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Michael Jordan's 4 Siblings: All About His Brothers and Sisters
Michael Jordan is considered one of the greatest basketball player of all time — and he credits his success, in part, to his four siblings.
Michael is the fourth child born to Deloris Jordan and James R. Jordan Sr., who died in 1993. He has two older brothers — James Jr. (known as “Ronnie”) and Larry — and two sisters — older sister Deloris and younger sister Roslyn.
This document provides a biography of Michael Jordan written by David L. Porter.
The five siblings spent most of their childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina, growing up on five acres of land. It was in that backyard that the Jordan siblings played — and where Michael’s legendary competitive nature was born.
“That competitiveness within me started when I was a kid,” Michael said in the 2020 ESPN docuseries The Last Dance.
The siblings played everything from football to baseball to basketball, Larry told ESPN in 2009.
But it wasn’t just fun and games: The competition became particularly intense between Michael and h