Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison
Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison married in 2014 after dating for a year. Hedison is a photographer, and Foster is an actress. In April 2014, she married Hedison in a private ceremony. Foster was careful to keep their relationship private until things got more serious for them, and the couple never publicly announced their engagement.
They prefer to keep their marriage private, but when Foster received the prestigious Honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in July 2021, Hedison joined Foster on the red carpet. When they're with people they don't know, they're very private, but when they're together, it's as if they're in their own world.
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli
Samira Wiley of "The Handmaid's Tale" and Lauren Morelli of "Orange Is the New Black" got married in 2017. They got to know each other on the set of "Orange Is the New Black," which is written by Morelli, while Wiley played 'Poussey Washington.' In 2014, Morelli came out as a lesbian, divorcing her two-year husband and starting a relationship with Wiley.
They began as friends before becoming engaged in 2016 and marrying in 2017. They welcomed their first child on May 9, 2021. The couple has their own Californian bungalow, which is decorated with quirky and feminine prints throughout, which represent their personality. In March 2022, they marked their fourth wedding anniversary.
Chely Wright and Lauren Blitzer
Lauren Blitzer is the VP of Business Development at Sony Music Entertainment, where she has worked for the past decade, and Chely Wright is an American activist, author, and country music, artist. Wright met LGBTQ civil rights activist Blitzer, and not only was the timing perfect, but after coming out, Wright felt free to pursue the relationship without fear of hiding, as she had in the past.
The couple married in a beautiful ceremony attended by 200 guests in Connecticut. Wright announced her pregnancy with identical twins on January 23, 2013. On May 18, 2013, Wright gave birth to George Samuel and Everett Joseph.
Melissa Etheridge and Linda Wallem
Melissa Etheridge, a rock singer, found new love with Linda Wallem, an actress, writer, and producer. They've been best friends for a very long time. After her divorce from her first wife, Etheridge invited Wallem, who was then the showrunner of "Nurse Jackie," to live with her and her four children on platonic terms in 2010.
They married in front of 100 guests in Santa Barbara in 2014. Etheridge's children from her previous relationship pushed her to date again. They initially intended to work together professionally, but fate had different plans. Along with the many things the couple enjoys doing together are slow dancing at home in front of the kids.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are considered LGBTQ icons because they have been courageous in living their truths for so long. In 2008, DeGeneres and de Rossi legally married in California. The couple has no intention of having children, but the couple has collaborated on the most significant philanthropic efforts to preserve wildlife—even their home in Los Angeles is filled with rescued animals!
In their first year of dating, De Rossi and DeGeneres began living together. Portia was granted the right to legally change her name from Portia de Rossi to Portia Lee James DeGeneres two years after they married.
Wanda Sykes and Alex Sykes
Wanda and Alex Sykes have officially married. They met on a New York ferry to the resort Fire Island. Mutual friends later introduced the 2022 Oscars host to the interior designer, and their love story began to blossom. They married, walking down the aisle in matching wedding gowns in October 2008. They dated for nearly two years before getting married in 2008. They also have 12-year-old twins, Olivia and Lucas Sykes.
They keep the kids out of the spotlight, but Wanda has used her experience as a parent for some stand-up comedy. Wanda celebrated 12 years with her partner in 2022 by sharing a photo from their private ceremony in 2008.
Jillian Michaels and Deshanna Marie Minuto
Jillian Michaels and DeShanna Marie Minuto are officially married and have been since 2018, and they had a ceremony in Namibia, Africa. They displayed their engagement rings, which were set with seven-carat emerald-cut gems. The entrepreneur has built a successful empire that includes nine books, 20 DVDs, and a mobile app that has been recognized as one of the best health apps available.
Designer Minuto appears to have found her true love after splitting from her former fiancée. The newlyweds also intend to hold their official reception in Venice, Italy, on June 23, 2023. Jillian has two children from a previous marriage.
Samantha Fox and Linda Olsen
Samantha Fox and Linda Olsen's romantic partners were featured in an endearing OK! magazine article in 2021. They began dating in 2016, a year after Fox's former partner Myra Stratton died. They talked about their lives together, their house renovation, and their two cats. Linda is Samantha's tour manager, and they met while working together.
