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“I thank God that, since they were little, my kids know that their dad doesn't have a 9-to-5 kind of life, that my work requires me to be away from home for long periods of time,” he told People en Español in 2019. “But we always make an effort to spend time together during my breaks, making the most of it and letting that time be our time.”
Marc Anthony Expecting Baby No. 8, His 2nd With Wife Nadia Ferreira
Marc Anthony hasn't just been busy making music for the last 30 years.
The 57-year-old singer, who was born Marco Antonio Muñiz, is getting ready to become a father of eight. He and fourth wife Nadia Ferreira, 26, marked their third wedding anniversary Jan. 28 by revealing that she's pregnant with their second child together.
"Marquito is going to be a big brother," the couple captioned a joint Instagram post showing Nadia's pregnant belly with three hands resting on it—one of them hers, another her husband's and a much smaller one belonging to their 2-year-old son, Marco Muñiz.
Marc married the former Miss Universe Paraguay at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami in front of guests including Salma Hayek, Lin Manuel Miranda, Luis Fonsi and Maluma, while David Beckham and telecom billionaire Carlos Slim stood as the groom's best men.
And not long after, the father of six from three previous relationships started growing his family with Nadia, having previously admitted that his "one regret" was not being as present a father as he could have been.
"What I chose to do took so much of my time," the four-time Grammy winner said in 2016 on CBS' Sunday Morning. "What I would have done to have been a stay-at-home dad, and you know, witnessed every second of everything. I would have loved that. Didn't work out that way."
Eventually, he added, "You start to wonder, was it all worth it? Was it worth it, you know, on that level."
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Marc and Nadia announced that they were expecting their first child together less than three weeks after tying the knot, choosing Feb. 14 to share the news.
"Best Valentine's Gift Ever!!!" they wrote on Instagram, adding in Spanish, "Thank you God for this great blessing in our lives." Marco was born June 12, just in time for Father's Day.
A holiday that Marc will be celebrating eight times over soon enough! Here's what to know about the artist's seven children and one on the way:
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Arianna Muñiz
Marc Anthony welcomed daughter Arianna, his first of two children with girlfriend Debbie Rosado, on June 29, 1994.
While he and Debbie, then a police officer, split up in 1996, Marc was always in his kids' lives, albeit not to the extent he would have wanted to be in hindsight.
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Chase Muñiz
Marc and Debbie's son Chase was born in 1995.
He leads a mostly private life, but has used social media to show support for his family.
After Marc divorced Jennifer Lopez and promptly married Shannon De Lima in 2014, Chase tweeted, per Hola!, "My dad is happy, I’m happy. Love you dad." He added, "I still LOVE my stepmom @JLo forever that’s never going to change, she’s my stepmom forever!”
Marc and Shannon split up in 2016 and finalized their divorce the following year, but her bond with Chase and Arianna endured, the model shouting out her former stepdaughter in 2017, "Happy birthday to my princess!!!!! @arimooonbee hope you a beautiful day.. You deserve the world!!!! I miss you and I love you."
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Cristian Marcus Muñiz
Marc married Miss Universe 1993 winner Dayanara Torres on May 9, 2000, in Las Vegas.
The first of their two kids, son Cristian, was born Feb. 5, 2001.
The artist graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2023, prompting Marc to write on Instagram, "@cris_muniz_torres I love my kids to the moon and back. And we get to celebrate you today."
On the personal front, Cristian and girlfriend Kylie Jane Marco marked seven years together on Jan. 26, 2026, Kylie captioning a clip of her longtime love walking their dog on the beach, "7 years with the most amazing person to have ever lived. Love you more than words can say, Cris. Time flies."
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Ryan Adrian Muñiz (left)
After briefly separating in 2002, Marc and Dayanara welcomed son Ryan on Aug. 16, 2003.
But they went through with breaking up the following year. While Marc moved on fairly quickly, marrying Jennifer Lopez in 2004, Dayanara later reflected on not wanting there to be bad blood between her and the father of her children.
