A Sports Illustrated feature story reveals that Rocky Johnson, the late father of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, fathered five additional children in Canada prior to the legendary wrestler and A-list actor's birth.

Sports Illustrated's Greg Oliver chronicled the story of five strangers who formed a familial bond after finding each other and their uncle, Rocky's brother Ricky Johnson, despite having never met their biological father in-person.

Rocky Johnson, who was born Wayde Bowles in Amherst, Canada, was previously married to Una Sparks with two children, Wanda (born in 1964) and Curtis (May 1966) Bowles, prior to his wrestling career taking off internationally and his relationship with Dwayne Johnson's mother, Ata Maivia, the daughter of legendary wrestler High Chief Peter Maiva and promoter Lia Maivia.

However, Johnson fathered his first child, Paula Parsons, in 1964 and four others -- Trevor Edwards (born 1967), Lisa Purves (born 1968), Adrian Bowles (born 1970) and Aaron Fowler (born 1970), prior to Dwayne's birth in May 1972, which was previously unknown to the public prior to the Sports Illustrated story being published on Thursday (June 30).

DNA tests confirmed the siblings were related to one another and Ricky after a series of events led to them meeting in recent years.

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