Jinto playing "Major John Sheppard" hunting "Wraith".
Jinto is an Athosian, son of Halling and best friend of Wex.
Biography
2004
He was the first to meet the Atlantis expedition, and was somewhat in awe of Major John Sheppard. (SGA: "Rising")
When the Athosians moved to Atlantis, he and Wex were playing a Hide and seek like game, with Wex being the role of the Wraith, while Jinto looked for Wex as Sheppard. However, Jinto accidentally got into a transporter which moved him to a lab, which was containing a Shadow creature that fed off energy. Jinto accidentally released the entity, but he was unharmed. (SGA: "Hide and Seek")
Future
A future Jinto returned through time to the Second Siege of Atlantis as part of a team sent to ensure Dr. Zelenka survives to repair the Control Chair in time to save the city. In that future, approximately twenty years distant, Jinto was a grown man and had a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from a university on Earth. He apparently developed a friendly bond with Zelenka in the intervening years, which inspired him to seek an education in engineering on Earth. Jinto went by the name "Dr. Hallingson" as an adult. (SGA: "Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis: Far Horizons")
Notes
- It is unknown whether Jinto's future surname, "Hallingson", corresponds to Athosian custom or whether most Athosians do not use surnames (although at least Teyla does) and Jinto took the name in order to fit in on Earth when he went to study there. In any case, the name follows the ancient Scandinavian naming scheme where the "surname" is the given name of the parent (father for male children, usually mother for female children) followed with "son" for men or "dottir" for women (so, e.g. "Olafsson" -- "son of Olaf", "Gudrunsdottir" -- daughter of Gudrun). Many modern Scandinavian surnames still follow this scheme, although they have long since solidified into family names, i.e. do not change with generations. Athosian culture appears at least in part inspired by ancient Scandinavia, so the naming scheme may well be present in their society; else, Jinto may have found out about or been made aware of the Scandinavian custom when he arrived on Earth and needed a surname.