Fox revealed that she has now fallen in love with another woman, to her CBB housemates Marnie Simpson and Katie Waissel. Sam announced her engagement to Olsen in March 2020. On June 18, 2022, they married in front of 127 close family and friends in a lavish ceremony in Epping Forest, Essex.
Caitlyn Jenner and Sophia Hutchins
Sophia Hutchins has categorically denied dating Caitlyn Jenner, despite years of rumors that they are more than friends. Hutchins stated that she and Jenner have a "parental, familial" relationship. Nobody doubted Jenner and Hutchins were dating when rumors of their relationship began to circulate in the media.
Hutchins publicly stated that she and Jenner were never involved in a relationship. She described their relationship as professional because she is the executive director of Jenner's foundation. Sophia took to Instagram stories to debunk a tweet that claimed she and Jenner, the TV star, had been together for four years. So take this information with a grain of salt!
Robin Roberts and Amber Laign
Robin Roberts is an American television broadcaster, and Amber Laign is a businesswoman and the CEO/Founder of Plant Juice Oils, a health and wellness company. They are not married but have been together for nearly 17 years. The couple allegedly met for the first time on a blind date.
The GMA host revealed details about her relationship with Laign in her 2014 book, "Everybody's Got Something." She wrote at the time that Laign and herself had been a loving couple for almost ten years now, but they have chosen not to live together; maybe that's why they have lasted almost a decade!
Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry
Linda Perry is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer, while Sara Gilbert is an American actress, director, and producer. They first met back in 2011. The couple finally married on March 30, 2014. On February 28, 2015, Gilbert gave birth to their son, Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry. Their wedding lasted until September 2019. After nearly six years of marriage, though, Sara filed for separation.
According to court documents, the former couple has joint custody of their son. The couple's legal separation was based on "irreconcilable differences." However, the 2020 pandemic appears to have brought the former flames back together, as they've been quarantined together while co-parenting their child.
Brittney Griner and Cherelle Watson
Brittney Yevette Griner is a professional basketball player from the United States. In June 2019, she married Cherelle Watson, who has since changed her name to Cherelle Griner. Watson met Griner while attending Baylor in Texas, but they didn't start dating until years later after Griner divorced her now ex-wife, Glory Johnson, in 2016.
In 2018, Griner proposed to Watson and then took to social media to announce her engagement to her longtime girlfriend, Watson. They married a year later, on June 18, 2019. Griner is the mother of two children, Ava and Solei. During their marriage, her ex-wife gave birth to twins.
Cheyenne Jackson and Jason Landau
Jackson announced on his official Instagram account in October 2013 that he was dating actor Jason Landau. The two met at a sobriety meeting and supported each other on their alcohol-free journey. Only a few months after that moment, the couple got engaged in February 2014. In September 2014, they married in Encino, California.
In October 2016, they welcomed twins, a girl named Willow and a boy named Ethan. Every time this happily married couple posts photos on their social media pages, it's a visual feast for our eyes. It's incredible how these gentlemen can do everything together, from singing to dancing to enduring difficult times.
Billy Porter and Adam Smith
Billy Porter and Adam Smith celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in 2022. They first met at a dinner party for mutual friends in February 2009. Smith sat next to Porter by chance, and this chance meeting developed into a long-term relationship. They had been apart for five years before reuniting in 2015, and they knew they were made for each other at that point.
Porter and Smith married less than three weeks after they got engaged in 2017. Smith told the outlet that he has nine nieces and nephews; they adore kids! But they think they will just be "uncles" instead of dads. Therefore, they decided not to have children.
Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers
Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers began as friends and are now happily married. Their relationship only became romantic after Rogers invited Berlanti to be his plus-one at the ESPY Awards. They married in 2017 and made every effort to keep the wedding private, even asking guests not to take photos during the ceremony. The couple has two children, Mia and Caleb.
