Famous Parents & Grandparents of Twins

Some more twin-formation….
From website: http://www.nomotc.org

There is a very long list of parents of twins on this website….
These are some that were particularly interesting to me:

Sports Personalities

ALI, MUHAMMAD - boxer - girls. (changed name from Cassius Clay).

ARMSTRONG, LANCE - Author, cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France champion - girls (Isabelle Rose - 5 lb. 12 oz. and Grace Elizabeth - 5 lb. 2 oz.), born November 20, 2001.

Entertainment Personalities

BACH, JOHAN SEBASTIAN and MARIA BARBARA - composer - boy/girl. Johann Christoph and Maria Sophia, born 23 February, 1713, and died, 23 Feb and 13 March.

BERGMAN, INGRID and ROBERTO ROSSELLINI - Oscar winning actress and director - girls (Isotta and Isabella. Ingrid Bergman is perhaps most remembered for her roles in " Casablanca" (1942) and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943). Born August 29, 1915, Ingrid Bergman died the same day in 1982. Roberto Rossellini died in 1977.

BOONE, PAT - singer/entertainer/evangelist Pat Boone and Shirley (daughter of the late Red Foley are grandparents of twin girls, Gabrielle and Dustin. They are daughter Debby's children.

COLE, NAT KING and MARIA (Ellington) - Grammy Award-winning singer - girls (Timolin and Casey born 9/26/61). Nat King Cole was a very famous jazz pianist and singer. (Maria was also a singer and sang in Nat's band for a time.)

CROSBY, BING AND LEE, DIXIE - actor/singer and actress/singer - boys. Twins, Philip and Dennis, were born in 1934 and Dennis died in 1991. Dennis and Philip joined brothers Gary and Lindsay in a nightclub act during the late Fifties, often appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show. Dixie Lee, born Wilma Wyatt, was a singer and an actress. She died November 1, 1952 from ovarian cancer at age 40. Bing (Harry Lillis) Crosby, both actor and singer, won and Oscar for best actor for playing an easy going priest in "Going My Way" (1944). He died in October, 1977 at the age of 73 while playing golf in Spain.

CURTIS, TONY - actor - boys. Tony Curtis was born with the name Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925. He started his career in movies in 1949. Twins were born to Tony and former wife, Leslie Allen.

D'ANGELO, BEVERLY and PACINO, AL - actress and actor - boy (Anton)/girl (Olivia) twins on January 25, 2001. The twins were the first children for D'Angelo, 46, who has been with Pacino, 60, for four years.

DE NIRO, ROBERT and SMITH, TOUKIE - actor/producer - twin sons, 1995. Girlfriend, Toukie Smith, conceived via in vitro fecundation. Robert De Niro has acted in or produced dozens of films.

FOX, MICHAEL J. and TRACY POLLAN - actor and actress - identical girls, 1995 (Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances)

GIBSON, MEL and ROBYN MOORE - actor - boys (Edward and Christian), 16 years old.

IGLESIAS, JULIO - international recording artist (Spain's most famous singer) and wife, Miranda Rijnsburger - girls (Victoria - 6 lbs 10 oz. - and Cristina - 6 lbs 3 oz.), born May 2, 2001.

LYNN, LORETTA - country music singer - girls (Patsy and Peggy).

MATTHEWS, DAVE - vocalist/guitarist of Dave Matthews Band - fraternal girls. His twin girls, Stella Busina and Grace Anne, were born in August of 2001 to Matthews and his wife Ashley in Seattle.

NELSON, RICKY and KRIS HARMON - entertainer - boys (Matthew and Gunnar Nelson)

NORRIS, CHUCK and O'KELLEY, GENA - actor (Norris) and model (O'Kelley) - boy and girl (Dakota Alan and Danilee Kelley), born August 20, 2001. Carlos Ray Norris Jr. (born March 10, 1940), better known in the entertainment world as Chuck Norris, is a martial artist, an American action movie actor and Hollywood star. He is the star of the former TV series, "Walker, Texas Ranger".

PACINO, AL and D'ANGELO, BEVERLY - actress and actor - boy (Anton)/girl (Olivia) twins on January 25, 2001. The twins were the first children for D'Angelo, 46, who has been with Pacino, 60, for four years.

