We all know that Mariah Carey has an incredible voice when it comes to hitting difficult high notes to perfection. Since she has been around for so many years as a musician, her music still makes relevance to her fans today.
The beautiful songstress, Mariah, is also an actress, songwriter, and record producer.
Mariah was married to Nick Cannon for six years, but they ended up divorcing. The marriage though was before Nick decided to have many children with different women.
The 53 years old singer Mariah has two older siblings namely Morgan Carey, her brother who is currently 61 years old, and Alison Carey who is 59 years old.
Like so many families around the world, we all have our ups and downs and celebrities are not exempt from this fact. Mariah, in this case, has a very complicated relationship with her brother and sister and one can only feel nothing but remorse for her.
Mariah had to fight for sanity from her family problems and for that reason, she chose music to be her healing ground. She did not like the fact that her family felt entitled to her success and money.
So what caused all this family conflict between Mariah and her family?
9 What Was Mariah Carey's Childhood Like?
Mariah Carey was born on March 27th, 1969 in Huntington New York. Her mother Patricia Hickey is of Irish-American descent and her father, Alfred Roy Carey, is African American and Venezuelan.
Mariah's mother worked in New York as a freelance vocal coach and also a mezzo-soprano opera singer whereas her father worked as an aeronautical engineer.
Life growing up for Mariah was not easy at all. Since they were a multiracial family, they experienced so much hatred from outsiders. On top of racial slurs, the family experienced some truly horrible things that happen to their homes and even to their dogs, according to The Week. This kind of experience caused the family to constantly move around searching for safety in New York and its surroundings.
8 Who Are Mariah's Siblings?
Mariah Carey has three siblings. She's the youngest of the three. Morgan Carey is the oldest brother. He was born in Long Island New York on August 6th, 1960 he is currently 61 years old. Morgan had his issues growing up. According to oldest dot.org, he suffered from cerebral palsy, seizures, and the family struggle also affected him emotionally and physically.
Mariah's sister is Allison Carey who was born in Long Island New York on August 7th, 1962. Allison's life is full of so much grief, from childhood to adulthood. Allison had a small window of opportunity to change her life, but she hit the brick wall again. Everything she went through in childhood seems to have affected her in adulthood.
Mariah is the youngest of the three and the most successful of them all. Although she also shared the same tough childhood experience, she decided to believe in herself and make hay while the sun shines. In the process, she became a big superstar gathering fans from across the globe.
7 How Is The Relationship Between Mariah Carey And Her Parents?
When the We Belong Together star was just 3 years old her parents divorced. Allison stayed with their father and Mariah and Morgan remained with their mother. For Mariah, being separated from her father at such a young age was so heartbreaking. Mariah's father sadly later passed away from cancer in 2002.
According to Yahoo! Life, as a child, Mariah felt neglected by her mother. She also said that she felt 'dirty' because her mother always left her with people who made her feel unsafe.
Now that the Obsessed singer has grown older and wiser, she allows her mother around her, but she has set boundaries in place.
6 This Is When Mariah Carey Started Her Music Career
When Mariah was just 3 years old, she started singing. Her mother discovered Mariah could sing when she was imitating her during rehearsals, so Mariah's mother started coaching her.
Mariah started singing professionally though around the 1990s when she was discovered by Tommy Motolla at a party that her friend had forced her to go to.
5 Why Does Mariah Carey Feel Like Her Siblings Are Taking Advantage Of Her?
It is understandable for Mariah to feel the way she feels about her siblings always trying to take advantage of her, that's because she knows them better than we do.
Mariah feels like her sibling treats her like an 'ATM' now that she's the famous and successful one, they feel entitled to her money just because they are related. For this reason, Mariah decided to respectfully cut them off not maliciously but for her peace of mind.
4 How Is The Relationship Between Mariah Carey And Her Brother?
In 2016, Morgan spoke very badly of Mariah describing her as 'heartless' because Mariah refused to pay for Allison's hospital treatment when Allison was seriously sick.
According to The Sun, Morgan also said that he had been trying to get in touch with his sister Mariah, but Mariah didn't bother to care about the whereabouts of her estranged siblings. It looks like the Grammy winner's relationship with her brother is still on rocky grounds.
3 This Is Why Mariah's Siblings Took Her To Court
On February 2nd, 2021, Allison came out to sue Mariah on claims of emotional distress after the release of her memoir that revealed the treatment Mariah claimed to have gone through at the hands of her estranged sister. About a month later, in March 2021, Mariah's brother, Morgan jumped on the bandwagon of suing Mariah for defamation.
2 This Is Why Mariah Carey Does Not Get Along With Her Sister
Mariah revealed a lot in her memoir 'The Meaning Of Mariah.' In this book, Mariah explains in detail the reason why she does not get along with her sister, Alison.
While speaking to Oprah Winfrey during an interview that was recorded in 2020, Mariah said that she decided to pour out everything she went through and felt in her book because of how Allison and her other family members have been treating her, and she just wanted the world to know that she's not the villain in the story. Mariah wrote concerning her sister, "When I was 12 years old, my sister drugged me with valium, offered me a pinky nail full of cocaine, inflicted me with third-degree burns, and tried to sell me out to a pimp."
1 Does Mariah Carey Keep In Contact With Her Siblings?
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According to Showbiz Cheatsheet, Mariah has not been in contact with her siblings for many years now. Also in her book, Mariah said that therapy helped her get through her past trauma.
She wrote, "For my sanity and peace of mind, my therapist encouraged me to literally rename and reframe my family. My mother became Pat to me, Morgan my ex-brother, and Alison my ex-sister ... I had to stop expecting them to one day miraculously become the mommy, big brother, and big sister I fantasized about."