Berlanti directed "Love, Simon," the first studio-released teen gay romantic comedy, in 2018. According to Berlanti, he is afraid that Rogers will never like any of his work as much as he loved the said film. The couple has been married for five years as of 2022.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita
Jesse Tyler Ferguson revealed that he and his now-husband Justin Mikita met in a training center during the early days of filming Modern Family. According to Mikita, they started messaging on Twitter, and he was like, 'Can I take you to dinner sometime?' They planned their own ceremony in New York in 2013, and the rest is history.
This couple spent the spring of 2022 in their Los Angeles home, awaiting the birth of their first child. They will be adding a new member to their family. The couple even threw a star-studded baby shower to celebrate the birth of their first child.
Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef
Jwan Yosef and Ricky Martin have been married since 2017. They shared an Instagram photo of the couple with the caption "Truth Prevails" and a red love heart. Yosef's paintings brought them together for the first time. Martin exclaimed that he saw his art and went crazy because he really loved what he did. And that's how Martin reached out to him.
Martin and Yosef met in 2016 and began dating. On The Ellen DeGeneres show that November, the "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" singer announced their engagement. At the end of 2019, they welcomed their fourth child. According to the couple, they enjoy hearing their children's giggles fill the house.
Don Lemon and Tim Malone
Don Lemon and Tim Malone have been friends for many years. They made headlines in April 2019 when Lemon announced their engagement. The anchor opened up about his plans to have children with his fiancée in the near future in 2022. His professional and personal lives are both flourishing. He came out as gay in his memoir "Transparent," which was published in 2011.
They dated for two years before announcing they'll be married in 2019. As of 2022, they are yet to exchange vows because they are awaiting the right moment. Their Instagram accounts depict their lives with a Hamptons twist: boating, barbecues, beaches, playing with their three rescue dogs, and restaurant visits.
Lance Bass and Michael Turchin
Lance Bass and his husband, Michael Turchin, have made their family of four official. The couple revealed that their newborn twins had arrived. They met at a mutual friend's party and stayed in touch through social media. Turchin was initially intimidated to approach a famous singer, but they overcame their reservations, and their relationship blossomed over time.
The 'NSYNC' band member married his partner in front of 300 people in 2014, and the two have been happily married since. When asked to describe his wedding, Lance Bass's favorite word to use is "unique." They stated that they had been together for ten years before officially tying the knot.
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
Lily Tomlin first met her now-wife Jane Wagner in 1971, when a mutual friend introduced them. The couple and longtime creative collaborators have been together since the early 1970s and married in 2013. Wagner received a Peabody Award for her 1969 CBS television special, "J.T.," which drew the attention of Lily Tomlin.
The two have collaborated on numerous projects, with Wagner writing Tomlin's iconic role in "The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe," for which she won a Tony Award. The Grace and Frankie actress has been with Jane Wagner for 50 years. Lily once stated that her decision not to have children aided her career success.
Barry Manilow and Garry Kief
Barry Manilow is an American singer and songwriter with a seven-decade career, and Garry Kief is the president of Barry Manilow Productions as well as the president and CEO of Stiletto Entertainment. They are a married couple. The pair met in 1978, and the moment Manilow saw Kief, he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with him as a couple.
Kief took over as the singer's manager a few months after their first meeting. The couple married in a private ceremony in 2014 and have been by each other's side ever since. Kief has one daughter from her former spouse.
Matt Bomer and Simon Halls
Matthew Staton Bomer is an American actor and producer, and Simon Halls is a publicist. The two first met when the "White Collar" actor hired Halls as his publicist in the industry. They hit it off right away and began dating soon after. They married in 2011 in an intimate ceremony attended by close family and friends.
They have three sons, Henry and Walker, who were 12 in 2020, and are twins, and Kit, who was 15 in 2020. The couple is very private about their romantic and family lives, only showing us glimpses of their children on their social media pages.
Matt Dallas and Blue Hamilton
Matthew Joseph Dallas is a well-known American actor who is best known for his role as the title character in the ABC Family series Kyle XY, and Blue Hamilton has a songwriting contract with Plumbline Music Group. They married in 2015 after dating for six years, and they are changing Hollywood's perception of same-gender couples.
