Roberta Wilson was born on November 14, 1950 in Gary, In. Her parents were Glenn and Loretta Wilson. Her given name came after her parents saw the musical "Roberta" in Indianapolis. She was delivered by Jerome Korne, a high school friend of her mothers at Methodist Hospital. She weighed only 5.5 Lbs and was 21 In long. The first person in the hospital room to visit Loretta after the pregnancy was Roberta's grandpa (Papo) Carlson who was given the day off work for the event.