A Strange Family Situation
Eric Clapton was born and raised in England by two pretty old parents and grew up with an older sister named Patricia. By the time he reached the age of nine, his whole world was turned upside down. Why? Because he found out that the people he always knew as his parents were actually his grandparents. And his “sister” Patricia? Well, she was his mother.
Eric Clapton pictured with his mother, Patricia. Source: dailymail.co.uk
As you can imagine, it was a strange way for the young boy to enter puberty. The story goes like this: Patricia Molly Clapton became pregnant with Eric at the young age of 16 after a brief encounter with a 24-year-old Canadian soldier named Edward Walter Fryer, who was stationed in Britain during the tail end of WWII.