Ellen’s Childhood
Ellen DeGeneres was born and raised as a Christian Scientist in Metairie, Louisiana. She grew up with her brother Vance and her parents Elizabeth and Elliott. One thing that Christian Scientists believe in is that sickness can be cured by prayer. This means that they didn’t believe in medication and only used doctors and vaccines required by law.
Source: Ellen TV
In her early teen years, DeGeneres and her brother stopped associating with the religious movement. Until she was thirteen years old, she didn’t even take an aspirin. It was around this time that her parents got divorced, and her mother remarried. DeGeneres went through a lot in life, but during this period in her life, she went through things that we wouldn’t wish on our worst enemies.