Richard Lorenc, 33, of Kansas, wanted to find his birth mother who had been separated from him right after birth. He put in a request with the state for help and after just six weeks, he learned that his mother is Vivian Wheeler, 62, a famous bearded lady. An Internet search led him to Marc Hartzman, author of American Sideshow, who helped reunite the mother and son and wrote about it for AOL News:
According to Wheeler, doctors examining her for Guinness said she has a male bone structure, with half her hormones being male. Doctors thought it would be impossible for her to give birth, but she became pregnant, and baby Richard was delivered by cesarean section in 1977.
For Wheeler, a Seventh-Day Adventist, it was a miracle. But she says the father, a carnival ride operator she had met in Nebraska, took the baby away from her soon after the birth.
Lorenc didn't learn all this until later. After learning his birth mother's name, he set out to find her. He started by looking her up on the Internet.
"I knew it was her as soon as I saw the picture online," he said. "We have a resemblance."
"Bearded Lady Reunites With Long-Lost Son"
