Several well-known stars are expecting twins, including Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Mary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy Davidson and Sam Trammel and Missy Yager.
Naturally, twins occur in approximately three percent of all U.S. births. These statistics include both fraternal and identical twins.
Why do celebrities seem to produce more twins than the rest of us?
Are stars simply more fertile?
Actually, multiple births are more likely to occur in pregnancies encouraged by the use of fertility drugs, often used by those waiting until later in life to pursue parenthood. Entertainment celebrities frequently postpone pregnancy during peak career years, perhaps making them more prone to producing twins and other multiples than the population at large.
Celebrities with twin offspring
What celebrity parents have had twins? Here are 80 popular celebrity twin parents you may recognize. (Actually, the list includes more than 80 stars, as several paired up to produce twins.)
- Adrienne Barbeau
- Allen Bates
- Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen
- Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance
- Anita Bryant
- Audrey Landers
- Beverly D’Angelo and Al Pacino
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
- Brooke Mueller and Charlie Sheen
- Bruce Hornsby
- Cathy Moriarty
- Cheryl Tiegs
- Chris Daughtry
- Christine Lahti
- Celine Dion and Rene Angelil
- Cybill Shepherd
- Debby Boone
- Dennis Quaid
- Denzel Washington
- Diana Krall and Elvis Costello
- Donald Sutherland
- Ed Asner
- Evan Bayh
- Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon
- Geena Davis
- George W. Bush and Laura Bush
- Henry Mancini
- Holly Hunter
- Holly Robinson-Peete and Rodney Peete
- Ingrid Bergman
- Ivan Lendl
- James Stewart
- James Taylor
- Jane Pauley
- Jane Seymour and James Keach
- Jenna Jameson
- Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
- Joan Crawford
- Joan Lunden and Jeff Konigsberg
- Joseph Kennedy
- Julia Roberts and Danny Moder
- Julie Bowen
- Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin
- Kerry Kennedy Cuomo
- Mark McGrath
- Lee Majors
- Lisa Marie Presley
- Loretta Lynn
- Madeleine Albright
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Mark Fiennes
- Margaret Thatcher
- Marcia Crossand Tom Mahoney
- Mel Gibson
- Melissa Etheridge
- Meredith Baxter and David Birney
- Michael Biehn
- Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan
- Mia Farrow and Andre Previn
- Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra
- Milow Forman
- Molly Ringwald
- Muhammad Ali
- Nancy Grace
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Nikki Taylor
- Pat Cash
- Patricia Richardson
- Patrick Dempsey
- Ray Romano
- Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell
- Ricky Martin
- Ricky Nelson
- Robert De Niro
- Roger Federer
- Ron Howard
- Ruth Pointer
- Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
- Sean Combs (Puff Daddy or P. Diddy)
- Susan Hayward
Famous celebrity parents from bygone days have included Bing Crosby, Cleopatra and Marc Antony, Harriett Beecher Stowe, King Hussein, Malcolm X, Nelson Rockefeller and William Shakespeare.
Sources:
“13 Celebrity Parents of Twins,” by Lauren Passell, Parent.com
“Celebrity Multiples and Parents, ” by Pamela Prindle Fierro, About.com
“Celebrity Parents of Twins,” by Secola Edwards, BellaOnline.com
“Celebrity Parents of Twins: Two Kids Is Not the Limit,” GeniusPregnancy.com
“Celebrity Twins and Celebrity Parents of Twins,” AccessHollywood.com
“Celebrity Twins and Multiples,” Kidsumers.ca
“Parents of Twins Coalition: A Hollywood Phenomenon?” CelebrityParents.com
“Famous Twins,” Twin.com
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