The inspirational story of Ben Carson's rise from poverty in Detroit has come under new scrutiny after Daily Mail Online found key claims about his parents' lives at.

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Ben Carson's parents were NOT the bigamist father and child bride he describes. Ben Carson has made his mother's extraordinary life story a central part of his campaign. In his books, speeches and interviews, he has told how Sonya was one of a family of 2. But Daily Mail Online can reveal that little of that story is exactly as he has relayed it – although the truth appears to be just as inspirational as the version the Republican candidate has offered. The differences between Carson's version and what official documents and interviews with family members revealed suggest that the surgeon himself may not know the full story of his background. But they raise questions about why he did not seek documentary proof for many of the claims he made in his books, especially once he repeated them in the context of a political campaign.

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SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Family: Pictured in 2. Carson poses in his home with his wife, Lacena 'Candy' Rustin, his two sons and his mother, Sonya Carson (seated at right) – who is actually legally named Johnnie. Deep impact: Carson's mother (left in the early 1. Family: Ben Carson (second from right) and his brother Curtis (left) at their home in Detroit in the 1. According to his account their mother divorced their father in 1. Scrutiny: Republican candidate Ben Carson (left) is under growing pressure over his life story.

One Nation,' a book sold (right) at his campaign events, reprints a National Prayer Breakfast speech in which he said his mother was one of 2. They also raise questions over the methods of a Harvard professor who investigated Carson's ancestry for a PBS miniseries in 2. Republican front- runner told about his parents. The candidate has leaned repeatedly on a narrative retelling of his mother Sonya’s extraordinary upbringing and hardships, including in his best- selling book, 'Gifted Hands,' and in a number of interviews. He even recounted it in the moment that propelled him into political prominence – his address to the Fellowship Foundation National Prayer Breakfast in 2.

President Obama.'My mother and father got divorced early on,' Carson said then. My mother got married when she was 1. She was one of 2. Had a horrible life. Discovered that her husband was a bigamist, had another family.'The full speech is reproduced in his latest book, 'One Nation,' which is frequently sold at campaign events. Daily Mail Online, however, has uncovered four separate documents suggesting Sonya’s true name is actually Johnnie.

There are no publicly accessible records that name her as Sonya. According to U. S. Census information, Carson's mother is between two to four years older than she has claimed. And, far from being married at 1. Carson has previously claimed she had only a third- grade education. Records show that she was still in school in the fifth grade. It is possible that Carson's description of his mother's third- grade education refers to her level of attainment, not her years in the classroom.

Childhood home: This was the house where Ben Carson lived with his mother and brother. Official documents show that his father Robert, and Johnnie, 'his wf.,' purchased it. Purchase: The records for the childhood home of Ben Carson, showing how his parents bought it in August 1. Stand By Me Movie Watch Online. Documented: Part of the property records which establish the Carsons' ownership of the home.

Documentary proof: The 1. Robert Carson was 'married' to Johnnie - although no further documentary evidence of their marriage exists.

Handover: Dr. Carson's mother, named as Johnnie Carson, relinquished ownership of the house in return for $1. A further document shows that two months later it passed to Willie Copeland Jr., who appears to be her nephew – and therefore the candidate's first cousin. Identification: The 1. Johnnie Carson' is a woman – and therefore Ben Carson's mother Daily Mail Online can also identify his father as Robert Solomon Carson, a Baptist minister who died in 1. Detroit at age 7. Mary. He was also survived by a stepdaughter, Fairell Tubbs, who said she was at his wedding around five years before his death, but did not know the details of his previous marriages, if any. Being one of twenty- four children, getting married at age thirteen, and later having to get a divorce after finding out my husband was a bigamist were just a few of them.

Ben Carson's mother describes the challenges she faced Public records inspected by Daily Mail Online show no evidence of Robert Solomon Carson ever marrying or divorcing Sonya Copeland – the name until now believed to be that of Carson's elderly mother. Tubbs said Dr. Carson was invited to his father's wedding but didn't come – and that he also did not attend his father's funeral. Ironically the distinguished neurosurgeon's dad died of Parkinson's, a neurological disease. He is buried in an unmarked grave. Carson's father, according to his account in his book 'Gifted Hands,' raised him until the age of eight. But he is never mentioned as being part of his life after that. In chapter two of the 1.

Republican politician describes his parents' story: 'Both my parents came from big families: my mother had 2. They married when my father was 2. Many years later she confided that she was looking for a way to get out of a desperate home situation.'Dr.

Carson’s account continues: 'Shortly after their marriage, they moved from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Detroit, which was the trend for laborers in the late 1. A letter attributed to Sonya Carson, reprinted in 'Gifted Hands,' states: 'As the mother of Ben and his brother, Curtis, I had a lot of challenges.''Being one of twenty- four children, getting married at age thirteen, and later having to get a divorce after finding out my husband was a bigamist were just a few of them.'Census and property records paint a different – if equally tough – picture.

They show that in Georgia in 1. John' Carson – a female – was part of the large family of a male John Carson and his wife Ruby, whoe maiden name was Stanley. That Mr. Carson was a farm laborer; his daughter John was described as age six at the time.

Ten years later the family had moved to Hamilton County, Tennessee. Johnnie Lou,' a daughter, was recorded in the 1. Resting place: This is the unmarked grave where Robert Solomon Carson was buried in 1. He died of Parkinson's disease Gravesite: The metal marker in the foreground is all that shows the burial place of Robert Solomon Carson, who was a Baptist minister and auto worker in Detroit.