- Wanda Bowles is the older half-sister of the Famous American actor, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson who was born 10 years before the actor
- Her parents are Una and Rocky Johnson, the famous wrestler of Canadian descent
- Wanda is the most private of her siblings and recently discovered that she shares DNA with 5 other siblings who were estranged from their father, Rocky Johnson.
Popularly known as ‘The Rock’, wrestler cum actor Dwayne Johnson, has a sibling known as Wanda Bowles. She is lesser known because, unlike her brother, she prefers to stay out of the public’s eye.
Bowles is actually Dwayne’s half-older sister as she was born 10 years before the actor. Rocky Johnson, Her father was married thrice and she was birthed as the first child from the marriage to Una Sparks from 1966 to 1978. She also had a brother from that marriage name Curtis.
Ultimately, a lot of sites name just Dwayne and Curtis as her only siblings but upon her father’s death, 5 other people claimed to be the children of her father, Rocky.
She was Born When Rocky Johnson was 18 Years old
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Wanda Bowles Johnson was born in December of 1962 just after her father had celebrated his 18th birthday, 4 months prior. Rocky Johnson was born on August 24, 1944.
She was born to the famous Canadian professional wrestler and his first wife, Una Sparks. Both her parents hail from Nova Scotia with her father being a native of Amherst while Una was a native of Cherrybrook. Bowles’ parents met at a dance when her father was still an upcoming boxer. 4 years after having their first child together, they got married in 1966.
Wanda Bowles was born in Ontario and attended American Friendship Residential School. Upon her graduation from high school, the 61-year-old enrolled in Princeton University. She is a Christian and her mother was a practicing Jehovah’s Witness.
Her parent’s marriage which lasted for 12 years also produced another child. Wanda welcomed her younger brother when she was a little over 2 years. Her brother Curtis Bowles was born in May of 1965.
When Dwayne Johnson’s sister was 58 years old, she lost her father. Rocky Johnson died on January 15, 2020, at the age of 75. The cause of his death was pulmonary embolism which was caused by a blood clot in his leg.
Wanda Bowles and Rocky Johnson’s Relationship wasn’t Rosy
Bowles was still a child when her father’s wrestling career kick-started in 1966. At that time, Rocky, born Wayde Doughlas Bowles, traveled a lot as he was pursuing professionalism in wrestling.
As a result of his constant traveling, Wayde eventually settled in America in the 70s, leaving behind his family in Canada. It was even revealed that Wanda’s mother gave her husband an ultimatum to choose between wrestling and their family. He had a job back in Toronto as a fish deliveryman and Una wanted him to continue with that instead.
This ultimatum Una gave her husband was in relation to her faith which did not believe in ‘blood sport’ as a Jehovah’s Witness.
Eventually, Mr. Bowles chose to get a divorce after years of being separated from his wife and family. After the divorce, he swiftly moved on to marry another woman whom he had been seeing.
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Her Half-brother is the Most Famous of her Family Members
Dwayne Johnson, the third child of Rocky Johnson was born in Wanda’s father’s second marriage. While still married to Una, Rocky began to have an affair with Ata Maivia, the daughter of his former tag team partner, Peter Maivia.
After getting a divorce in 1978, he got a marriage license to get married to Ata, on December 21, 1978. In this relationship, Wanda’s half-brother was born when she was 10 years old. In fact, The Rock was born while his father was still married to Wanda’s mother.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was born on May 1972 and had a brief stint in football. He was unsuccessful in this sport and soon after, took after his dad and delved into a physical combat sport. While wrestling, ‘The Rock’ became a household name and then went on to act.
Dwayne Johnson is now a famous actor known for notable movies such as the Jumanji franchise movies, The Scorpion King (2002), and even 2016’S Moana. He is also a producer and businessman whose movies have grossed over $10 billion worldwide. Unlike her famous brother, Wanda Bowles is a very private person. This is why she isn’t so interested in being in the spotlight like her brother.
She and her brothers maintain a close relationship although it wasn’t initially so. While Rocky was estranged from his family, he kept Dwayne away from Wanda and Curtis. Nonetheless, Wanda Bowles and her celebrity sibling got to unite and maintained a close relationship.
Wanda Bowles Johnson Allegedly Has 5 Other Siblings
A DNA result showed that Rocky Johnson, the Canadian wrestler, fathered about 5 other children. This report states that these 5 people shared DNA with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and his half-sister.
Rocky Johnson was notoriously famous amongst ladies and so had a lot of relationships. Even when married, he was still with other women and went on to have children with some of them.
One of these 5 people is Lisa Purves who was born on October 26, 1968, in Vancouver. She was 18 years old when she first reached out to Rocky. She also tried reaching out a couple more times but every time she was hung up on.
Another person who shares the DNA with Wanda Bowles is Paula Parsons whose mother was Thelma. Thelma met Rocky in Toronto when she was 19 years old and gave birth to Paula in 1964. From her date of birth, she is supposed to be the wrestler’s first child.
Trevor Edwards was born on March 23, 1967, in Montreal and his mother was Doreen. He was raised by her mother who transferred to Canada from the West Indies in 1965 and worked as live-in help for a doctor in Ontario.
Carolyn Bowles is another woman with whom the wrestler had an affair. She gave birth to the 6th child of Johnson on April 24, 1970, in Truro, Nova Scotia. The name of this 6th child is Adrian and he was raised by her mother, Carolyn, alone.
Aaron Fowler is the last of the estranged kids Rocky Johnson had. He was born on June 17, 1970, in Amherst. His mother was Jackie who only told him about his real father when he was 15 years old.
