Did You Know Elvis Had A Twin Brother?

Almost everyone knows that Elvis was a real cutie as a grown man, but see this picture of Elvis Presley with his parents! Plus, learn his unknown facts of life secrets and check out the Top Selling Elvis Presley Gifts! (paid link) as an Amazon Associate, I earn commission from qualifying purchases. This family portrait is of Gladys and Vernon Presley and their son, Elvis, photographed in 1938 when he was only a baby toddler who just turned 2 years old of age. 

Elvis Presley Family Photo

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi according to his obituary, but he was not born alone. Did you know Elvis had an identical twin Brother? His twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley , was delivered stillborn approximately 35 minutes before him with the cause of death unknown. Because of his family being extremely poor at the time, baby Jesse was buried in a shoe box instead of a coffin. The King of Rock never had any other biological brothers or sisters and so he grew up as an only child.

However, a year after Elvis Presley's Mom's death, his father, Vernon Presley, remarried a woman named Davada "Dee" Stanley who great beauty who had 3 young sons from her first marriage (I think she was a widow, but could not find this in the Elvis' Genealogy records). Elvis was always a father figure to his 3 younger step brothers. Elvis was always telling his personal hairstylist and spiritual mentor, Larry Geller, that he was always intrigued by the mystery of his deceased twin brother. He told of how close they were, and how they talked together all the time, especially special conversations at night. He quoted this to Larry as well, “I’ll tell ya Larry, being a twin has always been a mystery for me. I mean, we were in our mother’s womb together, so why was he born dead and not me? He never even got his chance to live. Think about it, why me? Why was I the one that was chosen? An’ I’ve always wondered what would’ve been if he had lived, I really have. These kinds of questions tear my head up. There’s got to be reasons for all this. AND..Larry, listen, I’m going to tell you something, and it might even sound strange, but it’s something I’ve secretly thought about before. Maybe it was me. Maybe, maybe it was something I did, ya know? Who knows, maybe when we were in the womb together we were fighting like Jacob and his twin like it says in the Bible. Man that story always stuck with me. Maybe I was like Jacob, who tried to stop his brother from being born first. Hey, I’m just saying…anything’s possible.” - Elvis Presley Quotes About Life And Death



Many believe that Elvis' brother story of his unfulfilled relationship with his twin brother along with the guilt he felt as being the sole survivor of the two babies probably was connected to his depression, substance problems, and potentially his true cause of death. This is a reality of Elvis that many people never knew about. I wish I could comfort him and try to give him peace of mind, heart and soul...with possibly a better insight.