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True or False? Elon Musk fathered triplets in 2006.

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True or False? Elon Musk fathered triplets in 2006.

Elon Musk and his first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson, had twins in 2004, followed by triplets in 2006, before divorcing in 2008. They officially share custody of their children. Musk reportedly had another set of twins in November 2021, with Shivon Zilis, a director at one of his companies, according to court documents published on July 6, 2022. The world’s wealthiest person also has two children with Claire Boucher, better known as the musician Grimes.

Why was Musk’s child in the news in 2022?

One of Musk’s twins, the former Xavier Alexander Musk, having just turned 18, has filed a request to change her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson. Along with her new gender identity, she explained, “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” according to court documents available online through PlainSite.org.

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