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= May 20 =

Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is the seventh child born to Joseph and Catherine Jackson. Younger siblings Steven Randall (Randy) Jackson was born October 31, 1961 and Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born May 16, 1966. I haven't been able to understand why there has been no correction to Michael Jackson's birth order among the siblings ? BVSpresident1 (talk) 13:37, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * According to the article on the Jackson family, there was a seventh child, Brandon, born March 12, 1967 (the year before Michael), who died the same day - though that statement is unsourced. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:42, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Here's his entry on Findagrave.com, for what it's worth. Lacking a headstone or place of burial makes it kind of dubious. Ancestry.com, a pay site, is similarly vague. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:29, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Go to Amazon, pick a Michael Jackson biography (this one works) that allows the "search inside" feature, and do a search on "brandon jackson". It will give you a result in this case.  This is the best method for finding snippet sources for facts that are in recent popular published books.  Amazon allows snippet views of almost all pages of a book, very often those that are unavailable at google books. μηδείς (talk) 02:34, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Interesting question, something I actually thought about before. MJ was actually the eighth child of the Jackson family BBC Music, since he had a little-known brother who died less than twenty four hours after he was born (poor fellow), although some sources (e.g. Glamour) report him as the seventh. ☯ Bonkers The Clown  \(^_^)/  Nonsensical Babble  ☯ 10:12, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * For the record, I have cited the Jackson family article. ☯ Bonkers The Clown  \(^_^)/  Nonsensical Babble  ☯ 10:16, 23 May 2013 (UTC)