Meghan Markle, Ellen Pompeo, Henry Golding, And 11 Other Celebrities Who’ve Spoken About Raising Mixed Kids
Fiyin Olowokandi
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In an interview, Zoe Saldaña said, "It is a necessity for us to raise our children with our roots so that they can communicate with their grandparents. But also so they can create some kind of empathy for human beings that do not look like them and do not sound like them and do not smell like them."
Meghan Markle, Ellen Pompeo, Henry Golding, And 11 Other Celebrities Who’ve Spoken About Raising Mixed Kids
1. John Legend and Chrissy Teigen
Rodin Eckenroth / FilmMagic / Getty ImagesJason is Native Hawaiian, German, Irish, and Pawnee while Lisa is Black, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Cherokee. The pair – who are currently getting a porce – share 15-year-old Lola and 13-year-old Nakoa-Wolf.
David M. Benett / Dave Benett / Getty ImagesIn 2019, Jason told People, “The biggest thing I’m trying to do for my children is just let them have their imagination, their creativity and to let that flourish. I hope they get to see I’m striving for my dreams and building new ones always.”
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Henry is English and Malaysian while Liv is Taiwanese and Italian. Last year, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Lyla.
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Serena is Black while Alexis is German and Armenian. The couple has one daughter, five-year-old Olympia.
Axelle / FilmMagic / Getty ImagesDuring a 2020 Engineering a Better World speech, Alexis said, “As a husband, you just get outraged, and then especially now in the role as a father, I just can’t help but want to create a world that is just fair to my daughter. And I know that that’s lofty, but it’s a thing worth striving toward.”
Al Bello / Getty ImagesThe Reddit cofounder discussed his attempts to persify the tech industry. A few months before the speech, he resigned from Reddit’s board and requested a Black candidate fill the position. “Given that I am still getting hate mail about it, I knew I made the right choice. Because sadly, we’re at a place in this country where there is still a lot of work to be done. I thought about…the role that all social media companies play in our society and the world that it’s shaping for everyone including people like my daughter, like my wife. I knew that I had a responsibility to be able to answer her when she asked me in 10 years — when she’s a snarky teenager — what I did to help be a part of making things better for her.”
5. Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel
Allen Berezovsky / Getty ImagesShay is Filipino, Scottish, and Irish, while Matte is Black and white. The couple shares a two-year-old daughter, Atlas, and welcomed another daughter, Rome, earlier this year.
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Meghan is Black and white, while Harry is white. The couple shares three-year-old Archie and one-year-old Lilibet.
Pool / Getty ImagesAt the 2020 Most Powerful Next Gen Summit, Meghan said, “The things you’re able to tolerate on your own are not the same that you are going to put your child in a position of vulnerability for. You go every single day: ‘How can I make this world better for Archie?’ That is a shared belief for my husband and I.”
Wpa Pool / Getty Images7. Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra
Dia Dipasupil / Getty ImagesNick is German, English, Scottish, Irish, Italian, and French-Canadian while Priyanka is Indian. Earlier this year, the couple welcomed their first child, Malti, via surrogate.
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Ashley is white while Justin is Black. They share two-year-old Isaac and welcomed twin boys Malachi and Roman earlier this year.
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The fashion designer is Black, Korean, and Japanese. She shares daughters Aoki and Ming with Russell Simmons, son Kenzo with Djimon Hounsou, and son Wolfe with Tim Leissner. She is also a mom to her son, Gary, who she adopted when he was 10.
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Ellen is Italian, English, and Irish while Chris is Black. They have three kids: 12-year-old Stella, eight-year-old Sienna, and five-year-old Eli.
James Devaney / Getty ImagesDuring an episode of Red Table Talk, Ellen said, “My challenge with raising brown children is how much do you say to them and how much do you not say to them? A couple of weeks ago, I had some friends over [to] the house — little girls of color — and the little girl came in, and I introduced myself, and I said, ‘I’m Stella’s mom.’ And she looked at me, and she was, like, almost scared, and then she went right to Stella, and she said, ‘That’s your mom? I thought that was your mom,’ and pointed to the nanny.”
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Zayn is Pakistani, English, and Irish while Gigi is Dutch and Palestinian. The pair – who reportedly broke up last year – share a two-year-old daughter, Khai.
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Jodie is Jamaican while Joshua is Irish. The couple shares one daughter, two-year-old Janie.
Amy Sussman / Getty Images for Critics Choice AssociationEarlier this year, Jodie told Refinery 29, “At the end of the day, I am raising a biracial daughter. I’m raising a girl who does not look exactly like me, who is lighter than me. I want to figure out how I can raise her to have an understanding of white supremacy, of colorism, of how she benefits from that, of how she does not benefit from that, of how to have these kinds of conversations in a way that is really powerful and empowering.”
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images13. Jhené Aiko
Rich Fury / Getty ImagesThe singer is Spanish, Dominican, Japanese, and Black. She shares 13-year-old daughter Namiko with R&B singer O’Ryan. Currently, she is dating Big Sean, and they are expecting their first child together.
Presley Ann / Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesLast year, Jhené said, “I have a Japanese grandfather and a Creole/Dominican grandmother on my mother’s side…and both of my father’s parents are Black and white. My DNA results came in 25% Asian, 33% African, and 34% European.”
In 2021, she told Billboard, “I think it’s important for people to share their stories in general. I think we should be sharing them more so to learn from one another and not judge each other. Especially because I have a daughter, I want her to see me live my life as my most authentic self so that she can be inspired to do the same. We just love ourselves, we love our family, we love our roots and everything that makes us who we are.”
Joe Scarnici / Getty Images for Pandora Media Inc.14. And finally, Zoe Saldaña and Marco Perego-Saldaña
Victor Chavez / Getty Images for amfARZoe is Afro-Latina (Dominican and Puerto Rican) while Marco is Italian. The couple have three sons: seven-year-old twins, Cy and Bowie, and five-year-old Zen.
Michael Tran / FilmMagic / Getty ImagesDuring a Rosé Roundtable, Zoe said, “My husband is an immigrant. I’m first-generation. It is a necessity for us to raise our children with our roots so that they can communicate with their grandparents. But also so they can create some kind of empathy for human beings that do not look like them and do not sound like them and do not smell like them.”
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