The Jackson family has been the subject of controversy linked to the Jordan Chandler Case. But the most controversial facts of Jackson's private life are accusations made by his sons against family patriarch Joseph Jackson claiming that he was harassed by his father as a child. Despite these circumstances and other problems, the Jacksons continued to be one of the most influential families in the United States and in recent years some family members have been honored for their work; in The Jackson 5 was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Joseph was recognized as "the best musical businessman of all time" by the city of Cleveland in A Family Dynasty premiered documenting the Jackson brothers dealing with the sudden loss of Michael and preparing for a Jackson 5 Reunion tour. At age 18 he moved to East Chicago, Indiana to be with his mother Crystal Lee King and to pursue his dreams of becoming a professional boxer.

At age 21, Joseph married Katherine Scruse, 19, immediately starting a family. His family continued to grow steadily and over the course of sixteen years he and Katherine had a house full of nine children.


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After several years of doing local talent shows, Joseph enlarged the band to include Marlon and Michael , two of his younger sons, and then changed the name of the band to The Jackson Five by , remaining the group's manager. As their father he was a very strict disciplinarian and had an abusive nature [ citation needed ] and as their manager he enforced long practice sessions of singing and dancing in hopes of preparing them to make it big one day. Gordon Keith , the owner and producer at Steeltown Records in Gary, Indiana, discovered the Jackson Five and signed them to their first contract in November It became a local hit.

In March , they signed a Motown record contract and became known as the Jackson 5. The group enjoyed the fame Joseph Jackson had been longing for in his life.

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He continued to manage The Jackson 5 into stardom and after the band they had many No. Four years later, in , Michael's siblings fired Joseph Jackson as their manager. In , Michael Jackson accused his father of physical and mental abuse; a few of the other siblings confirmed this claim, but others denied it. She was left with a permanent limp after acquiring polio syndrome in her childhood. She later recovered from her illness after moving with her family to East Chicago, Indiana , where she would remain until meeting her husband Joseph Jackson.

The couple moved and bought a small home in Gary, Indiana , where they birthed and raised nine children and she was a stay-at-home mother. Also, as a talented pianist and vocalist who shared her talents with her children, she was later credited for being the foundation of her children's success.

After her sons' rise to fame as The Jackson 5, she strongly supported her children and became the costume designer for their shows and performances. Some of the memorable moments of her unconditional support were seen when her son Michael was tried for molestation charges in and Katherine now lives in Calabasas, California where she cares for the children of her late son, Michael. Together, Joseph and Katherine Jackson had ten children.

Their son Brandon Marlon's twin died shortly after birth.

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The other nine grew up to become professional musicians. There are 26 children that make up the third generation of the Jackson family along with several great-grandchildren. Among them, some have followed in the family's footsteps into the entertainment industry. February 21, , have been discussed in the press numerous times throughout their lives, particularly since their father's death in Rebbie, Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Janet Jackson have also had children, who have come under varying degrees of media focus.

Siggy has been a ghostwriter for a number of independent artists and has obtained mild success as a solo artist. An American Dream , a biopic about the Jackson family. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the family of musicians.

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  8. To come up with an answer, Plomin and other researchers did study after study. They were trying to tease out what role genes played in the personality differences they saw, and what role the environment played in those differences. When they began, they assumed, like everyone else, that being raised in the same environment would be one of the things that made children similar. This, however, is not what they found. Not similar to one another -- different. Why is it that being raised in the same family pushes children in opposite directions in terms of personality?

    The first is a view popularized by a Darwin scholar named Frank Sulloway. In Sulloway's view, competition is the engine that pushes evolution -- just as in the wild. Therefore, in the context of a family, one of the main things that's happening is that children are competing for the time, love and attention of their parents.

    The role of divergence is basically to minimize competition so it's not direct. And that leads to specialization in different niches. So if one child in a family seems to excel at academics, to avoid direct competition, the other child -- consciously or unconsciously -- will specialize in a different area, like socializing.

    Sulloway says he saw a small version of this happen in his own family. His elder brother was a great tennis player, and he eventually became a professional tennis player. Sulloway says he never in his life was able to take a set from his brother. I just was never going to be as good in tennis as he was.

    The second theory has a slightly confusing name; it's called the non-shared environment theory, and it essentially argues that though from the outside it appears that we are growing up in the same family as our siblings, in very important ways we really aren't. We are not experiencing the same thing.

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    If you are three or five years behind your sibling, the experience of a 5-year-old whose parents get divorced is very different from the experience of a 9-year-old or a year-old. Also, McHale says, children in the same family are rarely treated the same by their parents, even if parents want to treat them the same.

    They have different personalities that are eliciting different treatment from parents. The final theory is the comparison theory, which holds that families are essentially comparison machines that greatly exaggerate even minor differences between siblings.

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    Imagine, says McHale, two friendly children born in the same family. In the context of any other family, says McHale, the second child would be considered an extrovert. And once the introvert label is assigned -- even if in an absolute sense it's not really true -- it influences the choices that the child makes. Tom and Eric Hoebbel with their father, who died in So, why are Tom and Eric Hoebbel so different?


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    Both said the answer was clear. In their case, it wasn't Darwinian. Eric especially was convinced he didn't gravitate toward the path he's on to be different from his brother. Instead they point to the death of their father.

    When their father died, Tom was 17 and heading off to college -- but Eric was only So, in a sense, they grew up in different homes. Tom, the radical, grew up in a secure, two-parent home. But Eric the financial planner, as Tom points out, spent many years as the only man in a house destabilized both emotionally and financially by death.

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    So, this Thursday as you eat your turkey, look across the table. There, you may see a brother, a sister, a step-sibling, a twin. And maybe they're your friend, and maybe they're your enemy, but one thing is for certain: Their very existence has had a profound influence on your life. Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player.