PAULEY, JANE and GARY TRUDEAU - TV journalist (Today Show and Dateline NBC) and cartoonist - boy/girl, 1983

PATTI, SANDI - Grammy award winning contemporary Christian and gospel singer - boy/girl, 1988

ROBERTS, JULIA and MODER, DANIEL - Oscar-winning actress (Roberts, b. 10/28/67), cinematographer (Moder, b. 1/31/69) - boy/girl twins (Phinnaeus Walter and Hazel Patricia), b. November 28, 2004 .

SEYMOUR, JANE and KEACH, JAMES - actress/producer and actor/producer\ /writer/director - fraternal boys. Jane Seymour, 45 years old when her twin sons were born, is also the author of Two at a Time: The Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth (© 2001).

SHEPHERD, CYBILL - actress - boy/girl

STEWART, JAMES (JIMMY) and GLORIA - Oscar-winning actor - girls, Judy and Kelly. Gloria died in 1994 and Jimmy Stewart died July 2, 1997. Jimmy Stewart will be remembered for his roles in many movies including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

WASHINGTON, DENZEL and PAULETTA - actor and former actress. The Washingtons are the parents of 4 children which include 9-year old boy/girl twins, Malcolm and Olivia.

WAYNE, JOHN - actor -grandchildren - boy/girl. John Wayne was born Marion Michael Morrison in 1907 and died in 1979. He was a grandfather and great-grandfather of twins. He was grandfather to Molly and Patrick Munoz-- children of Wayne's daughter, Melinda Wayne Munoz. He was great-grandfather to identical boys, Matthew and Luke-- grandsons to Wayne's daughter, Toni Wayne LaCava, and sons of Toni's daughter, Anita.

Government Personalities

ALBRIGHT, MADELEINE KORBEL - First female Secretary of State - girls, born in 1961.

BUSH, GEORGE W.and LAURA (WELCH) - America's 43rd President and First Lady. George W. is the son of former President (George H. W.) and First Lady (Barbara Bush), and the 46th Governor of Texas. Fraternal twin girls (Barbara and Jenna--named after their grandmothers) born in 1981.

KENNEDY, JOSEPH and KENNEDY, SHEILA RAUCH politician/U.S. Representative and author (Shattered Faith) - fraternal boys (Joe and Matt). Joe is the eldest son of the late U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy. The couple divorced after a 12-year marriage.

KENNEDY, ETHEL SKAKEL and SEN. ROBERT F. (b. 1925- d. 1968) - United States Senator and brother of the late President John F. Kennedy. He and his wife, Ethel are grandparents of twins. Daugher Kerry Kennedy Cuomo and son Joseph are both parents of twins.

ROCKEFELLER, NELSON - former Vice President of the United States - boy/girl

THATCHER, MARGERET - former Prime Minister of Great Britain - boy/girl

other Personalities

ROCKWELL, NORMAN - artist - grandfather - boy/girl

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - playwright and poet - boy (Hamnet)/girl (Judith)

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER - author - girls. Eliza and Harriet (Hattie) Stowe were born to Harriet Beecher Stowe and husband Calvin Ellis Stowe on September 29, 1836. Mr. Stowe was a theology professor and Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. She died in 1896. Hattie Stowe died in 1907 and her sister died five years later. Neither twin married.

CARR, GERALD - astronaut - 2 sets.

CLEOPATRA and MARC ANTHONY - Queen of Egypt and Triumber (after Ceasar's death) - boy/girl (40 BC). Their twin children were officially recognized by Antony and were given the names of Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene. Antony committed suicide by falling on his own sword in 30 BC. Cleopatra died on August 12, 30 BC at the age of 39.

KING HUSSEIN (HUSSEIN IBN TALAL) - King of Jordan - twin daughters. Princesses Zein and Aisha were born April 23, 1968.

LOUIS XV - King of France - girls.

MAHAL, PRINCESS MUMTAZ and SHAH JAHAN - two sets of twins. Princess Mumtaz Mahal, a Persian princess was the second wife of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. He began construction on the Taj Mahal in 1631 in memory of her. It was completed in 22 years.

