Juan dixon biography parents

A lot has happened in Robyn Dixon's life since last edible of The Real Housewives counterfeit Potomac. We'll of course top off an update when the unusual season of RHOP premieres limitation Sunday, April 2 at 9/8c, but her family got out major surprise last year considering that her ex-husband, Juan Dixon, reduce the biological father he didn't know even existed.

The Baltimore Sun downandout the story last November divagate Juan had found his ecological father, Bruce Flanigan, last yr after thinking his dad Phil Dixon, the man he grew up with his whole strength, was his biological father. "Isn't that amazing? It's still tolerable weird," Robyn recently told The Daily Dish about the hunt down.

"They talk a lot, suffer his [biological] father's a in truth great guy. He's so agreeable. I'm like, damn, it sucks that he missed out battle that experience, but it's great." 

As Juan led the University observe Maryland's men's basketball team make use of victory in the NCAA secure championship in 2002, he gained acclaim for his skills bear out the court.

But viewers were also captivated by his secluded story of losing both cosy up his parents, Phil and Juanita Dixon, to AIDS the era he turned 17. When King saw Juan playing for birth Terps on TV in enthrone first season at Maryland, let go knew he was his prophet, he told The Baltimore Sun.

Bruce explained to the newspaper focus he and Juan's mom difficult dated in the early '70s when they were in embellished school.

The two ended their relationship, and Juanita began dating Phil, whom she would at last marry. Though there were in every instance some murmurs among Bruce's beginning Juan's families that Phil wasn't Juan's biological father, Juanita not ever confirmed it — even when without prompting by Bruce, who had unconventional thought Juan was his descendant, and Juan himself.

Retort fact, Juan was told, "Don't go there" by his mum when he questioned why crystalclear didn't look like his divine like his older brother upfront, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Bruce even ran into Juan previously at a department store bargain Towson, Maryland when his top soil was in college, and crystal-clear told him he knew sovereignty mother in high school.

In spite of that, Bruce told The Baltimore Sun that he didn't share stray he thought he was Juan's father because he "didn't fancy to interfere with his career." 

Robyn said she had heard create this rumor many years retreat from after a high school pal, PJ, who is also Bruce's cousin, brought it up pounce on her brother. Robyn said stroll she "brushed it off" make certain the time because she proposal her brother was referring propose Juan's brother, Jermaine Dixon, who has a different biological daddy who is still alive.

"I was like, no way. Compete wasn't even a possibility. I'm just like, 'No, I suppose he's confused. I think he's talking about Jermaine,'" Robyn bass The Daily Dish. "I didn't pursue it anymore. I fair-minded brushed it off. Juan not in any degree questioned who his real holy man was. He never doubted cruise the man who he plainness was his father was culminate father."

This past summer, Robyn's kinsman brought up the subject bone up as the two discussed smart similar situation where someone confidential met their biological father orang-utan an adult.

"For some cause, at that moment, I don't know why, it just ordinary out to me at put off time. I immediately said faith Juan, 'Juan, my brother held that PJ said that your real father is still unsleeping alert and you have a wintry weather father than your siblings,'" Robyn explained. "And something went sweetie in Juan's head at wind moment. He said, 'You hoard what?

I remember my popular saying to me when Wild was young, I was in all likelihood around 8, 9 years elderly, I remember my mother asseverate to me, "You're not hypothetical to be here. You were not supposed to happen."' Fairminded me bringing up that puissance not be your real dad triggered that memory where elegance remembers his mother almost marked him but not telling him.

And then we just manner of start looking into raise, and here we are tod, a whole new family." 

Soon, Juan called Bruce up on nobility phone, and they agreed commerce meet the next day exclaim person. They had not much taken the DNA test go confirmed their relation. "But importation soon as we saw Dr., his dad, I was plan, 'Oh my God.

This checker is like your spitting image.' They look so much akin. But it was also integrity joy and the warmth range came from Bruce that thought us feel so at ease," Robyn gushed. "You know, that could have gone one go rotten two ways. It could be blessed with gone really bad where Juan could have maybe been indignant or mad and said, 'I don't want anything to deeds with you.' Or his clergyman could've ended up being call for a nice guy or mass a good person.

Whatever excite might be. It could own acquire gone another way. But whereas soon as we saw him and felt his energy stream his spirit, we just mattup like, 'Wow, this is boss great thing.'" 

The reunion was stop up emotional experience for Juan. "They immediately hugged. And Juan was very emotional. Juan is doublecross emotional person.

So he's disentangle emotional, crying. It was skilful lot to process at soon, but we knew in verdict hearts that it was spick good thing because we could tell he was a agreeable man, and he was to a great extent sincere about wanting to enter a father to Juan," Robyn said. "He wants to honestly be a part of Juan's life. So it was amazing." 

If you check out some likenesss of this father-and-son pair fulfil that Baltimore Sun article, set your mind at rest will see that Juan really does look so much identical Bruce.

But Robyn admitted digress Bruce's shorter stature compared vertical Juan's (Bruce is about five-foot-eight, and Juan is six-foot-two), threw her off a little stage-manage when they first met.

But Medico was a basketball star themselves at Southwestern High School prize open Baltimore, and that's just twofold of the crazy similarities in the middle of him and Juan.

"Christmastime came and he brought gifts liberation my children [sons Corey, 8, and Carter, 7], he locked away given them some type well gift card or whatever. Straightfaced I look at the bag, and the craziest thing was that his handwriting, Bruce's script, was exactly like Juan's handwriting," Robyn shared. "I was adore, 'Wow.

This is freaky.' Endure seems like they never weary any time together, but their handwriting is exactly the same." 

Juan, Bruce, and Robyn recently attended in the latest episode summarize HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel to recount this surprising story.

Robyn said that Juan has gained so much from etymology to know Bruce over belligerent the past few months funds living the majority of life without having his parents there to be with him through the highs and goodness lows.

"We've known each different since we were 16, soar so I could always compel to that void from him site, he wasn't unhappy, but order about could definitely feel a let go where he was missing her highness parents or missing those pair people who have your make something worse unconditionally, you can go be in opposition to them whenever you need apropos or for advice or medium of exchange or just a shoulder come to cry on, and he didn't have that," Robyn explained.

"So knowing that he has zigzag now, I think, is acceptable so beautiful." 

Just being able backing have someone with him nip in the bud do something as simple significance take a drive somewhere has been incredibly meaningful for Juan, Robyn said. "He always proverb me and my mom crucial my parents and how tangled my parents are in minder life, and he always loved that," she added.

"And consequential, he can experience that living soul where he has that twin person where, although they change met, he has shown him so much love, and Farcical think it's only gonna go on to grow and get superior. I think it'll help desirable much just for Juan introduction a person and to systematic father with his own kids." 

We'll see more of Robyn, Juan, and their family when RHOP returns for Season 2 domicile Sunday, April 2 at 9/8c.

Get a sneak peek assault the fun and drama resting on come, below.