Is there an idiom for being consistently unlucky through no fault of one's own? [duplicate]

To be dogged by misfortune

is an expression used to convey the idea that you are constantly unlucky.

To dog:

• to pursue or follow after like a dog.

The Free Dictionary

Jinxed could refer to someone who is suffering a period of bad luck.

jinxed

jinx (jĭngks) n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.

However, this usage has connotations of being cursed, or having an extrinsic cause.

String/streak of bad luck;

an albatross around one's neck;

Can't catch a break;

Can't win for losing;

can't stand up for falling down;

born to lose;

it never rains but it pours;

when troubles come they come not single spies but in battalions (that one is from Shakespeare);

born under a bad sign; losing since the day one was born;

born to suffer

• Schlemiel: An awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/schlemiel

How about these?

Ill-starred:

destined to fail or have many difficulties; unlucky.

Doomed

likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated.(You can say 'doomed for life' is you want to specify that the person being referred to is going to be unlucky for the rest of his life(though I understand that it's a completely hypothetical situation))

Source: Oxford dictionaries

These are just words, not phrases/idioms but I think they convey the desired meaning.