Celebrities Who Became Great-Grandparents
Celebrities Who Became Great-Grandparents
Zoey Lyttle, Brendan LeFri, May 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC
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Dick Van Dyke with his great-grandchildren
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Having a great-grandparent is a delightful privilege. It's just an added bonus if they can tell you about the time when they walked on the moon.
Stars like Buzz Aldrin, Whoopi Goldberg and Mick Jagger certainly have endless bedtime story material to share with their great-grandchildren. As the matriarchs and patriarchs of their broods, they've also gotten to watch their kids and their grandkids grow up to start families of their own.
See which celebrities have enjoyed four generations of love, from those who are still alive to those who live on in many memories.
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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg with her daughter Alexandrea Martin, her granddaughter Amara Skye and her great-granddaughter Charli Rose
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Whoopi Goldberg became a great-grandma at age 58, when her eldest grandchild, Amara Skye (middle), welcomed a daughter. Shortly after baby Charli Rose arrived in 2014, The View host opened up about her new title on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
"I wasn't your normal grandmother, and I'm not going to be your normal great-grandmother," she told Fallon, noting that she was in her early 30s when her only child, Alexandrea Martin, became a mom. Goldberg went on to answer everyone's question about how her great-grandchild would address her: "She better call me Whoopi," the actress deadpanned.
In December 2025, the actress became a great-grandma twice over when Amara welcomed her second baby, Lotus Dean. She announced the happy news on her talk show, The View.
"I never thought I’d have two great-grandkids. To be there for that," she admitted. Goldberg added that her great-grandkids just call her "Whoopi," because she's "not the grandma!"
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Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke with his great-grandchildren
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Dick Van Dyke was well-celebrated on Father's Day in 2023. The comedian shared a carousel of family photos in honor of the special Sunday, shouting out the many people who make him a dad.
"I never realized when I was first having kids what I was starting," Van Dyke said in his caption, which accompanied a group photo with his wife, Arlene Silver, and their big brood. "But, I'm amazed and grateful to have lived long enough to spend Father's Day with some of my kids, grandchildren AND great grandchildren!! All wonderful, non-toxic people!!"
In celebration of his 100th birthday on Dec. 13, 2025, the Emmy-winning actor had a birthday bash with his big family, snapping a group photo with a few of his young great-grandkids.
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Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough
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Riley Keough and her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, welcomed a daughter in 2022, making Priscilla Presley a great-grandmother. However, the world learned of their family's new addition at a heartbreaking time: during Lisa Marie Presley's memorial following her death in January 2023.
Smith-Petersen shared a tribute to his wife's mother while Keough watched from the audience. "I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters," the new dad said.
In 2025, Keough made Priscilla a great-grandmother of two when she quietly welcomed a second child.
"I love her babies," Priscilla told PEOPLE. "I'm really happy for Riley. She's got an amazing husband and two great children, so I'm happy for her very much."
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Mary Jo "MJ" Campbell
Kris Jenner, MJ Campbell and Kim Kardashian share a family moment
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Kris Jenner might be the momager of her far-reaching family, but she's not the most senior matriarch! That would be her mother, Mary Jo Campbell, who's best known by her nickname, MJ.
The ever-fashionable Campbell has a total of 13 great-grandchildren through her grandkids Kylie Jenner and Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Rob Kardashian.
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Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip
Elizabeth II poses with some of her grandchildren and great grandchildren (back row, left to right) Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex, (middle row, left to right) Lena Tindall, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Isla Phillips, Prince Louis, and (front row, left to right) Mia Tindall holding Lucas Tindall, and Savannah Phillips at Balmoral Castle in 2022 in Aberdeen, Scotland
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis (and their cousins) enjoyed several great years with their great-grandparents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. In many ways, the long-reigning monarch was how one would imagine any great-grandma to be: she cuddled her littlest family members with extra love, entertained their shenanigans and shared in moments at special occasions.
Prince William and Kate Middleton's trio continue to honor their great-granny. At her funeral in September 2022, then 7-year-old Charlotte wore a hat and a brooch for the first time at a formal event, a grown-up nod to the late Queen.
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Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin and his three great-grandsons
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History might regard Buzz Aldrin as the second man to walk on the moon, but his "pride and joy" live back on Earth. The astronaut has three great-grandchildren through his only grandson, Jeffrey Schuss.
The living legend shared an adorable photo of Schuss' boys on Twitter in 2017, writing, "I have only one grandson Jeffrey. But he and wife April gave me 3 great grandsons - Nathaniel, Benjamin & Archer."
Jeffrey's mother is Aldrin's only daughter, Janice. The space traveler and his late ex-wife, Joan Archer, also share sons Andrew and James.
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George H.W. Bush & Barbara Bush
George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush with their family
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Before the 41st president and first lady both died in 2018, they got to meet their granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager's daughters Mila and Poppy. In fact, Jenna named her second daughter – who was born in 2015 — after George H.W. Bush, whose childhood nickname was Poppy. (Jenna and her husband, Henry Hager, welcomed a third child, son Hal, in 2019.)
"What a gift that my girls got to know our Gampy," the Today host wrote on Instagram shortly after her grandpa's death. "What an honor that we could name our Poppy after such a principled, humble, kind man who we all loved fiercely and who loved us back."
On what would've been Barbara Bush's 95th birthday in 2019, Jenna paid tribute with photos of her daughters and their late great-grandma. "I love the way Mila is looking at you in this picture: full of awe and admiration," Jenna's caption read. "That’s how we all saw you, Gan."
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Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas with his family
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Kirk Douglas was surrounded by four generations of family members before his death in February 2020. The actor was able to meet his grandson Cameron Douglas' daughter, Lua Izzy, who was born in 2017.
Cameron — whose dad is Michael Douglas — and his longtime girlfriend Viviane Thibes welcomed another baby, son Ryder, about 10 months after Kirk died at age 103.
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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy, Jermaine Jackson Jr. and his son, Soltan
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Jermaine Jackson Jr., the son of Jermaine Jackson and Hazel Gordy, became a dad in 2017, giving Motown Records founder Berry Gordy his first great-grandchild. Jermaine Jr. shares his son, Soltan Soul Jackson, with Shahs of Sunset star Asa Soltan Rahmati.
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Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen and his great-granddaughter, Luna
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Martin Sheen's Hollywood family is growing! The West Wing star became a great-grandfather in 2013, when Charlie Sheen's daughter Cassandra Estevez became a mom to Luna. Martin has another grandchild through his eldest son, Emilio Estevez. Emilio announced that his firstborn, son Taylor Estevez, was expecting a baby in 2019.
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Mick Jagger
Jade Jagger, Assisi Jackson and their family with Mick Jagger
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Jade Jagger — Mick Jagger's second-oldest child —has three grandchildren between her daughters Assisi and Amba Jackson.
Assisi made Mick a great-grandfather in 2014 and 2019, when she had her first and second daughters, Ezra and Romy. Amba also welcomed another great-grandchild for Mick in 2019.
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