Jon and Kate Gosselin’s 8 Children: The place Are They Now?

Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin turned immediately well-known in 2007 when their actuality present, Jon & Kate Plus 8, debuted and launched the world to their eight kids: twin ladies Mady and Cara and sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel.

The TLC sequence showcased the Gosselin household’s distinctive dynamics earlier than, throughout and after Jon and Kate’s divorce in 2009 — and thru its last season in 2017.

When Kate filed for divorce following dishonest allegations surrounding Jon in 2008, the couple revealed they hoped to keep up an amicable relationship for his or her kids, however their divorce quickly grew contentious.

Ultimately, Hannah and Collin determined to reside with Jon whereas the opposite kids selected to stick with Kate. In 2023, all eight of the Gosselin children had milestone commencement ceremonies with Mady and Cara graduating from their respective schools and the sextuplets graduating from highschool.

On Saturday, Could 10, Kate celebrated her sextuplets’ twenty first birthday with a put up on Instagram.

“And identical to that, they turned 21! Glad Birthday to my 6! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #GosselinSextuplets,” Kate, 50, wrote within the caption. She shared images of her with 4 of her kids, daughters Alexis and Leah and sons Joel and Aaden, toasting one another round a restaurant. Hannah and Collin have been noticeably absent.

As a substitute, Hannah celebrated her birthday with Jon, who posted a boomerang of him at dinner along with his daughter and his fiancée Stephanie Lebo. Within the snapshot, Jon was seen toasting with somebody who gave the impression to be Hannah as they sipped on cocktails with the animated graphic, “Glad Birthday” added excessive.

With the twins now 24 and the sextuplets 21, here’s what all eight Gosselin kids are as much as.

Madelyn “Mady” Gosselin

Mady attended Syracuse College and graduated in 2023 with a B.A. in English Textual Research, Movie & Display Research and a minor in Artwork Historical past.

The 24-year-old often paperwork her life on TikTok. Her bio on the platform, as of Could 2025, signifies she at the moment lives in New York Metropolis.

Two years earlier than she left for faculty in 2017, Mady instructed PEOPLE that she had plans to be an actress. “I’d love to perform ultimately,” she stated. “And I really feel like I might write some form of memoir already.”

Cara Gosselin

Cara went on to review arithmetic and economics at Fordham College and graduated in Could 2023. Now, she works as a monetary analyst at Financial institution of America, in keeping with her LinkedIn profile and in addition lives in New York Metropolis.

In contrast to her twin, Cara largely retains off social media, however she hasn’t been utterly out of the general public eye. In 2019, she and Mady supported their mom and her present Kate Plus Date. They appeared on the brand new sequence and accompanied Kate to promotional interviews.

Even with the downsides of fame and her quieter nature, Cara beforehand instructed PEOPLE that she wasn’t opposed to creating a return to actuality TV. “We would like to do it once more,” she stated in 2014. “We miss the crew, the individuals we noticed on daily basis. It was enjoyable.”

At 16 years previous, Cara instructed additionally PEOPLE she had large plans for her future. “I want to go far away,” she revealed in 2019. “And I need to be a health care provider.”

Alexis Gosselin

Since documenting her life on digital camera and graduating highschool in 2023, Alexis — the eldest of the sextuplets — has led a quiet and personal life.

In 2017, Alexis instructed PEOPLE of her love for animals and claimed that she was “undoubtedly going to work with animals sometime.”

In 2014, the Gosselins adopted a black-capped parakeet named Zorro and Alexis grew notably keen on him. In June 2019, Kate shared images of her daughter and Zorro on Instagram, calling the pair “one of the best of buddies.”

Hannah Gosselin

Hannah is the second oldest woman of the sextuplets.

Although she primarily grew up along with her seven different siblings, Hannah started residing full-time along with her father in 2018 and later, her brother Collin. In Could 2022, Hannah’s buddies supported her on the launch occasion for her magnificence model, Gosselin Lady Magnificence. The vegan and cruelty-free magnificence line included serums, bathtub bombs and beauty luggage.

