Childhood

Amberlynn Reid was born on December 27th, 1990 in Key West, Florida. Her mother's name is Kristine Reid. Not much is known of her father or siblings.

She has three younger brothers: Tony, who is 1.5 years younger than her; Johnathan, who is 8 years younger; and James, who is 11 years younger than Amberlynn.

Amberlynn only met and held James once before he was put up for adoption.

She has recently reunited with James.

Tony has served time in prison and is about to finish his sentence.

At one point, Amberlynn had to save Johnathan's life when he was an infant.

She moved to Sonoma County, California when she was very young.

Due to her parents' substance abuse problems and constant fighting, Amberlynn Reid was taken into multiple foster homes from ages 8 to 12, after which her parents regained custody of her.

She has said her worst foster experience was being thrown down the stairs at age 10.

By age 11, Amberlynn was 290 lbs (131.54 kg).

She spent some time living with her grandmother during high school.

In high school, she would skip class, drink alcohol, smoke marijuana, and go to school under the influence of drugs.

Her GPA at the beginning of high school was nearly zero.

She was put in a mental hospital in high school because she was suicidal.

She received detention, suspension, and was expelled from high school before being put into a continuation school at 16.

Because she had no school credits, Amberlynn essentially had to complete four years of high school in her last year and a half of high school.

She graduated high school on time.

She is the first person to graduate high school in her family.

After graduating from San Antonio Continuation High School, Amberlynn enrolled at Brown Mackie College in Tucson, Arizona to pursue a criminal justice degree. She never finished college.

She moves often and has lived in Florida, California, Oklahoma, Arizona, Virginia, Florida (again), and currently lives in Kentucky.