See Rosie O'Donnell's Rare Family Photos with Her 5 Kids
See Rosie O'Donnell's Rare Family Photos with Her 5 Kids
Brendan LeMon, March 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC
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Parker, Vivienne, Clay, Rosie, Chelsea and Blake O'DonnellCredit: Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram
Rosie O'Donnell is a proud mom of five.
The comedian and former talk show host adopted her first son, Parker, in 1995. Two years later, she welcomed her daughter Chelsea via adoption with her first wife Kelli Carpenter. The couple also adopted son Blake in 1999, and Carpenter gave birth to their daughter Vivienne in 2002 through artificial insemination. (They divorced in 2007.)
With her second wife, Michelle Rounds (to whom she was married from 2012 to 2016), O'Donnell adopted her fifth child Clay. In 2025, the actress confirmed through a TikTok that she and Clay had moved to Ireland at the beginning of the year, and they would only return to the United States "when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights."
Ahead, see O'Donnell's rare photos with her children, from their group outings to her occasional social media posts.
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Here Comes the Sundance
Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli O'Donnell with their childrenCredit: Dan Gorder/FilmMagic
O'Donnell and Carpenter brought their four children to the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where the Queen of Nice showcased her documentary All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise.
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Plus-One
Rosie O'Donnell and Chelsea O'DonnellCredit: M. Von Holden/Getty
O'Donnell brought her daughter Chelsea, then 9, to the Salute to Women in Sports dinner in New York City.
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A Family Celebration
Blake O'Donnell, Parker O'Donnell, Vivienne O'Donnell, Rosie O'Donnell, Kelli Carpenter and Chelsea O'DonnellCredit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty
The entire family came out for a screening of O'Donnell's HBO documentary A Family Is a Family, which depicts the diversity of the modern family unit.
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Bring Your Kid to Work Day
Parker O'Donnell and Rosie O'DonnellCredit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty
Parker joined O'Donnell on the press tour for A Family Is a Family, speaking during the Television Critics Association press tour.
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Pool Party
Parker, Chelsea, Rosie, Vivienne and Blake O'DonnellCredit: Rosie O'Donnell Instagram
In 2021, she shared a photo "way back when" of her eldest four kids horsing around in the pool.
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Dearest Daughters
Chelsea, Vivienne and Rosie O'DonnellCredit: Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
Chelsea and Vivienne sat with their mother at the Fran Drescher Cancer Schmancer Sunset Cabaret Cruise in 2016.
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Family Photo
Parker, Vivienne, Clay, Rosie, Chelsea and Blake O'DonnellCredit: Rosie O'Donnell Instagram
For National Siblings Day in 2020, O'Donnell posted a photo of all five of her children together, the first she'd shared publicly.
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Fabulous Four
Credit: Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram
Clay and O'Donnell beamed alongside Blake and his future wife, Teresa Garofalow Westervelt, in 2021.
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Run It Back
Blake, Vivienne, Rosie, Parker and Clay O'DonnellCredit: Rosie OâDonnell/Instagram
An all-grown-up Parker, Blake, Vivienne and Clay matched in sweatshirts that read "OD XMAS 2023" in their holiday selfie.
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Christmas Cheer
Rosie, Clay, Vivienne and Blake O'DonnellCredit: Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram
The next year, O'Donnell, Vivienne and Blake rewore their hoodies, while Clay stood out in a colorful onesie.
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Eldest Boy
Rosie O'Donnell and her son ParkerCredit: Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram
She celebrated Parker's 29th birthday with a rare selfie and the caption: "u and me kid - a good match."
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Dance the Night Away
Rosie and Blake O'DonnellCredit: Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram
During Blake's wedding to Westervelt in 2024, the groom danced with his mother, who dressed in a floral suit. "so much love," O'Donnell wrote under the snap from the reception.
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Sweet Embrace
Clay and Rosie O'DonnellCredit: Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram
O'Donnell and Clay, now living in Ireland (where they moved because "that's what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child"), shared a loving hug in an Instagram post.
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Proud Mom
O'Donnell shares occasional looks into her life in Ireland with Clay, including these birthday photos of her newly-minted teen in January 2026. "happiest of birthdays to my beautiful kiddo clay - love u truly madly deeply," she wrote.
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