- Marlon had a twin brother at birth named Brandon, but he died from respiratory failure. Growing up, Marlon accepted Michael as a substitute for his lost twin brother. When Michael Jackson died in 2009, Marlon requested that he give Brandon a hug.
- To date, he and Rebbie are the only Jackson siblings to have never divorced.
- He is one of the Jackson 5.
- Brother of Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Randy Jackson, Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson.
- The Jacksons were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
- Wrote two songs on his sister Janet's 1984 album Dream Street.
- Is portrayed by Floyd Roger Myers Jr. in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992).
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (as a member of the Jackson 5).
- Son of Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson
- Uncle of Jermaine Jackson II, Siggy Jackson, Yashi Brown, Austin Brown, Jermajesty Jackson, Jaafar Jackson, Billie Bodega, Genevieve Jackson, Donte Jackson, Taryll Jackson, Taj Jackson, TJ Jackson, Eissa Al Mana, Brandi Jackson, Autumn Joy Jackson, and Stacee Brown.
- His father, Joe Jackson, is of African and distant Native American Ancestry. His grandfather, Israel Nero Jackson, was the son of Jack July Jackson (1803-1908), an indigenous Choctaw of the Plantation of Gale.
- He is the sixth born and the fifth son to be born in the Jackson family.
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