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Kirk was notably unsuccessful in maintaining a long-term relationship with any womanwar bekanntermaßen nicht geschaffen für langanhaltende Beziehungen zu Frauen. Although he was involved with many different women during his lifeObwohl er mit vielen Frauen Affairen hatte, his intense passion for his ship and his career always seemed to interfere. A few years prior to his command of the first Enterprise, Kirk became involved with Dr. Carol Marcus. The two had a child, David Marcus, but Kirk and Carol did not remain together, because their respective careers took them in separate directionsgalt seine ganze Leidenschaft seinem Schiff und seiner Karriere.

Other significant romances in Kirk's life included Ruth, with whom he was involved when he attended Starfleet Academy (TOS: "Shore Leave"); Janice Lester, with whom he spent a year, also during his academy days (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder"); Janet Wallace, a scientist who later saved his life (TOS: "The Deadly Years"); Areel Shaw, who, ironically, years later prosecuted Kirk in the case of Ben Finney's apparent death (TOS: "Court Martial"); and Miramanee, a woman whom Ein paar Jahre vor seinem Kommando über die erste Enterprise begann Kirk married in 2268 when he suffered from amnesia aboard a landing partyeine Beziehung mit Dr. Miramanee became pregnant with Kirk's child, but both mother and unborn child were killed in a love power struggle[[Carol Marcus]]. (TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome") Kirk fell in love with Antonia after his first retirement from StarfleetSie hatten ein Kind, and for the rest of his life regretted not having proposed to her .("Star Trek: Generations") Perhaps Kirk's most tragic romantic involvement was with American social worker Edith Keeler[[David Marcus]], whom aber Kirk met in Earth's past when he traveled into the 1930s through the Guardian of Forever. Keeler was a focal point in timeund Carol blieben nicht zusammen, and Kirk was forced to allow her death in order to prevent a terrible change weil ihre jeweiligen Laufbahnen in the flow of historyverschiedene Richtungen führten. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")  Kirk was not involved with the bringing up of his son, David Marcus, at the request of the boy's mother, Carol Marcuswar an der Erziehung seines Sohnes auf Wunsch der Mutter nicht beteiligt. Kirk had no contact with his son until Er hatte keinen Kontakt zu ihm bis [[2285]], when als Carol and und David were both working on Project zusammen am [[Projekt Genesis, and ]] arbeiteten und Kirk helped rescue the two from sie vor [[Khan's vengeanceNoonien Singh|Khans]] Rache schützte. Later, Dadurch kamen Kirk and his son were able to achieve a degree of rapprochement und sein Sohn sich wieder näher (''"[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Der Zorn des Khan]]"''). Tragically, Tragischerweise wurde David was murdered shortly thereafter on the kurz danach von dem [[Klingone|klingonischen]] Offizier [[Kruge]] auf dem [[Genesis Planet, by a Klingon officer who sought to steal the secret of Genesis]]en ermordet. (''"[[Star Trek III: The Search for Auf der Suche nach Mr. Spock]]"'')