The more the merrier? That seems to be the case with many celebrity families and power couples in the media today. From the Jenner-Kardashians to the Jolie-Pitts, large celebrity families are making news. Although they may never have as many children as Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, here is a list of 10 celebrities who may give them a run for their money.
10. Justin Chambers
Number of Children: 5
“Grey’s Anatomy” star, Justin Chambers, has five children, including a set of twins! He and his wife, Keisha, have a son (Jackson) and four daughters (Eva, twins Kaila and Maya, and Isabella).
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9. Charlie Sheen
Number of Children: 5
The former “Two and a Half Men” star has three daughters (Cassandra, Sam, and Lola) and two sons (twins, Bob and Max). He also became a grandfather to Cassandra’s daughter, Luna, born in 2013.
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8. Chris O’Donnell
Number of Children: 5
Chris O’Donnell is father to five children. The “NCIS: Los Angeles” star and his wife, Caroline, have two daughters (Lily and Maeve) and three sons (Christopher, Charles, and Finley).
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7. Sean “P. Diddy” Combs
Number of Children: 6
This 45-year-old hip hop mogul has a total of six children. He has two biological sons, Justin (from an early relationship with Misa Hylton-Brim) and Christian (from his relationship with Kim Porter). Diddy also adopted Christian’s half-brother, Quincy, and fathered twin girls, D’Lila Star and Jessie James, with Porter in 2006. Combs also has a daughter, Chance, from his former relationship with Sarah Chapman.
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6. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Number of Children: 6
This celebrity power couple have a total of six children together (three adopted and three biological). Jolie decided to adopt her first child, Maddox, from an orphanage in Cambodia, back in 2002. She then adopted a daughter, Zahara, from an orphanage in Ethiopia, just over three years later. In the Spring of 2006, Angelina gave birth to her first biological child, a daughter named Shiloh. A year later, Jolie adopted then three-year-old Pax from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, after she and Pitt had visited the orphanage in 2006. In the summer of 2008, Brad and Angelina welcomed twins, Knox and Vivienne, to their ever-expanding family. All the children now have the surname of Jolie-Pitt and Brad has officially adopted Maddox, Zahara and Pax as well.
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5. Robert De Niro
Number of Children: 6
Robert De Niro has four sons and two daughters (one biological and one adopted). His eldest son, Raphael, is from De Niro’s first marriage to Diahnne Abbott. De Niro also legally adopted Abbott’s eldest daughter, Drena. Twins Aaron Kendrick and Julian Henry were conceived in vitro using a surrogate mother, when De Niro was involved with model Toukie Smith. De Niro fathered his fourth son, Elliott, with his wife at the time, Grace Hightower. His youngest daughter, Helen Grace, was also born via surrogate.
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4. Kevin Costner
Number of Children: 7
In the film, “Black or White,” Kevin Costner plays a widower who must fight for custody of his granddaughter. While he may not have any grandchildren in real life, he does have seven of his own children, ranging in age from five years old to 31! Costner has three children with ex-wife, Cindy Silva (Annie, Lily and Joe). He also has a son (Liam) with former girlfriend, Bridget Rooney. He is now married to Christine Baumgartner and they have two sons (Cayden and Hayes) and a daughter (Grace).
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3. Mel Gibson
Number of Children: 8
The controversial “Lethal Weapon” star had seven children with now ex-wife, Australian actress Robyn Moore, before they split in 2011. The former couple has six sons (Edward, Christian, William, Louis, Milo, Thomas) and one daughter (Hannah). He also has a daughter, Lucia, with ex-girlfriend, Russian singer-songwriter Oksana Grigorieva.
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2. Eddie Murphy
Number of Children: 8
The “Beverly Hills Cop” star has fathered eight children (six daughters and two sons). Murphy has five daughters (Bria, Shayne Audra, Miles Mitchell, Zola Ivy and Bella Zahra) from his first marriage to Nicole Mitchell. He also has two sons (Christian from his relationship with Tamara Hood; and Eric from his relationship with Paulette McNeely). He’s also the father of Melanie “Mel B” Brown of the Spice Girls’ daughter, Angel Iris.
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1. The Jenner- Kardashians
Number of Children: 10
A list of large celebrity families would not be complete without the Jenner-Kardashians. Kris Jenner is mother to the famed Kardashian sisters (Khloe, Kim, and Kourtney), as well as their brother Robert, all from her first marriage to attorney, Robert Kardashian. In 1991, Kris married Bruce Jenner (who recently transitioned to a woman and is now known as Caitlyn Jenner). The couple have two daughters, Kendall and Kylie. Caitlyn also has four children from previous relationships (Burt, Cassandra, Brandon, and Brody), for a grand total of 10 children between them!