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Top 23 Celebrity Mothers of Twins

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Joan Lunden

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Joan Lunden is an author and television personality, and a mom of twins -- times two. The former host of Good Morning America had already raised three daughters when she and her husband Jeff Konigsberg had twins in 2003 via a surrogate mother. Lunden was well into her 50s and had tried and failed to become pregnant via in vitro. Max and Kate were born in 2003, followed by Kimberly Elise and Jack Andrew in 2005.


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Mia Hamm

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Talk about a "soccer mom"! Married to professional baseball player Nomar Garciaparra, professional soccer player ar Mia Hamm is a mom of twin girls. Grace Isabella and Ava Caroline were born March 28, 2007. Generally considered the world's best female soccer player, Hamm led the U.S. Women's Soccer team to Olympic gold in 1996 and again Athens in 2004 and was part of World Cup Champion teams in 1991 and 1999.

More Celebrities

There are plenty of other notable mothers of multiples, including: actress Ingrid Bergman, singer Debby Boone, singer Anita Bryant, actress Joan Crawford (mother of adopted twins), actress Berverly D'Angelo (with Al Pacino), actress Tracy Pollan (with Michael J. Fox), country singer Loretta Lynn, actress Cathy Moriarty, television journalist Jane Pauley (with Doonesbury cartoonist Gary Trudeau), actress Cybill Shepherd, world affairs leader Madeline Albright, author Harriett Beecher Stowe, model Niki Taylor, model Cheryl Tiegs, actress Geena Davis, actress Marcia Gay Harden, singer Melissa Etheridge, actress Amanda Pays, and actress Mia Farrow (with musician Andre Previn).

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