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Martha Jones was born on [[14 September]] [[1984]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archives]]'') to [[Francine Jones|Francine]] and [[Clive Jones]]. According to another account, she was born in [[1986]]. She had an older [[sister]] named [[Tish Jones|Tish]], a younger [[brother]], [[Leo Jones|Leo]], and a [[niece]], [[Keisha Jones]], who was Leo's daughter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frozen Wastes (short story)|The Frozen Wastes]]'') Francine chose the name [[Martha (name)|Martha]] simply because she liked the sound of it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]'') She decided to become a [[doctor]] when she grew up after an incident involving her brother when she was a child; once, Leo pushed her on a [[swing]] so hard that she flew off the seat and broke her [[arm]]. Going to the hospital and looking at [[X-ray]]s fascinated her and inspired her to go into the medical field. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frozen Wastes (short story)|The Frozen Wastes]]'') Martha grew up with her mother when her parents [[divorce]]d and was often forced to play peacekeeper in continual family arguments. Tish and Leo also lived with them, with Martha sleeping in their home's smallest room. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]'') Martha devoured [[Annette Billingsley]]'s ''[[The Troubleseekers]]'', a [[32 (number)|thirty-two]] [[book]] series, around the age of eight; they were the first books that she ever read. She later read ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[His Dark Instruments]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage (short story)|The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage]]'') Martha had three [[trumpet]] lessons in Year 6 of [[primary school]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[House Pests (comic story)|House Pests]]'')