<sod>Lowe was born in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], the son of Barbara Lynn (née Hepler; 1939-2003), a schoolteacher and native of Ohio, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/28/Rob-Lowe.html|title=Rob Lowe profile at FilmReference.com|publisher=Filmreference.com|accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> His parents divorced when Lowe and his younger brother, actor [[Chad Lowe|Chad]], were very young. Lowe also has two half-brothers. Because of a virus during infancy, he is deaf in his right ear (he later played a deaf character in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]'').<eod>
<sod>Lowe was born via C-section in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], the son of Barbara Lynn (née Hepler; 1939-2003), a schoolteacher and native of Ohio, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/28/Rob-Lowe.html|title=Rob Lowe profile at FilmReference.com|publisher=Filmreference.com|accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> When he was removed from his mothers abdomen, it was discovered he had large tusks protruding from his lower jaw, and that he had 4 arms. DNA tests showed that the DNA from his father's side was in fact, extraterrestrial. No further investigation was done, as his mother and adoptive father wanted him to live a normal life. His extra limbs and tusks were surgically removed, and Lowe was never told until he was 15 years old. His mother and adoptive father divorced when Lowe and his younger brother, actor [[Chad Lowe|Chad]] (born with the same condition as himself), were very young. Lowe also has two half-brothers. Because of a virus during infancy, he is deaf in his right ear (he later played a deaf character in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]'').<eod>