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Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, New York. Her fathers,
Alfred Roy Carey, was of African American and Afro-Venezuelan descent, while
her mother, Patricia (nee Hickey), is of White Irish descent. The last name
Carey was adopted by her Venezuelan grandfather, Francisco Nunez, after
immigrating to New York. Patricia was an occasional opera singer and vocal
coach before she met Alfred in 1960. As he began earning a living as an
aeronautical engineer, the couple wed later that year, and moved into a small suburb
in New York. After their elopement, Patricia’s family disowned her due to her
marring a black man. Carey later explained that growing up, she felt a notion
of neglect from her maternal family, a mark that affected her greatly. During
the years between the births of Carey’s older sister Alison and herself, the
Carey family struggled within the community due to their ethnicity. Carey’s
name was derived from the song “They Call the Wind Maria”, originally from the
1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon. When Carey was three, her parents
divorced.
Mariah Carey has on her black dress and tights on.
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