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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck were one of Hollywood’s most talked-about couples during their decade-long relationship. The former husband and wife share three children together: Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel. After tying the knot in 2005, the pair announced their separation in 2015 and finalized their divorce three years later. Since then, both stars have moved forward personally and professionally, with Ben later marrying and divorcing Jennifer Lopez.
Despite their split, Jennifer and Ben have maintained a close co-parenting relationship over the years. The two are frequently seen supporting their children together at family outings, school events and holidays, showing they remain united when it comes to raising their kids. Learn more about Violet, Seraphina and Samuel below.
Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck’s Kids
Ben and Jennifer began dating in 2004 and married the following year in a private ceremony in Turks and Caicos. At the time of their June 2005 wedding, Jennifer was pregnant with the couple’s first child. Their eldest daughter, Violet, was born that December, followed by Seraphina in 2009 and Samuel in 2012.
She opened up about having a “baby bump” in a 2014 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I have had three kids, and there is a bump. From now on, ladies, I will have a bump, and it will be my baby bump,” she joked.
Now that Violet, Seraphina and Samuel are older, both Ben and Jennifer have continued to spend lots of time with their kids, whether they’re enjoying family vacations, running errands around Los Angeles or supporting them at school and extracurricular activities. Over the years, the former couple’s children have also occasionally joined their parents for major family milestones and public outings.
Back in 2022, Violet and Seraphina joined Ben during his Paris honeymoon with Jennifer Lopez alongside Lopez’s twins, Max and Emme. That same year, all three of Ben and Jennifer’s children attended Ben and J.Lo’s second wedding celebration in Georgia. Violet, Seraphina, Samuel, Max and Emme all took part in the ceremony festivities while dressed in white for the special occasion.
What have Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck Said About Their Family?
Even though the couple’s marriage came to an end, Jennifer has made it clear that being a mom is one of the most important things in the world to her. After the split, she opened up about how special her relationship with her kids is in a February 2016 interview with Vanity Fair. “The main thing is these kids—and we’re completely in line with what we hope for them,” she said, shortly after the breakup. “You should see their faces when he walks through the door. And if you see your kids love someone so purely and wholly, then you’re going to be friends with that person.”
As for her parenting style, Jennifer opened up about being a great role model for her kids in a 2016 interview with Today. “I try to be the best version of myself and to have faith that they’re watching me as carefully when I do something right as they do when I roll through a stop sign,” she said. She also gushed about being a parent in a “Momsplaining” segment on Ellen in October 2019. “Every phase of motherhood is its own beautiful, mysterious, magical, kind of heaven,” she explained.
While promoting her movie Yes Day, Jennifer explained that she loved having “Yes Days,” with her little ones, especially when they were younger. “They were little enough then that I was able to really plant in her mind what would be fun, and I was able to put guard rails up really easily,” she told People in 2021. She explained that the day helped them have fun and play games and do different activities that they might not have done otherwise. It’s been clear that she likes to keep active alongside her kids, whether they’re going for bike rides together or going to different practices for activities like soccer or swimming.
Like his ex-wife, Ben clearly values his kids above all else. The Gone Girl actor described his life as “better,” when he’s with his children in a December 2021 interview with Good Morning America. “The only biography that needs anything is written on the hearts of your kids,” he said. He also admitted that he worries about how the public perception of him will weigh on his children, as he admitted in an interview with The Los Angeles Times, where he spoke about the “Sad Affleck” meme. “As my kids got older and started seeing the internet themselves, that’s the difficult part. Even the ‘Sad Affleck’ meme — that was funny to me. But then my kids see it and I think, ‘Oh, are they going to think their dad is fundamentally sad or they have to worry about me?’ That’s really tough,” he told the outlet.
While their marriage may not have panned out the way they’d planned, Ben and Jennifer clearly are on the same page as parents. Speaking about viral headlines that came out of the aforementioned L.A. Times interview, Ben mentioned that he felt like he’d spoken about how great they do as co-parents. “[We talked about] how I work with my ex-wife and how I’m so proud that we work together for our kids the best that we can for them,” he said during a Jimmy Kimmel Live! interview. He’s also raved about Jennifer as mother after the divorce, like when he wished her a happy Mother’s Day in 2021. “Luckiest parents in the world. Thanks for all the good you do,” he wrote in a since-deleted social media post.
Both Ben and Jennifer are very private and protective of their kids, and they generally try to keep them out of the spotlight and shield them from the paparazzi. She’s lobbied for laws to protect famous kids from being followed by the paparazzi. While speaking to former People editor-in-chief on his SiriusXM show, she thanked him for removing their kids from the magazine. “You making that change, I can’t tell you what it did for my relationship with your magazine, with the media in general,” she said. “If you can have a celebrity-filled magazine and not exploit people’s children, there’s no excuse for anyone. She opened up about her kids being scared of the paparazzi during a 2021 profile with The Hollywood Reporter. She revealed that she’d “have to ask them when they’re older,” about sharing public photos.
After Ben and J.Lo gave their relationship a second chance, it was clear that they were in love again, and they started to blend their families together. They both spent time with each other’s kids, including when Ben’s daughters accompanied them on their honeymoon to Paris, along with J.Lo’s twins. The “Jenny From The Block” singer was also seen bonding with Violet in New York. Sources close to the singer have also revealed to HollywoodLife that she has a “special bond” with her new hubby’s youngest child Samuel.
It also seemed like both the Jennifers get along very well and care for each other’s children. J.Lo even joined the reunited exes as they took their kids trick-or-treating in November 2021. Sources close to the family have told HollywoodLife that the two moms have mutual respect for each other, especially after Bennifer got hitched. “Jen welcomed J.Lo into their family, officially, after they got married,” the insider explained. “Jen respects J.Lo as a woman and as a mother. She appreciates how J.Lo looks after her children the same way she looks after her own.”
Violet Affleck
As mentioned before, Ben and Jennifer have kept their kids mostly out of the spotlight, but they occasionally offer glimpses into their children’s lives. Violet was born in December 2005. Their eldest daughter has grown up to look so much like her mom! When Jennifer testified about paparazzi laws, she revealed that her oldest daughter actually stood up and addressed the California State Assembly to speak about photographers following them. Jennifer described her as “hyper-articulate” and taking after her dad in a THR interview. Aside from what her mom has said, Violet also clearly has a great fashion sense, and she was seen in a white off-shoulder dress during her dad’s wedding to Jennifer Lopez.
Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck
The couple’s middle daughter Seraphina was born in January 2009. While very little has been made public about the pair’s second child, her parents did reunite to attend her sixth-grade graduation ceremony together in June 2021.
It also seems like she had bonded with J.Lo’s child Emme as their parents re-sparked their romance. While the families were vacationing in Paris after the wedding, Emme and Seraphina were seen holding hands as they walked, showing that they’re excellent step-siblings.
Samuel Affleck
Ben and Jennifer welcomed their son Samuel in February 2012. The pair’s youngest child has been seen out and about with both parents on plenty of occasions, and it seems like he’s an avid swimmer. Both parents have been seen bringing him to and from swim practice and hitting local pools.
Samuel did make headlines when he seemingly accidentally reversed a Lamborghini into a parked BMW, while joining his dad and J.Lo car-shopping in June 2022. A source close to his mom revealed to HollywoodLife that the actress was “not happy” with her ex-husband for letting him get behind the wheel.
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