11.   His father died when he was young and his mother married Jean Giraudoux, the playwright.

12.   His father was killed in an accident before he was born, and his mother married Wilford Shumway.

13.   His father married twice more, and his mother married Joe Joe Lewis, the famous cop clown.

14.   His mother eventually married a man who became addicted to heroin.

15.   His mother married a race-car driver named D.K. Ulrich, whom Skeet still regards as his father.

16.   His divorced mother had married a U.S. Air Force officer and moved to America.

17.   His father was manic-depressive, his mother married an alcoholic and abusive stepfather, whom he called Uncle Noble.

18.   His legal name is Raelamar Theotis Wiggins, but he started using the name Carruth when his mother married Samuel Carruth.

19.   His mother married equipment salesman Bob Parsons, who adopted the two children.

20.   His mother married Robert Gingrich, a career Army infantryman.