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Evans was born in Toledo, Ohio to a Polish-American father, David Ławniczak (d. 2001), who was deaf, and American mother, Pam Ryan. Dominick grew up in Walbridge, Ohio with an older brother. Evans also has two half-brothers (from their father's first marriage) who did not live with Evans. | Evans was born in Toledo, Ohio to a Polish-American father, David Ławniczak (d. 2001), who was deaf, and American mother, Pam Ryan. Dominick grew up in Walbridge, Ohio with an older brother. Evans also has two half-brothers (from their father's first marriage) who did not live with Evans. | ||
Evans had a contentious relationship with | Evans had a contentious relationship with their parents, particularly their mother, which escalated when Evans came out at the age of 16.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news|title = Transgender Today: Dominick Evans|url = https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/transgender-today/stories/dominick-evans |newspaper = The New York Times |access-date = 2015-12-10|issn = 0362-4331}}</ref> His father died of heart failure in 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|title=My Dad, David Lawniczak|language=en-US|newspaper=Dominick Evans|url=http://www.dominickevans.com/2009/05/my-dad-david-lawniczak/|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> Evans was close with their grandparents Willis "Willie" and Melba "Noonie" Ryan, who helped raise Dominick and their older brother. His grandmother, Noonie, was a singer on the radio in Toledo and taught him to sing.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=A Talk with Dominick Evans|url=http://www.ablepathwaysmedia.com/talk-dominick-evans/|accessdate=2015-12-10|website=Able Pathways Media|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
Dominick was a child actor and singer, as well as a poster child for the Muscular Dystrophy Association,<ref name=":0" /> although they no longer support the organization, claiming it does harm to the disabled community. | Dominick was a child actor and singer, as well as a poster child for the Muscular Dystrophy Association,<ref name=":0" /> although they no longer support the organization, claiming it does harm to the disabled community. | ||