Their wedding announcement came just one week after the Supreme Court ruled that marriage for all paired genders is now legal across the country. Crow and Rosa are their adopted children. It's safe to say that becoming a family of four transformed their lives, and they appear to be loving every minute of it.
Jonathan Knight and Harley Rodriguez
Jonathan Knight is a singer from the United States, and Harley Rodriguez is an actor best known for his role in "Sweet Valley High" in 1994. The couple met on a random night out in Los Angeles through a mutual friend. The two finalized ninth in the 26th season of the CBS reality competition series "The Amazing Race," which aired in early 2015.
On November 15, 2016, while on vacation in Africa, Knight proposed. The singer revealed the proposal story during an appearance on Sirius XM's "The Jenny McCarthy Show." They had planned to marry in Massachusetts, but the pandemic forced them to cancel.
Abby Wambach and Glennon Doyle
Glennon Doyle is an American author and activist, and Mary Abigail Wambach is an American retired soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. The power couple first met in 2016 while both were promoting their books at an author's launch event. Despite having previously been married, both ladies have used their past heartbreaks to make their marriage work.
Abby's divorce was announced in September 2016, and her relationship with Doyle was confirmed in November. On May 14, 2017, the couple married. They now have three children and a French bulldog. In 2021, they relocated from Naples, Florida, to Hermosa Beach, California, after purchasing a $6.5 million home.
Ryan Murphy and David Miller
Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American television writer, director, and producer. He has a happy marriage with David Miller, a professional photographer based in Los Angeles. According to The New Yorker, Miller met Murphy in 1996 at Muse, an L.A. restaurant, and was "in awe" of Murphy's confidence. They formed a friendship that lasted nearly 15 years before they took their relationship to the next level and began dating in 2010.
On July 4, 2012, two years after their first official date, the couple married in a private ceremony. This couple is stronger than ever, as they welcomed their third child in August 2020.
Michael Kors and Lance LePere
Michael David Kors and Lance LePere are fashion designers from the United States who are married together. They are said to have met in 1990 when LePere worked as an intern at Kors' office. Despite their 12-year age difference, the couple kept their relationship a secret for two decades before marrying in 2011.
Wright is Christian, and Blitzer is Jewish; in front of 200 guests, a reverend and a rabbi presided over their ceremony. While the couple lives in Lower Manhattan, they are also known to own residences on Water Island and in Suffolk County. George Samuel and Everett Joseph are their kids.
Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni
Cynthia Ellen Nixon is a stage director, activist, and actress from the United States. Nixon, and Marinoni, met in 2001 while working together for a charity and got engaged during a 2009 rally in New York to support gay marriage. Since then, the two have been inseparable and were happily married in 2012.
The couple kept many details of their wedding ceremony private, but they did share a photo with People. According to examiner.com, the newlyweds have three children in total. They advocate for change in their society through proper public education systems, while Nixon became involved in politics.
Nate Berkus And Jeremiah Brent
Jeremiah Brent is an American interior designer and television personality, and Nathan Jay Berkus is also an American interior designer, writer, and media personality. They met through mutual friends while working on "The Rachel Zoe Project," and were instantly drawn to one another. Jeremiah quickly relocated to Nate's New York apartment, where he felt compelled to make his own mark.
They tied the knot on May 4, 2014. Sheri Salata, then-president of the Oprah Winfrey Network, officiated at the couple's Jewish-Buddhist ceremony. Poppy and Oscar are their two children. The gentlemen confirmed to media mogul Oprah Winfrey that when they met, they knew they had found 'the one.'
RuPaul Charles and Georges LeBar
RuPaul Andre Charles, better known as RuPaul, is an American drag queen, television judge, musician, and model, and Georges LeBar is an Australian author and painter. Despite their 13-year age difference, the incredibly tall pair were drawn to each other on a dance floor. They first met in New York City in 1994 at the Limelight nightclub.
They married in January 2017. They had an open marriage, with RuPaul stating that he would not want to "put restraints" on the person he loves. It seemed like a scene from a movie, and RuPaul remembers it the same way. The couple does not have any children together.
