Late NBA star, Caleb Swanigan, was born on April 18, 1997, to Carl Swanigan and Tanya Swanigan.
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However, he was later adopted by Roosevelt Barnes.
Tanya Swanigan
Tanya had 6 children for Caleb’s father, Carl Swanigan, who was at that time a cocaine addict.
He always fell into trouble with the legal authorities and was domestically abusive towards Tanya.
Carl later died in 2014 after battling complications resulting from diabetes. He was 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and weighed nearly 500 pounds (230 kg) at his death.
Tanya later relocated with her children to Salt Lake City, and between Indianapolis and Utah. She later offered her son Caleb to AAU coach Roosevelt Barnes, for adoption.
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Roosevelt Barnes
Barnes is Caleb’s adoptive father who sponsored him through high school at Homestead High in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Barnes works as a sports agent. He had previously played as a linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.
He was a player of three sports—football, basketball, and baseball. He had played basketball for Purdue during his time.
Barnes retired in 1987 Barnes and has so far negotiated contracts for Laveranues Coles, Walter Jones, Ray Lewis, Ndamukong Suh, Roman Oben, Andre Wadsworth and many more.
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