Hannah graduated from highschool in June 2023 and celebrated the milestone on Instagram. Since then, she has been finding out enterprise administration on the College of Miami.

Aaden Gosselin

Aaden, the third sextuplet to be born, additionally lives a non-public life off social media.

After graduating from highschool, he was final seen in his mother Kate’s Instagram put up in Could 2024. In honor of her sextuplets’ twentieth, the mother of eight shared a photograph of her kids Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel celebrating the event with a chocolate birthday cake.

“No extra youngsters on this home!” she captioned the put up. “Glad twentieth birthday, my eternally infants! I really like you! Who feels previous? I do know I do! #20yearsold #ItsaPICKLE 🎁🎉🎈🎊.”

Collin Gosselin

Collin is one other of Kate and Jon’s sextuplets born on Could 10, 2004.

Colin confessed that he not had a relationship with Kate in an interview with Leisure Tonight in 2022.

Upon his highschool commencement, Collin revealed he was heading to a Marine Corps recruit depot in Parris Island to start bootcamp. Nevertheless, whereas in coaching camp, Kate had released a statement in response to an interview during which Collin accused her of abusing him as a child.

In her assertion, Kate alleged that Collin had been admitted to a psychological well being facility on account of his “a number of psychiatric diagnoses,” together with an alleged assault with a “weapon.” The next month, in August 2023, he was discharged from the Marines, which he later blamed on his mom’s claims.

“It is essential as a result of on account of these allegations that she posted on social media, my dream of changing into a U.S. Marine was crushed and it was taken away from me and now I’ve to combat and do every part I can to meet that dream nonetheless,” Collin instructed The Sun in September 2024. “It is essential to place these allegations to relaxation and it is necessary to me, for her, to come back ahead with the reality as a result of I would like nothing greater than to serve my nation.”

After his discharge, Collin enrolled in Penn State and later launched a power-washing firm in March in an announcement put up shared to Instagram.

“Right this moment we formally filed as an LLC!” he wrote alongside his enterprise brand and call info. “Gosselin Strain Washing LLC is able to sort out that job you’ve been needing to get carried out! With the spring season approaching quick, our aim is to make your property shine, with our strain washing/soft-wash providers. We prioritize beautifying your property so that every one you must do is admire the shine after we’re carried out!”

“Allow us to take the strain off your shoulders!” he concluded, indicating he’s now taking clients.

Leah Gosselin

Whereas Leah often posts on her TikTok account, she additionally lives a comparatively non-public life.

After graduating highschool, Leah went on to pursue increased schooling and posted about her first day of college in a slideshow shared to TikTok. The previous actuality star took her followers alongside her day as she shared snapshots of herself preparing within the morning whereas enjoying Gilmore Ladies within the background.

One other photograph confirmed off her cute however informal outfit and grabbing a espresso with a pal earlier than class.

“Up to now faculty has my coronary heart 🫶,” she captioned the video.

In another video shared to the social media platform, Leah took followers on a short dorm tour and confirmed off her Taylor Swift themed decorations, her desk setup, her pink mattress unfold and the images she had of family members posted on her partitions.

“My new residence 💕,” Leah merely wrote alongside the put up.

Joel Gosselin

Like lots of his sextuplet siblings, Joel additionally largely retains off social media.

Since showing on the ultimate season of Kate Plus 8 in 2017, Kate has shared pictures of him dressing upalong with his siblings for Halloween, shopping for Christmas trees and, after all, celebrating his first day without braces.

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Joel additionally had a fame as a prankster on the present. For the sextuplets’ thirteenth birthday, Kate put collectively a tenting celebration for her children. In a clip from Kate Plus 8, Joel and Aaden hatched a plan to scare their sisters with air horns.

In line with his LinkedIn account, Joel is at the moment attending the College of North Carolina at Charlotte, the place he is finding out accounting and enterprise administration.