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In his early life, John lived in [[Elysium City]], on the planet of [[Eridanus II]]. He was large for his age at the time, approximately a foot above his school peers. John had all the genetic markers set in [[Dr. Halsey]]'s original study- he was as close to a perfect subject for the SPARTAN-II program as science could determine. He was a specimen of perfect physical proportion and stunning intellect. [[Dr. Halsey]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]] went to his colony world to study him, and were quite amazed by his reflexes, and more importantly, his luck. To determine if he would be one of the ones chosen for the program, he was asked to determine which side a flipped coin would land on. He watched the coin as it flew in the air...and caught it before it could land.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' pages 21-26</ref> John and the other 72 children unwillingly participating in the program were covertly kidnapped from their homes, and replaced with [[Flash Clones]] which later died of natural causes.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Page 270</ref>