Robert De Niro Welcomes 7th Child at 79 after Losing a Baby Fighting for Autistic Son

• Robert De Niro welcomes 7th child at 79!
• His eldest child is 51
• His kids are biracial, and he had to fight for his youngest autistic son. He is ready to do everything for him.

Beloved American actor Robert De Niro is famous for his many tough-guy roles in titles like “The Godfather” and his comical roles in “Meet the Fockers.” Yet his personal life is just as full as his professional one.

De Niro became a father for the first time in his 20s and has not stopped welcoming children since then. Now, at almost 80, De Niro has once again helped bring life into the world with his seventh child being born.

The actor has a new movie called “About My Father,” During an interview about this upcoming film, De Niro revealed he had just welcomed his seventh child. The interviewer mentioned that De Niro had six children when the actor corrected:

“Seven, actually. I just had a baby.”

Before the interview, De Niro had not mentioned expecting a baby and did not talk about the child’s birth until that moment. The actor then spoke about the kind of father he is, admitting he doesn’t believe he is a cool dad.

While De Niro openly shared that he had just welcomed a new child, the actor neglected to mention who the mother of his brand-new baby was. Fans were keen to know who De Niro had welcomed his seventh baby with.

The actor was not willing to talk about who the mother of his child was, but other sources were willing to share who they believed the mother was. De Niro’s “About My Father” costar, Kim Cattrall, gave some inside information.

Cattrall mentioned that De Niro allegedly welcomed his seventh child with his rumored girlfriend, Tiffany Chen. De Niro and Chen were first seen together in 2021 but met years before that while filming a movie in 2015.

Talking about De Niro’s relationship with Chen, she mentioned that the actor is soft-spoken and loves to spend time with his family. She gushed:

“Tiffany is such a beautiful woman. She came to set once with her family and watched filming, and she was gorgeous and sweet. I’m happy for both of them.”

Chen also gets along well with De Niro’s children. They have even been seen spending time together on some occasions. Once, last year, Chen and De Niro’s then 10-year-old daughter were seen walking and holding hands.

Although De Niro has many children, he has a unique relationship with each of them. He adopted his first child, Drena De Niro, and she soon followed in her father’s footsteps, becoming a wonderfully successful actress. She has also tried her hand at modeling, fashion consulting, and even DJing.

While Drena is successful in her own right, she says she doesn’t often think of her father as being a famous actor. However, that does not mean that she doesn’t recognize his talent. Drena has often talked about how it felt for her to grow up experiencing her father’s talent.

De Niro’s first son, Raphael De Niro, was born in 1976 and became a successful New York City real estate broker. While his career is rooted in real estate, he has also dabbled in acting, starring in “Awakenings” and “Raging Bull.” Raphael is now on his second marriage and welcomed three children with his first wife.

The actor’s third and fourth children are his twins, Julian Henry and Aaron Kendrick, who was born via in vitro fertilization in 1995. De Niro’s twins prefer to remain outside the public eye but have been rumored to have pursued modeling careers.

In March 1998, De Niro welcomed his fifth child, Elliot. Elliot also remains out of the spotlight for the most part, but his father did once share that he was on the autism spectrum, saying:

“Grace and I have a child with autism, and we believe that it is critical that all the issues surrounding the causes of autism be openly discussed and examined.”

De Niro and Elliot’s mother are no longer together, and De Niro has to fight for custody of his son. Those close to him confirmed he is a devoted dad and would step out of important meetings to be with Elliot when he needed his father.

De Niro’s second youngest child arrived in 2011. Her name is Helen Grace, and because she is still young, her parents do their best to co-parent her. She has also been kept out of the public eye for most of her childhood.

There has been very little information about De Niro’s latest addition to his brood, but Cattrall confirmed that Chen and De Niro are thrilled together and that those around them are happy for the couple and their love.

While the new baby brings De Niro’s tally to seven children, it could have been eight if tragedy hadn’t struck De Niro and Toukie Smith in 1988. Smith was pregnant with De Niro’s baby but sadly miscarried shortly after her mother and brother passed away.

Now, De Niro encourages his children to do anything they want. While some actors don’t want their children to enter the industry, De Niro says his children should do whatever makes them happy, as long as they don’t sell themselves short.

De Niro doesn’t want his children to be afraid of reaching their full potential and says he is there to cheer them on. However, when he became a parent, he realized he needed to become more sensitive to certain things. He has said:

“I love my children, just being with them.”

Although there have been difficult moments for De Niro regarding his children, he confirmed that whenever he has good times with any of his children, he forgets that he ever had terrible times. Congratulations to De Niro and his loved ones on the birth of the new baby.