Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s 5 Kids: All About Their Blended Family

Jennifer Lopez is a mother to twins Emme and Max while Ben Affleck shares three kids — Violet, Seraphina and Samuel — with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck both had children from previous relationships before combining their families.

Lopez is a mother to twins, Emme and Max, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony while Affleck shares children Violet, Seraphina and Samuel with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner. The two wed on July 16, 2022, and have worked on blending their families together since.

"What I hope to cultivate with our family is that his kids have a new ally in me and my kids have a new ally in him,” Lopez told Vogue in November 2022. “Someone who really loves and cares about them but can have a different perspective, and help me see things that I can't see with my kids because I'm so emotionally tied up."

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Despite their marital strain in 2024, Lopez and Affleck have continued to show up for each other’s kids, with Lopez attending Violet’s high school graduation and Samuel’s basketball game in June 2024.

From walking Lopez and Affleck down the aisle to enjoying amusement parks together, here’s everything to know about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s blended family.

Affleck and Lopez began bonding with each other’s children early in their relationship

Lopez and Affleck rekindled their relationship in April 2021 after nearly two decades apart, and soon began spending time with each other’s kids. A source told PEOPLE in June 2021 that Affleck was “slowly getting to know” the twins as Lopez moved to Los Angeles, where the actor lives.

Another source added that the family got dinner together in Malibu, where "Ben and [the] kids seemed comfortable together.”

“The kids kept chatting with Ben. Ben seemed great,” the source said. “He was smiling and laughing."

A month later, Affleck and Lopez spent the Fourth of July weekend in the Hamptons with Emme and Max.

"Ben is bonding with Jennifer's kids,” a source told PEOPLE at the time.

They've been on public family outings

In the summer of 2021, Affleck and Lopez enjoyed numerous days out with their blended family, taking their kids to amusement parks and performances.

In July, the couple enjoyed a day out at Universal CityWalk with Max, Emme and Samuel and in the following weeks, Affleck returned to the park with Seraphina, Emme and Samuel.

The next month, Affleck and Lopez brought all five kids to Magic Castle in L.A., followed by a showing of Hamilton at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.

"It's just a natural step that they all spend time together with the kids," a source told PEOPLE at the time.

"They are not trying to rush anything, but they want all the kids to get to know each other," the insider added. "They are making the last few days of summer as fun as they can. Soon it's back to school and work."

All five kids gave their parents away at their Georgia wedding

Lopez and Affleck got married on July 16, 2022, in Las Vegas but celebrated their nuptials in a wedding ceremony in Georgia shortly after. All five of the couple’s children were by Lopez’s side as they walked ahead of her down the aisle.

“We weren't only marrying one another; we were marrying these children into a new family,” Lopez wrote in her newsletter, On The JLo, over a month later. “They were the only people we asked to stand up for us in our wedding party. To our great honor and joy, each one did.”

Affleck and Lopez both have supportive co-parenting relationships with their exes

Lopez has spoken highly of Garner, who is the mother of all three of Affleck’s children. She told Vogue in November 2022 that Garner is “an amazing co-parent, and they work really well together."

Affleck has previously spoken about his relationship with Garner, telling TODAY.com in November 2017 that the two have been on "the same page."

"If you recognize that you both have the best interest of the kids at heart, it’s quite a special connection," he said. "We’re the only two people in the world who care this much about these three kids."

That same year, Lopez told host Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly that she and Anthony also prioritized their kids' well-being above all else.

“We share something very special in the kids, and we know that," she said. "We’re there for them, and that’s the main thing.”

Five years later, Lopez opened up to Vogue that moving her children from Miami to Beverly Hills was a struggle as they had “so many feelings” about living on the West Coast while their father continued to reside on the East.

"They're teens," Lopez said. "But it's going really well so far."

They celebrated Christmas together as a family

The first Christmas after Lopez and Affleck tied the knot, the family spent the holiday together, creating new traditions.

"We have blended families, doubled the people, doubled the fun, doubled the love, doubled the presents and tripled the chaos!!" Lopez wrote in her newsletter of her celebrations.

She added that the crew revisited a tradition they held before the COVID-19 pandemic now that they could reunite with their families.

"For the past 8 years we've been doing a Christmas Edition Taco Tuesday, where we get together and dress up and sing Christmas carols. During the pandemic that went to the wayside, so this was the first time in a long time we were able to get together with people that we haven't seen in forever," Lopez wrote.

Lopez said Affleck stepped up as a father figure for her kids

In May 2023, Lopez opened up to Hoda Kotb on TODAY about the role Affleck had taken on as an attentive stepfather to her children.

"Well, he's a wonderful, wonderful father,” she said. “And a father figure to [Max and Emme] as well, because he has his own three beautiful children, and then there's us."

"He's fantastic. He really steps up to the challenge of what that is and what that means," she continued. "And they love him. They love him. And they appreciate him, and so do I."

Lopez and Affleck have continued to prioritize their kids amid their marital strain

Though Lopez and Affleck began experiencing difficulties in their marriage in early 2024, they continued to prioritize their five kids.

In May 2024, a source told PEOPLE that the couple “still want to put the kids first,” and that they "have always been very family-oriented.”

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