Inside Gigi Hadid, Brody Jenner and Erin Foster's Shared Family Tree

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David Foster has galore titles: musician, composer, producer. But to his six children, he's besides Dad.

"It's conscionable large being a dad," the Grammy winner, who welcomed his youngest kid Rennie astatine property 71, told People successful 2022. "It's excessively cliché to accidental 'Now I person much time,' but I do: I person much time. Without immoderate reflection connected immoderate of my different children, whom I each emotion equally, and arsenic arsenic overmuch arsenic my son."

David is joined to Katharine McPhee, with their national marking the 5th clip he's tied the knot. In his 2019 documentary David Foster: Off the Record, the songwriter looked backmost astatine his erstwhile relationships and reportedly described himself arsenic a "runner" successful the past.

"It’s much like, 'Hey, there’s a shiny caller happening implicit there...'" helium said successful the film, per Rolling Stone. "'This is not working, truthful it looks a batch amended to maine implicit there.’”

But erstwhile it comes to his narration with Katharine, David reportedly added successful the doc, "I’m precise blessed wherever I am."

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David grew up successful a large family. In fact, helium has six sisters. One of them is Jaymes Foster, who welcomed lad Parker with person Clay Aiken successful 2008.

And portion the American Idol runner-up antecedently told E! the teen utilized to sing "all the time," helium noted Parker has since "chosen a antithetic path" for his career. But if Parker ever wants to participate the euphony business, helium tin surely crook to his celebrated household members for guidance.

"My son's got a batch of not lone music, but Idol successful his veins," Clay added. "His uncle is David Foster, the producer. So his aunt is Katharine McPhee."

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David's eldest child, Allison Jones, was calved erstwhile helium was 20 and placed for adoption—with them reuniting erstwhile she was an adult.

She present works arsenic Director for The David Foster Foundation. As her bio notes, "Allison has an MBA from McMaster University and lives successful Edmonton, Alberta with her hubby Brent, and their 2 children."

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David's archetypal matrimony was to B.J. Cook, his bandmate successful the groups The Hawks and Skylark. They wed successful 1972, and helium became stepfather to her girl Tamre Winger. The pursuing year, David and B.J. welcomed girl Amy S. Foster. 

They divided successful 1981. But successful 2023, David and B.J. reunited erstwhile they were honored with a prima connected the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame StarWalk.

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Like her ma and dad, Amy S. Foster—the S lasting for their set Skylark—is a musician. In fact, she's written songs for respective artists, including Michael Bublé, Rod Stewart and Destiny's Child.

While Amy admitted to People increasing up successful Toronto distant from David was "challenging," she noted their enslaved aboriginal grew.

"The narration that I person with my dada is truthful large now," she added to the outlet successful 2020. "He's not truthful stuck successful his ways that helium thinks that he's intractable, that helium doesn't request to change. He's evolving each day, and I emotion that."

And erstwhile a societal media idiosyncratic accused David of abandoning his older children, his 2nd eldest girl made it wide determination was "absolutely nary abandonment."

In summation to being a songwriter, Amy is an writer and the laminitis of a yarn label. She's besides a parent of 3 children: Eva and Mikaela from her erstwhile matrimony to Simon Gillies as good arsenic Vaughn, whom she welcomed with hubby Matthew Freeman.

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David wed Rebecca Dyer successful 1982, and they welcomed daughters Sara Foster, Erin Foster and Jordan Foster, who've spoken astir their enslaved with their mother.

"It takes becoming an big to truly admit what your ma has done for you," Erin wrote successful portion of a birthday tribute to Rebecca successful 2021. "In my twenties I ignored each portion of proposal from her, rushed her disconnected the phone, and fundamentally told her to get a life. Every twelvemonth of my thirties I request my ma more."

Rebecca and David divorced successful 1986, and helium past wed Linda Thompson.

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Born successful 1981, Sara is the eldest girl of David and Rebecca. And she and sister Erin bash a batch together, including starring successful Barely Famous from 2015 to 2016, co-hosting the The World’s First Podcast and co-founding some apparel marque Favorite Daughter arsenic good arsenic task superior concern steadfast Oversubscribed Ventures. Sara besides served arsenic an enforcement shaper for Erin's Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This.

Earlier successful her career, Sara appeared successful the spin-off bid 90210 arsenic good arsenic successful movies similar D.E.B.S., Demoted and The Big Bounce.

She's besides ma to daughters Valentina and Josephine, whom she shares with tennis subordinate Tommy Haas. And portion fans person been wondering if the parents, who wed successful 2010, person split, Sara sent a reminder to anyone who felt similar they deserved an explanation.

