IVF treatments, public births, and a son following in her footsteps.
There's more to Celine Dion's kids beyond their famous mom.
In 2001, Celine Dion and her husband, René Angélil, welcomed their first child together.
The couple's son, René-Charles Angelil, was born in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Dion had been undergoing different fertility treatments in New York
leading up to her pregnancy and was able to conceive through in-vitro fertilization.
Dion later revealed that her son's birth was announced on
television to the entire world just moments after he was born.
"I'm delivering my first child, I don't even have him in my arms yet."
She even described the intrusive and surreal experience of watching a doctor
discuss her newborn child on TV immediately after his birth, telling James Corden,
"My baby is on television, and I didn't even hold him yet."
In October 2010, Dion and her husband welcomed their miracle babies,
fraternal twin boys Eddy and Nelson. After struggling to conceive through IVF,
Dion welcomed the newest additions to their family via C-section in West Palm Beach, Florida.
"We tried four times to have a child, we're still trying, we're on the fifth try."
As she told Hello! Canada,
Dion named her son Eddy after producer Eddy Marnay, who worked with the singer
throughout her first five records. Meanwhile, Nelson was named after Nelson Mandela. Mandela
and Dion met in 2008 at the beginning of her world tour in South Africa,
and he left an everlasting impact on the singer. Dion's rep explained to People,
During a 2011 appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Dion can be
seen waking up and starting her day with her newborns. In the video,
she speaks in both French and English to Eddy and Nelson. As their parents are French-Canadian,
it makes sense that the boys are bilingual, and quickly became fluent in French and
English. Per Perez Hilton, when Dion's twin boys were just 4 months old, she shared,
Celine Dion's eldest son, René-Charles, has a passion for music just like his mother. In
a 2018 interview, René-Charles revealed that he initially kept his love of music a secret
from his mom. Using the stage name Big Tip, René-Charles released multiple songs online,
and managed to reach the top spot on the Canadian SoundCloud R&B charts.
Speaking to Montreal Gazette, René-Charles explained,
René-Charles released a hip hop EP in 2021, and three singles, "Never Stop,"
"The Apple," and "The Kid." Celebrating her son's success, Dion wrote on Instagram,
Prior to pursuing music, René-Charles played ice hockey, and as it turns out,
Celine Dion is an intensely devoted hockey mom. In August 2017, when René-Charles was 16 years old,
Dion was seen cheering and dancing at one of her son's games, per People.
Just a few months after losing her husband to cancer,
Celine Dion was awarded the Icon Award at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. Her eldest son,
René-Charles, presented her with the award. Backstage, Dion told People,
While accepting the award, she held her son's hand tightly as she thanked her fans,
and dedicated the award to her late husband. Right before her speech, Dion performed a rendition of
Queen's "The Show Must Go On," which just so happened to be one of Angélil's favorite songs.
After the loss of their father, Celine Dion's sons came together and supported
their mom the best way they could. In 2017, Dion opened up about the loss of
her husband René Angelil and how her boys would bring her comfort, telling The Sun,
Following René Angelil's death, René-Charles,
Eddy, and Nelson formed several new traditions, as Dion told The Sun,
One year after the death of her husband,
Dion revealed how her sons were handling the loss. The singer told Extra,
Dion also revealed how proud she was of her boys for how they handled their father's illness and
death. Acknowledging the strength of her eldest son René-Charles, Dion told Extra,
No matter how difficult times got, Dion's focus remained on her children, as she told the outlet,