Michael Jordan had a lot to celebrate on Tuesday night.
His wife, Yvette, has given birth to the couple’s identical twin daughters, Jordan’s spokeswoman Estee Portnoy told The Associated Press.
Portnoy said Tuesday night Yvette Jordan, 35, gave birth to Victoria and Ysabel on Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida.
“Yvette Jordan and the babies are doing well and the family is overjoyed at their arrival,” Portnoy said.
Jordan is the owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats, who are currently the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference and have a chance to make the postseason for the first time since he took over as majority owner in 2010.
Jordan, who turns 51 next Monday, married former model Yvette Prieto on April 27 of last year in Palm Beach, Fla. The reception took place at a private golf club in Jupiter, Fla., designed by Jack Nicklaus. Jordan owns a home near the course.
The couple met six years ago at a Miami night club.
Jordan has three children — two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine — with former wife Juanita Vanoy. They divorced in 2006.
Jordan won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and was a 14-time All-Star and five-time
Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan, 50, is going to be a father again. The father of three married Cuban-American model Yvette Preito, 34, seven months ago in Palm Beach, Florida.
The pair have been a couple for five years after meeting at Miami nightclub in 2008.
On April 27, the couple got married at Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-sea and then had a $10 million dollar reception at Bear’s club in Jupiter, Florida.
This will be Jordon’s fourth child. Jordan has three children from his first 17-year-marriage to Juanita Venoy. The couple split in 2006.
He has two sons named Jeffrey Micheal,24, Marcus James, 22, and one daughter named Jasmine, 20. Jordan has spoken openly about how hard it must be to be his child because of the expectations involved.
In his hall of fame speech in 2009, he said to his family, ‘I wouldn’t want to be you guys.’
Yahoo News reports that Marcus had a brief dance with playing basketball, but he is quoted as saying, ‘my heart wasn’t in it.’
His son Jeffrey also played basketball for a while but quit for ‘personal reasons.’
Jasmine Jordan who is a student at Syracuse University has been rumored as gay after photos of her and a female basketball player surfaced on instagram, reported The Grio.
Her twitter profile reads, ‘Proud daughter of Michael Jordan. Born into a legacy and yet it does not define me.’
What’s to come of Jordan’s next child remains a mystery.
Source: Daily Mail
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