Diana Ross & Her Family: See Photos Of The Singer With Her Kids & Grandkids

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December 14, 2021 9:00AM EST

Diana Ross is an incredibly successful singer. She’s been married twice and had five kids, who have given her eight grand children. Check out photos of her family!

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Diana Ross Is A Music Matriarch

Diana Ross Is A Music Matriarch
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Diana Ross is one of the most famous singers of the 20th century, and she’s had one of the most prolific careers. After beginning as a member of The Supremes, where she played hits like ‘Stop In The Name Of Love’ and ‘Where Did Our Love Go,’ she embarked on an incredibly successful solo career in the early 1970s. On her own, she’s released over 20 albums, and has been nominated for 12 Grammy Awards.

The star has been a family woman through her years in entertainment. She had her first daughter Rhonda with famed music executive Berry Gordy. Shortly before Rhonda was born, she married Robert Ellis Silberstein, whom she had two more daughters Tracee and Chudney with. Diana and Robert divorced in 1977, and she married Arne Naess in 1985, whom she had two sons Ross Arne Naess and Evan Olav with. The pair divorced in 2000. From those relationships, Diana has had many grandchildren!

Keep scrolling to check out photos of Diana and her family in our gallery.

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The Ross Family At The 2017 AMAs

The Ross Family At The 2017 AMAs
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Diana Ross was honored at the 2017 American Music Awards with a Lifetime Achievement award, and her kids appropriately came out to honor her. The singer’s kids came with their significant others and their kids! 

After putting on an amazing performance, Diana welcomed her family on stage with her. “This is all about love. I feel so humbled by this. I love you so very much and I think you know that,” Ross told the crowd.

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Diana’s Grandson Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick At The 2019 Grammys

Diana’s Grandson Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick At The 2019 Grammys
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Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick is Diana’s oldest daughter Rhonda’s first son. He adorably introduced his grandma, when she played at the 2019 Grammys. “Young people like me can look up to her for her independence, confidence, and her willingness to be her unique-self,” he said about his grandma.

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Diana Ross & Tracee Ellis Ross At The 2014 AMAs

Diana Ross & Tracee Ellis Ross At The 2014 AMAs
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Diana Ross and Tracee Ellis Ross posed in black at the 2014 American Music Awards. Tracee followed in her mom’s footsteps and became an entertainer.

Tracee talked about her childhood with Essence magazine in 2015, saying, “I understand how extraordinary my childhood was, and that my mother’s gift and all of the people who’ve loved her [have afforded me] the opportunities I have. I also had a really great mom. We had a lot, and as much as I knew that everybody didn’t live that way, she didn’t raise us with a sense of entitlement.”

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Diana Ross & Tracee Ellis Ross At ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ Premeire

Diana Ross & Tracee Ellis Ross At ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ Premeire
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Diana Ross smiled with her daughter Tracee Ellis Ross at the premiere of ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part1.’ Diana wore a shining, dark red outfit, while Tracee rocked a green, patterned suit.

The ‘Blackish’ actress talked about what the superstar was like as a mom with People in Feb. 2021. “The Diana Ross that the world knows — this sort of global, international icon who paved the way and sort of changed what glamour looked like and who Black women were in the world particularly in that capacity. Her Diana Ross-ness doesn’t hold a candle to her mom-ness,” she explained.

“I’m so close with my mom and my family… She made a space in the world before I got here and that has been a part of how I’ve been able to walk through the world.”

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Diana Ross And Family At The 2017 AMAs

Diana Ross And Family At The 2017 AMAs
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Berry Gordy joined Diana Ross alongside her children and grandchildren onstage when she accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award. The family seemed incredibly excited for the R&B icon. 

While Tracee is an actress known for her roles on ‘Blackish’ and ‘Girlfriends’, daughter Rhonda is also an Emmy-nominated singer and actress. Their sister Chudney is a TV producer. Son Ross Naess is a renowned photographer and Evan is also an entertainer.

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Diana Ross At The 2012 Grammy Awards

Diana Ross At The 2012 Grammy Awards
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Diana Ross and her kids (and grandson) posed for a photo on the red carpet at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Diana received the Lifetime Achievement Award that year!

Back in 2004 the songstress said, “I’m more a mom than I am a celebrity, even though I know you know me as a celebrity. I’m a mother first.”

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Diana Ross & Evan Olav In 2005

Diana Ross & Evan Olav In 2005
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Diana Ross was seen leaving a party with her son Evan in 2005. The singer wore a red and black patterned jacket, while Evan rocked a gray blazer over a t-shirt and jeans.

Evan has gone on to have his own entertainment career. He’s appeared in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay films and records music with his wife Ashlee Simpson. He talked about getting the recording legend’s help in the studio with People in 2014, sharing, “[My mom] comes into the studio and helps me. She’s so good at it, and she’s been doing it so long. And she’s such a perfectionist. Sometimes I’ll be like, ‘Let me have a few practices before she comes in to hear it.'”

 

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Diana Ross And Her Kids At A 2004 Emmy Party

Diana Ross And Her Kids At A 2004 Emmy Party
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Diana Ross celebrated the 2004 Emmy Awards alongside her children at a party in 2004. She smiled alongside her sons Evan and Ross and her daughter Chudney.

Tracee talked about how glamorous her mom is to The New York Times in January 2015, saying, “My mom had beautiful clothes; my mom is elegant; my mom is glamorous. But my mom is also really real, and I grew up with a mother who had babies crawling on her head and spitting up on her when she was wearing gorgeous, expensive things, and it was never an issue.”

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Diana Ross And Children At The 2000 AMAs

Diana Ross And Children At The 2000 AMAs
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Diana Ross smiled as she arrived at the 2000 American Music Awards with her sons and daughter with her. Evan sported a red suit, while Chudney rocked a black dress, and her brother sported a black blazer. Diana looked stunning in a black dress.

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Diana Ross in 2001

Diana Ross in 2001
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Diana Ross and her son Evan attended the premiere of ‘Harry Potter and The Sorceror’s Stone’ in November 2001. Diana looked incredibly happy as she wrapped her arms around her boy!

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