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Neil Patrick Harris is an actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and television host, and David Michael Burtka is an actor and professional chef, both from the United States. They are well-known for their acting abilities as well as their relationship. They simply met on the set of "How I Met Your Mother."
In fact, they'd been dating for about two years when Burtka appeared on the show as a guest star in 2006, but Harris had not yet come out publicly. They had their first date over 17 years ago, and they married on September 6, 2014, in Italy. They have twins, Gideon and Harper.
Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson
Ashley Benson is an American model, singer, actress and Cara Delevingne is an English model, actress, and singer. They met while filming a movie together called. With their daring public displays of affection, enviable fashion sense, and hilarious TikToks, they are the ultimate couple goals. They met on the set of "Her Smell," where they played bandmates Crassie Cassie (Delevingne) and Roxie Rotten (Benson).
However, they reportedly ended their relationship after two years of dating. "Cara and Ashley have always had ups and downs, but it's over now," a source told People magazine in May 2020. "Their relationship had simply run its course."
Elton John and David Furnish
David James Furnish is a former advertising executive and Canadian filmmaker. Sir Elton John, an English singer, pianist, and composer, is his husband. They met at a dinner party at the singer's house in 1993 after he mentioned to a friend that he wanted to meet new people. They married in a civil ceremony in 2005, followed by a marriage ceremony nine years later, exactly nine years after they met.
Their secret to nearly three decades of marriage is handwritten notes to each other every Saturday. Zachary Jackson Levon, their first child, was born on December 25, 2010, in California. Elijah Joseph Daniel, the couple's second son, was born on January 11, 2013.
Nina Ansaroff and Amanda Nunes
Nina Ann Nunes is a retired American MMA fighter, and Amanda Lourenço Nunes is a Brazilian professional MMA fighter. Nina and her partner Amanda deal with any rough patches in the ring with a heavier-than-usual sparring match, according to Nina. They met in 2012 while training together at the American Top Team training center in Florida.
They got along well, and the couple announced their engagement to the world in 2018. Their wedding was held in a private setting. Nunes had given up professional cage fighting in order to have her first child. Fortunately, on September 24, 2020, the couple welcomed a baby girl.
Jake Barreau and Hunter Bishop
Hunter David Bishop is a professional baseball center fielder for the San Francisco Giants. He is married to Jake Barreau. Accepting an Assistant Volleyball Coach position and being surrounded by LGBT allies has made Jake and his loving husband, Hunter Bishop, feel at home. He no longer feels as if he is living two lives and is in perfect sync with both his professional and romantic goals.
Barreau came out as a gay man to his family back when he was a freshman. He felt a huge weight lifted when he finally started being open about his personal life with his work family. He also felt an outpouring of love so all was well.
Anya Battaglino and Madison Packer
Anya Packer is an American retired ice hockey player who is currently the general manager of the Premier Hockey Federation's Metropolitan Riveters, and Madison Packer is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently the captain of the National Women's Hockey League's Metropolitan Riveters. They married at the Gurney's Resort in Rhode Island at the end of 2019.
The pair got engaged in July 2018, and their ceremony was held beside a lighthouse. Battaglino shared their beautiful moments on Instagram, with the caption “I couldn’t imagine a more perfect day" with the hashtag 'HappilyEverPacker,' which the league also tweeted with a candid black and white photo of them.
DeWanna Bonner and Candice Dupree
Candice Dupree is an American basketball player who is a free agent as of 2022, and DeWanna Bonner is an American-Macedonian professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association. They began dating while playing for the Phoenix Mercury. They've been dating each other for nearly eight years. These two pro-WNBA players are raising a family and juggling motherhood.
On November 4, 2016, the couple married in a joyful ceremony attended by friends and most teammates. They stated regarding that the wedding was flawless. It was modern and small, with only about 100 people; simple and clean. In July 2017, Bonner and Dupree welcomed twin daughters.
Tom Bosworth and Harry Dineley
Thomas Stewart Bosworth is a British two-time Olympic race walker who holds three World records, including the World Record for the 1Mile race walk, while Harry Dineley previously worked as a teacher. They are a couple. The Olympian chose to get down on one knee immediately after finishing sixth in the walking race at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. And it happened as the cool breezes of Copacabana beach engulfed them.
