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In the late 1990s Shania Twain entered into mainstream country music sporting a new edge. Her music wasn’t the typical twang and southern accents people were used to. Her music transformed country music, and began the now mainstream pop/country genre that is so popular today. Her life, however, has been marred by poverty and tragedy. Shania Twain is most definitely one of the greatest success stories in country music. Shania Twain was born Eileen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on August 28, 1965. A few years after her birth, her mother Sharon divorced her father, Clarence. Sharon then took Shania and her two sisters to a rural town named North Timmins in Northern Ontario. Soon after her divorce, Sharon re-married a Native Canadian from the Ojibwa tribe named Jerry Twain. Twain soon after adopted Sharon’s children. The newlyweds then had two more children; sons Mark and Daryl. Shania truly lacked a childhood. Her family was worst than poor. In the winter, whe...