Celebrity Families

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Usually, when I've already exhausted the content of my social media feeds, I'd go to Google and search for one word: Brangelina. I change it sometimes to "Jolie-Pitts" or just "Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie". I always seem to have this need to know what's going on with their lives - where the paparazzis have last seen them, if Shiloh's still wearing boy's clothes or if Brad and Angie's finally married.

If you still haven't heard, or if you just didn't care before, Hollywood royalties Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt now have 6 kids. The eldest is Maddox who was born in Cambodia and adopted by Jolie in 2002. Then Zahara Marley, born in Ethiopia and adopted by Jolie on July 2005. April of that same year, Pitt and Jolie's relationship was outed in the media, 3 months after Brad's split with Friends superstar Jennifer Aniston. They reached the pinnacle of controversy then, as news came out that Brad fell in love with Angie during the filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2004 - while still married to Jen. Jolie denied the accusation, saying "To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my own mother, is not something I could forgive" (source) Anyway, I'm assuming that they really fell in love on set (you should watch that movie, especially the behind-the-scenes footage on YouTube  to understand where I'm coming from), but never acted on it until Brad and Jen was already divorced. Brad petitioned to adopt both Maddox and Zahara and they soon became the Jolie-Pitts. A year later, they welcomed their first biological daughter Shiloh Nouvel. In 2007, they adopted Pax Thien who was born in Vietnam. Another year later, Brad and Angie was blessed with twins Vivienne and Knox.

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Next on the roster are the Afflecks: Ben, Jennifer, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel. No one should ever call the couple "Bennifer" because that Jennifer was Jenny from the block, J. Lo.

Moving on, Violet is now 7 years old, Seraphina, 4 and Samuel 1 year and 8 months. In regards with their family life, Ben remarkably told Jen in his Oscars' Best Picture for Argo speech, "I want to thank you for working on marriage for ten Christmases. It's good, it is work, but it's the best kind of work, and there's no one I'd rather work with." (source) which led many narrow-minded people to think that their marriage is on the rocks because they're "working" on it. Ben later explains that, "While winning an Oscar was a huge thrill, giving an Oscar acceptance speech is completely terrifying. You may remember that in my speech I thanked my wife, while also saying that the essence of marriage is work. We work together on our marriage."(source)

This family is the real deal.

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Locally, the internet is abuzz with adoration for a family who call themselves Team Kramer. That's Doug, Cheska, Kendra (#kendrasuperstar), Scarlett (#scarlettdoll) and Gavin (#gavincredible).

If you're not from the Philippines, Doug Kramer is a professional Filipino basketball player while Cheska Garcia-Kramer is a Filipina actress, model, endorser and TV host. They became a couple in 2003 and got married on October 9, 2008. (They're celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary today!)

I found out about them on Instagram a few months ago. Doug and Cheska would post pictures (and later on videos, after the app's update) everyday of their adorable children. What's not to love about kikay Kendra, maldita Scarlett and you're-so-fluffy-i'm-gonna-dieee Gavin? More importantly, the couple is an inspiration to young families as they already seemed to master the art of modern upbringing.

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Another family I found on Instagram are the Lachowskis. Chico (@chico_lachowski), Jessiann (@jessiann_gravel) and Milo (@lachowski_milo). See how cute that is? Even the baby has an Instagram account!!!

Daddy Chico and Mommy Jessiann are both supermodels. Chico (/Francisco) is 22 years old and was born in Brazil while Jessiann is 25 and was born in Canada. Google doesn't say how they met (most likely on the catwalks and runways) but Milo was born on March 25, 2013, basking in his parents' glorious genes.

Feel free to check their Instagram accounts out and revel in the beauty you're about to see.

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Last but not the least, the road is home. That's exactly the name of this very young family's blog. Emphasis on the very, as Nirrimi is only 19 while Matt is... 20? I'm only guessing, I can't find his date of birth anywhere on the internet.

Age is definitely not an issue for these two, though. "It doesn't matter if you're young or old, as long as you have time and love for your children.", says Nirrimi on being a young mom to Alba Joy. (source) 

How they met and fell in love, I'd have to tell you to read their blog to find out. Despite other people saying they're attention whores, or they're trying too hard to be the artsy, earthy, gypsy kind of family, all I can say is that it's none of those people's damned businesses. What this couple have is beautiful, as evident in their photos and blog posts.

Nirrimi Firebrace and Matt Caplin are both exceptional photographers. You may view their works at http://www.nirrimi.com/ and http://hellomexi.co/. And lo and behold, they also have Instagram accounts- @theroadishome & @mexicorosel.

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That has been the Top 5 most loved and stalked families on my list. Didn't they make you happy? Or jealous? Hehe. Personally, I feel happy when I read an update about them or see new pictures of them. It's one of those far-fetched dreams that I have - to someday have a beautiful, loving and perfect family like theirs. Far-fetched because #1. I need to find a perfect baby daddy and #2. Nothing's perfect, but I want to believe that these celebrities' lives are.

If there happens to be a genie out there, I'd really like to meet any of the aforementioned families. I can babysit, teach art, teach anything! Or better yet, I just want to meet them and (if this is not too ambitious,) be friends with them.

In the meantime, I'd just settle with this cyber longing and continue living the daily rigors of my life. Who knows, I might meet that perfect husband-to-be at school, or if I could just be more focused in my life, I can be successful and famous too, and the perfect family would just come along the way.

Wishing my dreams will come true, and wishing that yours will, too.

♥,
Te