The American, who grew up in a foster family, decided by all means to find his biological mother
33-year-old Kansas native Richard Lorenz turned to local authorities for help, and also conducted his own investigation on the Internet. The result shocked Richard: his real mother was 62-year-old Vivian Wheeler, a hermaphrodite who for several decades performed in circus programs with the number "Bearded Woman", and now - a pensioner, confined to a wheelchair.
Vivian, like her mother, who died in 1990, suffers from a rare genetic disease - hypertrichosis, also called "werewolf syndrome", and is expressed in the excessive development of hair. After the death of her mother, Vivian stopped shaving her beard, the length of which reached 28 centimeters.
Vivian Wheeler was born with male and female genitals, but her mother, who dreamed of a girl, asked to have the male genitals removed. Vivian's father, ashamed of his daughter, gave her to the circus troupe, demanding that she give all the money she earned to him.
In Nebraska, Vivian met Richard's father, like her, who worked in a circus. After the birth of the child, the man took the baby and took it with him, which became a severe stress for the young mother, which caused a nervous breakdown. His own father often beat the boy, so at the age of 7 he was transferred to a foster family. Vivian knew nothing about this.
A member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Vivian Wheeler has prayed for years for her son to return to her. Now Richard Lorenz, who has found her, claims that he loves his unusual mother and will not part with her under any circumstances, writes the British edition.
Vivian in his youth
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