On April 17, 1956, Thomas Evans wed Robyn Matthews. He was twenty-two, she twenty-one. Their daughter was born on less than a year later on January 19, 1957 and was named Petunia, showing her father's love for flowers. Thomas and Robyn were divorced in late May of the same year. Robyn was granted full custody of their daughter.

Shortly after the divorce of his first wife, Thomas fell deeply in love with Deidre Tuscany. They married on October 21, 1958. A year later, Deidre became pregnant. That year brought something else new: that Christmas, Thomas saw Robyn for the first time since their divorce. Custody of a three year old Petunia was transferred to Thomas, and Robyn disappeared once again. Two weeks later, they received news that Robyn had died of a heroin overdose.

For the next few months, the arrival of Thomas' daughter from a first marriage brought a tense feeling into the Evans' house. The feeling was replaced with joy on June 28, 1960 when Deidre gave birth to a baby girl that she named Lily. Deidre loved her daughter, and loved Petunia as if she was her own daughter, but Petunia resented her half sister and stepmother.

In 1965, they learned that Deidre had cancer. The feelings in the house were mixed. At the age of five, Lily did not understand the concept of death, and therefore was not affected. At eight, Petunia understood the concept very well, and while she was not thrilled, she was not sad either, and her stepmother's impending death brought a sense of relief to her.

When Deidre died a year later, Lily began to understand death, and she and Thomas were distraught. In his grief, Thomas began spending more and more time at work, and less and less time at home.

However, Thomas fell in love once again, and married Nora Thomson on June 15, 1968. Nora adopted Petunia and Lily, and Thomas was at home more often, but moved up in the career ladder over the next few years and was forced to work more often and travel for work.

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