“I don’t deliberation I beryllium anyone thing honestly,” she wrote backmost connected Instagram successful September 2024. “But I emotion you guys.”

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Erin entered the satellite 18 months aft Sara successful 1982. In summation to creating Nobody Wants This and cofounding Favorite Daughter, The World’s First Podcast and Oversubscribed Ventures with Sara, the chap Barely Famous alum has done immoderate acting—with her credits including Daddy Issues, Circle and Tell Me You Love Me.

In May 2024, Erin welcomed a daughter Noa Mimi Tikhman with husband Simon Tikhman.

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Linda has had respective celebrated relationships.

In the 1970s, the erstwhile Miss Tennessee dated Elvis Presley. Then successful 1981, she wed Caitlyn Jenner, who publically came retired arsenic transgender successful 2015. They finalized their divorcement successful 1986.

At the time, Caitlyn was already a genitor to Burt Jenner and Cassandra Marino from her past narration with Chrystie Scott. She and Linda past welcomed sons Brandon Jenner and Brody Jenner during their marriage. Caitlyn aboriginal wed Kris Jenner successful 1991, becoming a stepparent to kids Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Rob Kardashian from the momager's matrimony to Robert Kardashian. Before Caitlyn and Kris divided successful 2013, they welcomed daughters Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner.

As Linda writes successful her publication A Little Thing Called Life, she met David successful 1985 aft her divided from Caitlyn, and they continued to bent retired successful 1986, which is erstwhile she says helium confessed his feelings for her and told her helium was ending his narration with Rebecca.

"Considering the magnitude and extent of our union, I clasp a heavy condemnation that David and I were meant to beryllium together," the Hee Haw alum wrote. "Even so, I'm not arrogant of however we archetypal came together, but I americium nary longer embarrassed by it, either. I person allowed myself to beryllium quality and person agelong since forgiven myself, which is simply a measurement successful the close absorption toward healing."

Linda and David wed successful 1991 and co-wrote Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" for The Bodyguard. However, they divorced successful 2005.

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Brandon is Linda and Caitlyn's oldest son, and David became his stepfather erstwhile helium was a young child.

"David came into the mix, and David was precise accordant passim astir of our puerility but decidedly besides precise career-driven," Brandon said successful a 2021 YouTube video with Linda. "We were stepkids, and he's a precise career-based feline and precise passionate astir that, truthful busy."

Brandon, Brody, Linda and David starred connected the 2005 world TV bid The Princes of Malibu, which besides featured Brody's costar connected The Hills Spencer Pratt.

Though Linda and David divorced that aforesaid year, it appears helium and Brandon person remained connected bully terms. In fact, David attended the merchandise enactment for Brandon's grounds "Burning Ground" successful 2016 and showed enactment for his 2024 opus "The Feels"—writing connected Instagram "Love this!!!"

Brandon is joined to Cayley Jenner, with whom helium shares twins Bo and Sam arsenic good arsenic girl Joan. He is besides dada to girl Eva from his erstwhile matrimony to Leah James.

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Brody is Linda's youngest lad with Caitlyn. And you've apt seen the world prima connected your surface connected much than 1 occasion.

In summation to starring connected The Princes of Malibu, Brody appeared connected The Hills, its revival The Hills: New Beginnings and Bromance. He besides made cameos connected Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Like Brandon, he's appeared to inactive support a narration with David. After Brody posted a video of his and fiancée Tia Blanco's girl Honey successful July 2024, David commented connected the saccharine clip of the small one, "She is sooo darn cute!!!"

Sara and Erin person shared what it was similar for them to ticker David beryllium a stepdad to Brody and Brandon.

"Our dada was raising different children. He wasn’t raising us," Sara said connected a 2019 occurrence of Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson's podcast Sibling Revelry. "He was raising Brandon and Brody."

David has besides addressed however his narration with Sara, Erin and Jordan has evolved.

"I missed a batch due to the fact that I didn't rise them," helium told People successful 2020. "The geography was truly tough. That was my ain doing and a regret that I have, but it was what it was and determination was nary changing it. So I did the champion I could, which was rather imperfect astatine times. Plus I worked truthful much."

Erin added that, aft immoderate honorable talks, they've gotten to a amended place.

"Our communicative is that we're each connected the aforesaid broadside and we've each been huffy astatine each other," she noted to the outlet. "We've each forgiven each other. And we're a household conscionable similar immoderate different family."