"In my son's bedrooms there are photos of their dad," she wrote in her 2009 book Married to Me: How Committing to Myself Led to Triumph After Divorce. "Their dad hasn't died, he is still alive. He and I divorced each other, but he is still their father. Whenever they go with him on vacation, in my home no one ever talks badly about anyone. Many people are going through the situation that I went through—or a worse one—and they suffer a lot, so their anger makes them do things they can later regret. I wanted to write this book so they can see how I handled things, which was to do what was best for the kids."
When Ryan graduated from Woodland Hills Middle School 2017, his mom, dad, stepmom J.Lo and half-siblings Max and Emme were all in attendance.
Cristian shouted out his brother in May 2023 with a montage featuring moments from their childhood (heavy on their shared love of Star Wars), captioning the video, "Love you Ry Ry!"
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Emme Maribel Muñiz
Days after finalizing his divorce and hot on the heels of the end of her engagement to Ben Affleck, Marc married Jennifer Lopez on June 5, 2004.
Twins Emme and Max were born Feb. 22, 2008. J.Lo and Marc split up in 2011 (their divorce was finalized in 2014), but they remained friendly co-parents.
“Happy Fathers Day to you Flaco!!! Emme and Max love you soooo much!!” Lopez wrote in tribute to her ex in 2019. “Thank you for these two beautiful coconuts!!! Feliz Día Del Padre!!!”
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Emme has since shown a flair for performing, joining J.Lo onstage during her and Shakira's 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show and in concert.
And Emme has the full support of both parents if the siren song of a singing career calls—as long as it's a true passion.
"Music was a big part of my life growing up and I hope it does the same for [Emme] as it has done for me," Marc told iHeartRadio host Enrique Santos in 2019. "And if that is what she wants to do...Well, she should do it because she likes it, not because she has to. Not for fame, or popularity, or for likes."
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Maximilian David Muñiz
Max entered the world 11 minutes after his twin sister. And so far, he is also following in his parents' footsteps as a multi-threat entertainer, playing the coroner of Munchkinland in a 2020 school production of The Wizard of Oz and making his movie debut in his mom's 2022 film Marry Me.
"Their personalities are beautiful, they’re like yin and yang," Jennifer said of the twins in 2015. "They stay true to who they were from when they were born. Emme is like a mini-me, Max is really like a mini Marc. They’re complete opposites. But she’s like super focused and super sensitive, quiet and focused and he’s kind of off the charts, lots of energy, super funny.”
Moreover, she told Extra, "They both asked to take piano lessons and voice lessons and they do gymnastics and taekwondo. They have all kinds of stuff they ask to do all the time."
And once they were teenagers, Marc quipped to E! News in March 2025, “If you learned anything after all these years, it's whatever they want, whatever they say.”
Jennifer told E! in December, meanwhile, that the kids were "not very involved" with her work anymore and were busy exploring their own interests.
But, she added, "They came to the rehearsal yesterday [for her Las Vegas residence]. They're here today and will be tomorrow. They're fans, they're sweet. They're proud of their mama."
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Marco Muñiz
Marc married Paraguayan beauty queen Nadia Ferreira on Jan. 28, 2023.
They shared on Valentine's Day weeks later that they were expecting their first baby together and son Marco was born June 12.
“I have a wonderful family, a wonderful wife," Marc told E! News in March 2025. "Marquito is a year and a half. I'm just enjoying this stage of my life.”
They've primarily kept him out of the spotlight, and Nadia has yet to show her son's face in the pics she shares on Instagram. Though it was pretty obvious that the toddler made an adorable Peter Pan when she dressed as Tinker Bell and took him trick-or-treating in October 2025.
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Baby No. 8
On their third wedding anniversary, Marc and Nadia shared that they're expecting their second child together.
"What a huge gift life has given us," the couple wrote in Spanish, captioning a photo of Nadia's baby bump. "God is great...Marquito is going to be a big brother.
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