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12 Celebs With Big (Big!) Families

By Lindsay Tigar
November 16, 2015
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While the average American household has 2.5 kids, some families go above-and-beyond when it comes to building their families—including these celebrities, who have more than just a few kids in their bunch.
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Tori Spelling

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After 10 years of marriage, Beverly Hills: 90210 actress Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott keep growing their family, now with a total of five children! The parents of four already—Liam, 9, Stella, 8, Hattie, 5, Finn, 4—have just welcomed their newest addition, son Beau Dean McDermott! Spelling told People, “We are over the moon in love with baby Beau. He is a true blessing and his brothers and sisters were overjoyed to meet him! We are all truly grateful for our big beautiful and healthy family.”

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Chris O'Donnell

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You might know him as Robin in Batman Forever, Finn from Grey's Anatomy, or Special Agent G. Callen on NCIS: Los Angeles—but to Lily, Christopher, Charles, Finley, and Maeve, "dad" is the only name that actor Chris O'Donnell goes by. That's right, he and wife Caroline have five kids.

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Kris Jenner

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Kris Jenner built a family with attorney Robert Kardashian—having children Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Robert—before marrying Olympian Bruce Jenner (and before he became Caitlyn), and continuing on the K train with daughters Kendall and Kylie. If you count Bruce/Caitlyn's four additional kids from previous marriages, that's 10 children in total for mom/step-mom Kris!

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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt

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With a divorce underway, looks like Angelina and Brad are going to have quite the custody battle over their six children! Together they have three adopted kiddos—Maddox, Pax, and Zahara—and three biological children—Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. Fortunately, the parents can easily agree that the safeguard of their kids will always be a main concern during this difficult time. Pitt told CNN, "I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the wellbeing of our kids."

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Taylor Hanson

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Taylor Hanson doesn't just hail from a big family (he has six siblings!), he's built one of his own. The Hanson singer and his wife, Natalie Bryant, have five children: Jordan, Penelope, River, Viggo, and Wilhelmina Jane. 

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Lauryn Hill

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The Grammy Award–winning singer (pictured here with sons John and Zion) has five children with Rohan Marley: Zion David, Selah Louise, Joshua Omaru, John Nesta, and Sarah. In 2011, she gave birth to another child, a son she named Micah.

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Eddie Murphy

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Funny man Eddie Murphy is papa to nine children! With his first wife, Nicole Mitchell, he had five kids: Bria, Miles, Shayne, Zola, and Bella (all pictured here). He also has two sons, Eric and Christian, from two other relationships, and a daughter, Angel, with Spice Girl Melanie Brown. His current girlfriend, Australian model Paige Butcher, gave birth to their first child together, daughter Izzy Oona, in May 2016. 

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Kevin Costner

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Academy Award–winning actor Kevin Costner is dad to seven kids! With first wife, Cindy Silva, he welcomed Annie, Lily, and Joe (pictured here along with Costner's second wife, Christine Baumgartner); then became dad to Cayden, Hayes, and Grace with Baumgartner. Most recently, he welcomed son Liam with then-girlfriend Bridget Rooney.

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Mel Gibson

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Before he became famous, Mel Gibson married Robyn Denise Moore and had seven children: Hannah, Edward, Christian, William, Louis, Milo, and Thomas. He then took a break from children until he started seeing Russian Pianist Oksana Grigorieva in 2007; they had one daughter together, Lucia (pictured here). Now he is in a two-year relationship with screenwriter Rosalind Ross and they just welcomed a son, Lars Gerard Gibson, in January of 2017. Overall, that makes nine children for Mel!

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Kirk Cameron

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Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron heads up one bustling household: He and his wife, actress Chelsea Noble, have six children, four adopted and two biological. 

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Natalia Vodianova

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Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova is mom to five kids! She welcomed her newest addition, son Roman, in June 2016—her second child with partner Antoine Arnault. Roman joins big brother Maxim, along with her three other siblings from Vodianova's previous marriage to Justin Portman: brothers Lucas and Viktor, and sister Neva. 

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Jamie Oliver

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Celeb chef Jamie Oliver is super busy both inside and outside the kitchen, because he and wife Jools have five kids! Not only are the Olivers parents to Poppy Honey Rosie, 14; Daisy Boo Pamela, 13; Petal Blossom Rainbow, 7; and Buddy Bear Maurice, 6, but they welcomed a new baby boy in August 2016. After what felt like forever of keeping his name a secret, the family finally decided to introduce us to River Rocket Oliver! With a name like that, you already know he’s going to be the cool kid at school.

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