Aka- Gregory (Greg) McDowell-Dresden, former name (Alan Gregory Ray), was born in August 1964 in Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of the three children of Linda. His older brother was Jonathan Gene Ray (1962), and his sister Dixie Genine Ray (1963). His Biological parents are Linda DiAnn McDowell(Miller) and John Alexander Dresden. His parents met in Fort Richie, Maryland, but never married. His grandparents, Eunice and Earl McClure came to get Linda's children to move them to San Bernadino, California late 1964. In 1965 in court, Billy was trying to get custody of the three children.
During the legal custody battle in California with the grandparents McClure, Billy Ray decided to move to Sudan, Texas, where his parents lived. In 1966 It was springtime; Gregory was kidnapped with his sister from his grandparents' home in California short of his second birthday. His mother (Linda) would hire investigators to find leads or the whereabouts of her children. It took four painful years when his mother finally found her son and daughter. In January or February of 1972, his mother went to Morton, Texas, to pick up her children with the sheriff. At that time, she forced Billy legally to release and sign all of his rights to the children. Linda packed up Billy's truck with the children belonging. Linda moved her children to Youngstown, Ohio, where she resides with her current husband, Budd. Greg grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, with his older sister Dixie Genine Ray and his mother and father, Budd Willian Miller. His early years of education attended Madison Elementary (1972-1977), Lincoln Junor High (1978-1979), and East High (1980/1981).
After the death of his mother on April 19, 1981, In was placed in a foster home for a short period. Two weeks before his seventeen birthday, he moved to Texas and joined his sister.
His mother, Linda DiAnn McDowell born September 20, 1945, in Springhill, Louisiana. Linda grew up in San Bernardino, California, with her mother Eunice McClure (Bishop) and step-father Earl McClure until she was sixteen. She met and married Billy Gene Ray on June 13th, 1962. She moves to Fort Richie, Maryland, with her husband stationed at Fort Richie. In 1965 they divorced, and she moved to Texarkana, TX./AK. Her father, James Edward McDowell, and step-mother Mildred McDowell(McGee) lived, she worked as a waitress for many years until she met Budd William Miller. She met Budd at the truck stop where she worked. He lived in Texarkana, TX./AK. And they married in June 1969; after they married, they movies to Youngstown, Ohio.
Billy Gene Ray was born September 1942, the oldest of the four boys to Alvin Ray and Lurlene Ray (Olden). He married Linda in San Bernardino, California, on June 13, 1962. He served in the Marines and re-enlisted in the Army in 1961. He was stationed at Fort Richie, Maryland, and his orders were to go to Germany🇩🇪.
His stepfather Budd William Miller was born in Pennsylvania in March 1932. He lived in Pennsylvania until he was six years old. After his father died, his mother, Mary Magdalene (Capogreco), moved with the four older children to Youngstown, Ohio. He served in the Army, working as a mechanic. His early year's in his career was as a road truck driver until his accident. Then he went to school to become a diesel mechanic working for Mack trucks. He has four children, three girls and one boy from his previous marriage; he has two other daughters from two different relationships. He became the guardian of Genine and Greg when they were at the age of six and seven years old.
His biological father, John Alexander Dresden, was born in Detroit, Michigan August 1943. His parents were Frank Alexander Dresden and Geneva Rose Dresden (Van Loon). He was the oldest of six siblings, where his parents moved from Detroit to Montague, Michigan, where he grew up and with to school there. In 1962 he joined the Army and worked as a Military Police until 1968. He moved back to Michigan and married, where he had a daughter in 1971. John moves from Michigan to Los Angeles, California, where he persuaded his acting career. < https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0237524/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm>