A Post-Michael Guide to the Jackson Family

Joe and Katherine Jackson
They have been separated for years and have forged drastically different relationships with their multiple offspring. Joe was the force who brought the Jackson family to its initial heights of fame, though allegations of child abuse would surface in later years. Katherine was the matriarch. "Every child thinks their mother is the greatest mother in the world," Michael wrote in his autobiography. "We Jacksons never lost that feeling."

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