While Alex was adopted and raised by Alexander and Catherine Dawson on their Layton, Utah, farm, Augusta maintained contact with her son through out her life. It was through Augusta's visits to Layton over the years that Alex became acquainted with his biological brother Otto, and two sisters Edith and Lucille. Alex always considered the Dawson's to be his "real" parents, and he was sealed to them in the Ogden temple, but he never lost touch with his biological family.