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Seymour Skinner's personal history, like that of many Simpsons characters, is somewhat convoluted. It was long known that he was a Vietnam War veteran, having served as a POW for many years (he often goes into l on how he was mistreated). He lived the life of bachelor, living alone with his domineering elderly mother (his father having passed away). However, in an episode devoted to filling in the character's backstory, it was revealed that Skinner actually an impostor, having stolen the identity of his platoon sergeant at the end of the war. Seymour's real name is Armin Tamzarian (an Armenian name) and was a troublesome orphan until he joined the military. Believing the real Skinner to have been killed, Tamzarian returned to Springfield and assumed his identity to comfort his mother. However, at the end of the episode, Judge Synder granted Tamzarian Skinner's name, past, present, future, and mother, and decreed that no one should mention his real identity again under penalty of torture. This storyline beome resemblance the tale of Martin Guerre. Many Simpsons fans consider this to be one of the worst episodes ever, and the Simpsons writers mocked it themselves in a couple of episodes.
In later seasons Skinner and Edna Krabappel started dating, and later got engaged. Despite this, he still lives at home with his mother, Agnes Skinner.
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