upon his arrival to harmony in august 2005, chris boothe claimed that he and maureen had been married, and that maureen had left him when he had become involved with the mob, taking their son and changing his name from james to mark; chris was later revealed to have been hired by alistair to make sheridan forget about luis, and he was never married to maureen, nor is he james's biological father. maureen's true backstory is thus unknown.