Early Years
Eakins' mother, Carol Ploof, was a native of Macon, Georgia. His birth father was a Native American, Ted Yoder, who Eakins believes was "Cherokee". Both parents split up shortly after his birth. Ploof later married Jim Eakins, a Canadian, long-distance truck driver, and Dallas subsequently adopted his stepfather's last name.
On October, 1974, Eakins' family relocated to Peterborough, Ontario.
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