British race walker and Dineley become the games' third couple to get engaged. While the couple has not yet married as of 2022, they have both been through a difficult time in the pandemic but have already recovered.
Mario Cantone and Jerry Dixon
Mario Cantone is an American comedian, writer, actor, and singer, and Jerry Dixon is an American actor, lyricist, director, choreographer, and composer. Cantone married Dixon on October 5, 2011. Pastor Jay Bakker presided over the ceremony. After 20 years of dating, the couple tied the knot and spent their honeymoon in Italy in the spring of 2012. Along with that, they also took a quick trip to Northern California's wine country to celebrate their wedding and Dixon's 50th birthday.
Now, a decade later, the couple is still in love as they walk red carpets and promote Cantone's Broadway shows together. They've collaborated on numerous Broadway specials and worked on their craft together.
Alec Mapa and Jamison Hebert
Jamison Hebert is a producer and actor, and Alejandro "Alec" Mapa is an American actor, comedian, and writer. They've been together for a long time. Many people wondered if they would ever take the next step to cement their relationship after six years together. They tied the knot in 2008. After marrying, the couple adopted a son and began a family.
They're both big supporters of adoption and have done an excellent job raising their son, Zion. They intend to adopt a second child. The couple wishes to set a good example for their son and see him grow into a creative and self-sufficient individual.
Rebekkah Brunson and Bobbi Jo Lamar
Not many people can claim to have won five WNBA championships, but Minnesota Lynx player Rebekkah Brunson can. She sets goals for every athletic pair as she balances a new baby, a start-up business, and Rebekkah's demanding game schedule with her wife, Bobbi Jo Lamar.
Yet it appears that new mothers are succeeding in every endeavor in their life. Their little universe is undoubtedly centered on their unwavering love for one another and their child. And all that perseverance, which began with converting a '50s bread truck into a waffle station, only portends more and better things for the owners of "Sweet Gypsy."
Layshia Clarendon and Jessica Dolan
Layshia Renee Clarendon is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent, and Jessica Dolan is an actress. They were classmates who had been in love since elementary school. They married in 2017 in California, Berkeley, where they met. They announced the birth of "#babyC" on December 25, 2020, but have not yet revealed the kid's name or gender.
Clarendon later stated that they were raising "Baby C" with gender inclusivity. While it appears that the happily married couple prefers to keep private matters out of the spotlight, Dolan and Clarendon appear to be completely content with their life together.
Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist, and Thomas Robert Daley OBE is a British diver and television personality. He was asked to mimic the gesture of diving into the water after a three-hour conversation with a complete stranger, only to be kissed by Olympic diver Tom Daley, who is now Black's husband.
They first met in 2013, shortly before the British diver came out as gay. The couple married in 2017 and welcomed a son in 2018. Daley won his first Olympic medal in Tokyo, and Black was there to support him from Canada. They've got a baby boy.
Rob Kearney and Joey Aleixo
Robert Kearney is a former Irish rugby union player who is married to Joey Aleixo. When pro wrestler Rob Kearney announced that he was gay, he received an outpouring of support from fans. He decided to come out publicly about a month and a half into his relationship with Aleixo, whom he met on a dating app.
They've been dating since September 2014. They married on a beach in Australia on March 17, 2019. They do not have any children as of 2022. While Kearney and Joey had a brief disagreement prior to the wedding, we're glad they made the right decision to reconcile.
Orlando Cruz and Jose Manuel Colon
Orlando Cruz is a professional boxer from Puerto Rico, and Jose Manuel Colón is a director from San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain. Cruz married his boyfriend in Central Park on November 16, 2013, with New York City Council member Melissa Mark-Viverito officiating. As the first openly gay wrestler, he paved the way for the acceptance of LGBTQ people in the boxing ring.
When he came out as a "proud gay man," he broke new ground. Cruz even represented the community in the ring on numerous occasions by fighting in pink gloves and rainbow shorts. The couple is said to be relaxing on the beaches of sunny Puerto Rico as of 2022. They do not have any children.