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John Holmes was born John Curtis Estes on August 8, 1944 in the small rural town of Ashville, Ohio, located a few miles south of the state capital of Columbus.

John was the youngest of four children born to 26-year-old Mary June Holmes ( née Barton ); the name of his father was not listed on his birth certificate.

Mary and her husband, Edward Holmes, the father of Holmes ' three older siblings, Dale, Edward and Anne, were separated numerous times throughout their marriage.

Mary changed John's surname to Holmes when he was a child.

It was not until 1986, prior to a trip to Italy and while applying for a US passport to travel abroad, when his mother provided him with the hand-written copy of his original birth certificate that Holmes learned the name of his biological father, Carl Estes.

John's mother was a devout Southern Baptist, who regularly attended the Milport Chapel Church along with her children, where John had perfect attendance.