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When it comes to the communicative of however David and Yolanda Hadid met, it appears her ex-husband Mohamed Hadid played matchmaker.

“I introduced them,” the existent property developer—who shares kids Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid and Anwar Hadid with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum— told Vanity Fair successful 2017, “and he’s turned retired to beryllium 1 of the champion stepfathers to my daughters. It’s a blessing.”

Yolanda and David wed successful 2011, and fans got glimpses into their matrimony connected her Bravo series. But aft 4 years of marriage, the brace parted ways. They finalized their divorcement successful 2017.

Yolanda—now engaged to Joseph Jingoli—has suggested her conflict with Lyme illness affected her matrimony to David.

"He mislaid his wingman, his spouse successful crime," she wrote successful her 2017 publication Believe Me: My Battle With the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease, "and I consciousness arsenic if he’s starting to get impatient with my recovery."

However, David has denied her information led to the extremity of their union, with him saying successful 2015 helium was by Yolanda's broadside "to the champion of my quality arsenic she battled with the complexities of  her Lyme diagnosis." But don't inquire him for his instrumentality connected what led to the extremity of their clip together.

"The information of the substance is that was not the crushed I left," David said successful David Foster: Off the Record. "It was for a antithetic reason, which I volition ne'er disclose, but it had thing to bash with her being sick."

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“Gigi really conscionable DM'ed maine past nighttime saying she was starting to ticker the show,” the Nobody Wants This creator said connected a September 2024 occurrence of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. “The kids don’t get divorced, conscionable the parents do.”

As for whether Erin is inactive successful interaction with Yolanda? "Not arsenic overmuch arsenic the kids," she continued, "because the parents get divorced."

In summation to ruling the runway, Gigi is the laminitis of cashmere knitwear marque Guest successful Residence. She's besides ma to daughter Khai, whom she shares with her ex and One Direction alum Zayn Malik, and has struck up a romance with Bradley Cooper.

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David has shared amicable moments with Gigi and Bella aft his divided from Yolanda, too. Like erstwhile helium cheered the supermodels connected astatine a 2016 manner show.

"Step-Love with @gigihadid and @bellahadid," helium captioned a snapshot of them giving him a peck connected the cheek, adding the hashtag "#theykilledit."

David and Bella besides shared a hug erstwhile they ran into each other astatine the 2018 Met Gala, wherever helium and Katharine made their reddish carpet debut.

Along with modeling, Bella—who's spoken astir her own conflict with Lyme disease—is moving her non-alcoholic beverage institution Kin Euphorics arsenic good arsenic her fragrance marque Orebella. She is successful a narration with Adan Banuelos.

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Anwar is Gigi and Bella's younger brother. And conscionable similar his sisters, he's taken the modeling manufacture by storm. Anwar is besides a musician, portion of the Oswald band, and the cofounder of the jewelry marque Martyre.

He was successful a two-year narration with Dua Lipa earlier they split successful 2021. Two years aft their breakup, helium sparked romance rumors with Sophia Piccirilli.

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Katharine and David's narration started disconnected connected a platonic note.

In fact, they met erstwhile she was a contestant connected American Idol and helium was 1 of the show's mentors backmost successful 2006.

But 11 years later—following her divorcement from ex-husband Nick Cokas and his divided from Yolanda—Katharine and David sparked romance rumors. While they initially played coy astir the dating speculation, the SMASH! histrion and the euphony arranger got engaged successful 2018.

Katharine and David tied the knot successful London successful 2019 and welcomed lad Rennie 2 years later. And no, they're not acrophobic with what radical whitethorn deliberation of their 34-year property gap.

"I wholly get the judgement initially, but things are ne'er arsenic they appear," Katharine said on Dr. Berlin's Informed Pregnancy Podcast in 2023. "And I'm successful emotion with our emotion story, and that's each that matters is that I'm successful emotion with the emotion story."

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In February 2021, David and Katharine welcomed their lad Rennie. And if his aboriginal drumming skills are immoderate indication, it looks similar he's already inherited his ma and dad's musicality.

"Progress," David captioned a video of a then-2-year-old Rennie playing the drums, "time for immoderate lessons I think."

While Rennie has traveled with his parents for their tour, it's the day-to-day moments astatine location that Katharine genuinely cherishes.

"I conscionable emotion mundane mundane things similar picking up your kid from school," she told E! News successful 2023. "To me, that is truthful amusive due to the fact that helium says, 'You're back! You're back!' He's truthful blessed that I'm there, and that's not gonna beryllium everlastingly that I get to bash that."