Michael Jordan's 5 Kids: Everything to Know

Widely regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan has spent decades in the spotlight — yet he tries to keep his family life private.

The former Chicago Bulls player is a father of five children and a grandfather of one. From his first marriage to Juanita Vanoy, he has three older children: Jeffrey (36), Marcus (34) and Jasmine (32), all of whom are involved in the business side of basketball and their dad’s Air Jordan line. He also had twin daughters Victoria and Ysabel (10) with his current wife Yvette Prieto in 2014.

The status of an NBA legend was not always apparent to his children. In the interview for 2020 Good morning AmericaJasmine explained as she first realized how famous her father was.

“I’ve had kids and teachers and stuff at school say ‘It’s amazing that your father is the way he is’. And I don’t think you all have met my father, how do you know that? And I did, I googled him and I found out a lot “, she said.

“I had that conversation with my dad afterwards and he just laughed and said, ‘Hey, there’s no way I’m going to tell you something like that,'” Jasmine added. “But between him and my mum, they made sure we felt as normal as could be and we grew up very normal and I’m grateful for that.”

Here’s everything you need to know about Michael Jordan’s five children.

Jeffrey Jordan, 36

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Jordan and Vanoy had their first child, a son named Jeffrey Michael, on November 18, 1988.

Growing up, Jeffrey was raised in a “competitive atmosphere.” He spoke about his upbringing during a performance in 2020 on Good morning America.

“He was tough and it was competitive,” Jeffrey said of his famous dad. “We always felt that the competitive atmosphere shaped us in a way that was better and prepared us for what we would face in the real world. We embraced it, but the switch was on.”

He added that the 2020 ESPN documentary The last dancethat described the Bulls’ 1997-98 season, allowed him to see his father in a new light.

“We got to see him when he got home and he was done with work – but to be able to see him in his element, in his atmosphere with the team and to see all the ups and downs of that season was a joy to watch,” he shared.

Jeffrey followed in his father’s footsteps and played basketball from a young age. He enrolled at the University of Illinois in 2007, majoring in psychology, and starred as the basketball team’s favorite player.

In June 2009, he announced that he would leave the basketball team, but returned for the 2009-10 season, according to ESPN. The following season, he transferred to the University of Central Florida where he played alongside his younger brother Marcus.

He currently works on the business side of the game, leading digital brand innovation for Jordan Label. On May 25, 2019, he married his wife Radina Aneva.

Marcus Jordan, 34

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On December 24, 1990, Jordan and Vanoy welcomed their second child, a son, Marcus James.

Like his older brother, Marcus played basketball in high school and continued to play in college. He played at the University of Central Florida from 2009 until August 2012 when he left the team. He graduated in 2013 with a degree in hospitality management.

In May 2016, Jordan opened Trophy Room, a high-end sneaker store in the Disney Springs shopping district at Walt Disney World. In 2019, the physical location was closed and switched to only online business, according to Orlando Sentinel.

Marcus has been linked to Larsa Pippen, the ex-wife of his father’s Bulls teammate Scottie Pippen, since 2022. Although Pippen said in October 2022 that the two were “just friends,” by January 2023, a source told PEOPLE that the couple was “happy and dating.” They were first seen kissing in Miami before making their relationship official on Instagram on January 23, 2023.

Jasmine Jordan, 32

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Jordan and Vanoy welcomed their third child together, daughter Jasmine, on December 7, 1992.

While studying sports management at Syracuse University, she met her future husband, Rakeem Christmas, who played on the school’s basketball team. Jasmine and Christmas welcomed their son, Rakeem Michael Christmas, on May 4, 2019, making Jordan a first-time grandparent.

During the interview at TodayJordan said he is enjoying his time as a grandparent. “It’s fun because I can actually hold it and play with it and have fun looking at it,” he said.

However, as Jasmine said Essence not long after Rakeem’s birth, the NBA star had trouble adjusting to the title of “grandpa.”

“He had to warm up [it]”, explained the mother of one of them. “At first he wanted my son to call him ‘Mike’ or ‘Michael’, and I said: ‘Dad, we’re not going to do that. You have to accept the title of grandfather. It is what it is.’ ”

Although she doesn’t play basketball herself, she is still connected to that sport. According to data from 2018 In style profile, she worked as a field representative in sports marketing for Nike’s Jordan line and also as a basketball operations coordinator for the Charlotte Hornets basketball team, which is owned by her father.

“You know what, my dad is just like me: he’s very homely and has always been a private person. He just happened to choose a profession that was made for the public eye,” she told the paper about her father. “And honestly, I think if he could have had the same career without the fame, he’d probably still be doing it. You won’t catch him in New York or LA unless it’s on business.”

Jasmine appeared on the March 2023 cover News about footwear. In the corresponding interview, she talked about her role at Jordan Brand and discussed the NCAA’s new policy, which allows college athletes to profit on their own. She said if the new rules had gone into effect during her father’s college basketball career, he could have made a lot of money.

“Looking at his Funko Pop collectibles or the fact that people are still wearing his UNC jersey, to be able to take advantage of that today, we’re talking about making trillions at this point,” Jasmine said.

Victoria and Ysabel Jordan, 10

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Just a few months after the wedding of Jordan and his longtime girlfriend Prieto, the couple announced that they are expecting their first child together. On February 9, 2014, Prieto gave birth to identical twin daughters, Victoria and Ysabel.

“Yvette and the babies are doing well and the family is overjoyed at their arrival,” a spokeswoman for the couple told PEOPLE at the time.

The couple is very private about their daughters and have not shared any pictures of them.

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