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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Thomas was born in [[Landstuhl]], Germany, at [[Landstuhl Regional Medical Center]] to Bill Thomas, a [[United States Army]] sergeant, and Mamie. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Thomas was born in [[Landstuhl]], Germany, at [[Landstuhl Regional Medical Center]] to Bill Thomas, a [[United States Army]] sergeant, and Mamie.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231023041957/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/mamie-thomas-obituary?pid=86437323] </ref><ref name=dougherty/><ref name=hedgegaard>{{citation|last=Hedgegaard|first=Erik|title=Rob Thomas: Confessions of an Unapologetic Pop Star|date=August 6, 2009|newspaper=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rob-thomas-confessions-of-an-unapologetic-pop-star-74143/|access-date=Sep 13, 2022}}</ref> Thomas has an elder half sister, Melissa, from his mother's previous marriage. The family returned to the United States when Thomas was six months old.<ref name=dougherty>{{citation|last=Dougherty|first=Steve|title=Back to Good|date=November 6, 2000|newspaper=People|url=http://people.com/archive/back-to-good-vol-54-no-19/|access-date=Apr 28, 2017|volume=54|issue=19}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was two years old. Thomas lived with his mother and sister.<ref name=hedgegaard/> They were poor and moved frequently, often staying with Mamie's mother in [[Lake City, South Carolina]].<ref name=dougherty/><ref name=hedgegaard/> His grandmother was an alcoholic. She owned a small country store and gas station, where she also sold [[moonshine]] and marijuana under the counter.<ref name=dougherty/> He grew up listening to [[country music]] and idolized the "big stars who lived ... hard lives", like [[Johnny Cash]] and [[Merle Haggard]].<ref name=scaggs>{{citation|last=Scaggs|first=Austin|title=Q&A: Rob Thomas|date=June 2, 2005|newspaper=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/rob-thomas-20050602|access-date=April 27, 2017|archive-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909052107/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/rob-thomas-20050602}}</ref> Their stories inspired him to be a songwriter.<ref name=scaggs/></div></td></tr>
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