Alexander "Alex" Koch Tracy

Born: February 18. 2057
Current age: 11
Position: Oldest son of Dianne Tracy, second youngest of the Tracy children

The first son of Richard and Dianne Koch, Alex was born three years after his older sister, Cherie, and had just turned six when his natural father was killed. At the time, his grandmother told him he was "man of the house" and from then on he became very protective of his family, especially his mother. When the family moved to Tracy Island in 2066, he had a hard time adjusting to the change in his life, and an even harder time adjusting to his mother's marriage to Tracy patriarch, Jeff. For quite a while, he was leery of Jeff's intentions towards his mother and kept a sharp eye on his step-father for some months after the wedding, watching Jeff's interaction with Dianne to see if the new husband was going to be worthy of his mother. Eventually, seeing his mother happy in her marriage, he relaxed and became acclimated to his new life.

Alex has been a life-long scientist and observer of the natural world. His particular sphere of interest may change from time to time, but he always looks for every bit of information he can find on his current passion. He is an intelligent child and knows it, and is prone to giving out his tidbits of knowledge to all and sundry, and not at the most opportune times. He is also given to bringing captured wildlife into the house without permission, to the consternation of the residents but the amusement of his mother. He tends to be braver than his siblings, and is the person that the family calls on if there is a critter problem.

He is close his younger brother and his older sister, but never both at the same time. He has also developed close relationships with Alan, Virgil, and Brains; particularly Brains as his scientific role model. His relationship with his adoptive father, Jeff, was rocky to begin with. Of the three Koch children, he was the only one to balk at adoption, wanting to give up neither his place as "head of household" nor his memories of his natural father. Jeff made a special effort to convince the boy, and after a one-on-one fishing trip, Alex agreed to the adoption with the stipulation that he could use his original family name as his middle name. Since then, the father-son relationship has grown stronger as Alex has been able to stop being "head of household" and just enjoy being a son again. He also has very close ties to his grandmother, Lisa Parkhurst, whom he adores.

Alex's favorite subjects, after science, are math and history, and he has long been a straight A student. He is an imaginative child, always asking "what if?" and trying to come up with a new, fun thing to do that is usually impossible for one reason or another. He can be belligerent and is given to sulks and holding grudges. He does not make friends easily, but has a few from his years in Greenville, especially his best friends Dennis, Marty, Harry, Justin, and Trent.

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