Mike Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York City. He was the youngest of three children born to Lorna Tyson, who was from the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Jimmy Kirkpatrick, who abandoned the family when Tyson was just two years old. Lorna struggled to raise her children on her own in the tough neighborhood of Brownsville, known for its poverty and crime. Growing up, Tyson had two siblings: an older brother named Rodney and an older sister named Denise. Despite the challenges they fa