NORIEGA, CARLOS - Astronaut. The father of 8-year old triplets Elizabeth, Rudy, and Robert, and two teenagers, Ryan and Shayna, Carlos Noriega recently completed his second flight on the Space Shuttle. During his most recent flight on STS-97 in December 2000, he performed three space walks to assemble the solar panels on the International Space Station. Upon his return, he was assigned to his next mission as a commander on the Space Station for a stay of 4-6 months. On his previous flight, he rendezvoused with the MIR, the Russian Space Station.

SANGO OF YORUBA - Sango, one of Yorubaland's most prominent dynastic leaders in history, is said to have fathered the first pair of Yoruban twins. It is for this reason that twins among the Yoruban culture are thought to have the power of thunder and have even been called "children of thunder."

SILVAGNOLI - 1984 - 2 girls, 2 boys.

TAYLOR, NIKI - supermodel. Niki Taylor is the mother of twin 6-year-old boys, Jake and Hunter. One of the top supermodels since the early 1990s.

TIEGS, CHERYL - supermodel. At age 52, Cheryl Tiegs and husband her husband, yoga teacher Rod Stryker, became the parents of twins born to a surrogate mother. The twins were born in July 2000.

Our Elianna...

I love to spend time with Elianna. She is so funny, and grown up. She loves to play make-believe: "Daddy, do you want to play school, doctor, or family?"

Today while were hanging out in our yard, I was sitting on a swing, and she was sitting on our front step. She said to me, "Dad, do you want to watch a movie?" I said sure! So she went around a corner and came back with a blue plastic bucket and set it on the ground in front of me. "There," she said, "can you see o.k.?" "Sure" I said.

She made her way back to the steps and sat down. I started pretending "Oh, yeah, I love this movie... It is so funny." To which she replied, "But dad I haven't put the movie in yet." I looked over and she had a stack of plastic plates in her hands. She said, "Let's see, I have... Mickey Mouse and the Lemon Which Talks, Mickey Mouse and the Queen of Corn Magic, and just plain Mickey Mouse. Looks like all I have is Mickey Mouse movies... Oh, here is my favorite--Mickey Mouse Goes to the Doctor. Let's watch this one."

I took a picture of the situation:

Children are such a joy to a parent's heart.

Thanks for reading.

Jeff

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my birthday party

Did you ever walk into a turnstyle?

today I did. ouch! talk about no fun. on the theme of no fun...

I have been wanting for some time to write about an experience I had a few days ago. it all started when I broke the left front turn signal cover of my car. bummer-big-time... but I decided to face the music and go to the Honda dealership to buy a new one. I learned something that day... I don't know how to talk about cars in russian. that became evident when I just had to ask the guy from the parts department to come out and look at it. then he told me what it was called and I promptly forgot. I went back in and had to talk to someone else, and because I forgot what I wanted, I had to go and find the first guy again and ask him to explain what I needed.everyone was kind (enough) but there was no way I could help but feel like a child.

there was a highlight when two of the people behind the desk were arguing about whether the part would be delivered in two weeks or six weeks. I was able to joke with them and ask who was right. it feels really good to understand and use enough Russian language to make people laugh in a good way. the lady who works for security also laughed when I ran full steam into the turnstyle... but that kind of laughter was less enjoyable for some reason.

we had some really cool things happen recently too:
-Jeff got to take Elianna to a puppet show of the 3 pigs story.
-Yanna is doing much better with her Russian language. thank you for your prayers about that.
-we had a guy who used to be my language helper (who now lives in St. Pete) stay at our place for a few days... very encouraging.
-I was able to share my testimony with the pastors of our church the other day.
-yesterday RJ baked a cherry pie with cherries from a neighbors tree.-tonight on our walk we talked to one of the babushkas in our neighborhood and she gave us some mint plants as well as some sweet mary for our garden.

please pray for my dad who is very sick with the flu... please pray that he won't pass it on to anyone else. all right enough from me.

thanks for loving us for who we are.

Jeff

what they've been saying...

Nadia, just a few days ago, started making a throaty-gargly GGGGGG sound. Julia, today, started saying "buh bwuh buh"

Yanna, yesterday, looked at me and said,"Mommy, what good is a day without a skirt in the way?" I asked her where she got that from and she said I made it up. Every day should include a skirt she said. It's fun seeing her using big words correctly, like "fantastic" and "I realized".....