because I guess he's an Egyptologist and/or his parents were putting up an Egyptian exhibit?

Anyway, I proffer that Daniel Jackson was born in Olympia. Either in Greece or in Oregon. I wanted it to be Oregon, since that's where Grandpa Nick was committed. But, there's no such place as Olympia, Oregon, but there is Olympia, Greece. After staring at the following picture, or its equivalent from my dvd pause and zoom, I'm positive it's some round letter O/G/C/Q and R as the state (or country) of birth.



I know pictures are questionable canon. Carter's birth month shown on a screen in "Entity" is different than the May month Orlin mentions in "Ascension", and O'Neill's age differs from "Brief Candle" to the id card shown in "Fragile Balance". But Daniel's birth information is open to question (I still want to know when July is in Stargate land if Daniel is 4 "and a half" in August of 1969).

This is how I've translated the above picture:
ENLISTMENT RECORD NO: 00-404-226
ENLISTMENT RECORD: ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE


NAME: JACKSON, DANIEL DATE OF BIRTH: [ILLEGIBLE]
PLACE OF BIRTH: OLYMPIA, OR/GR (?)
SEX: MALE RACE: CAU
COLOR OF EYES: BLUE COLOR OF HAIR: BROWN
HEIGHT: 6'00"
WEIGHT: 175 LBS.

HOME ADDRESS: 4?00 [ILLEGIBLE STREET]
MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE

EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL: GRADUATED
FIRST SECONDARY: GRADUATED
FINAL DEGREE: PHD
DEGREE OF STUDY: ARCH ANTH

MAIN CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:
ACADEMIC - ARCHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATOR
DATE [ILLEGIBLE]: 11901-E

SERVICE NO: N/A : CIVILIAN
PHYSICAL CATEGORY: A-2
ENLISTMENT LOC: COLORADO

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

You know that we've spoken about this at length. And while I am so with you on baord the argument against Daniel being born in Egypt ot New York. I am not yet sold him being born in Greece. I still have this cap on my computer and I look at it from time to time. Yes. I am insane and obsessed.

I'd love for the show to offer another clue so tgat I can make that leap. But I'm still resisting because I am stubborn and need more proof LOL

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's why Solutions won't let me put it in the Stargate wiki either. :-( Well that and the fact it'll probably cause some sort of canniption fit in fanon. LOL.

So I'll be a revolutionary here on my lj. *eg*

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Heh. I wouldn't mind a fandom blowout ;) I am soooo tired of Daniel being born in Egypt. Ugh. Pet peeve of mine.

So I can go with you halfway. I definitely see that the cap says Olympia. I just need a bit more before I can commit to GR. But I know I'll never get it *sniffle*

Why couldn't there be one in Oregon??? It would make the Nick thing work so much better!

But yeah. That's all that is holding me back. I need some more -- something in canon -- to sell me on him being born in GR. I just don't know what I can find to convince me.