Elon Musk’s Father Had A Second Child With His Stepdaughter

Elon Musk has ten kids that we know of.

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However, his father just confirmed that he has seven.

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Errol Musk, 76, is a wealthy South African electromechanical engineer.

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He was married to Elon’s mom, Maye Musk, from 1970 to 1979.

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He later married Heide Bezuidenhout, who already had a 4-year-old daughter named Jana.

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The couple divorced after 18 years together.

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In 2017, Errol admitted that he and Jana fathered a son.

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On Wednesday, he told The Sun that they had welcomed another child, a daughter, in 2019.

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He told the publication “The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce.”

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