It has been revealed that the deceased singer Michael Jackson is not the biological father of this three children. Also, Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two oldest children. She was a surrogate mother for the children. She gave birth to them even though neither her eggs or Michael's sperm were used for any of the children. All three of the children were conceived using in vitro fertilization and it is not known if Jackson chose the sperm and egg donors or if he knew who they even were. Rowe was married to Jackson when the two oldest children were born so it is presumed that she the mother of the children.

It has also been released that even though Jackson is considered to be a father to the children since he raised them, he never filed legal papers to adopt any of the three children. It is assumed that he didn't do it because he thought that there was no third party that would try to claim custody and never thought that Rowe would want a custody challenge.