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Elon Musk's new $35 million homes in Austin are for children, two of their mothers

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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has reportedly purchased an Austin mansion for his 11 children, as well as adjacent properties for two of his children's three mothers.

The Tuscan-style grounds extend over 13,300 square meters. Adjacent to the site is a six-bedroom mansion that was also purchased by Musk, according to public records. Together, the properties totaled around $35 million.

The New York Times reports that Musk has told family members that he wants his children and two of their mothers on these properties so that his younger children can be close to each other and Musk can more easily spend time with them. Sources close to the Texas billionaire told the Times that the new properties are about a 10-minute walk from the Austin mansion where he normally lives.

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How many children does Elon Musk have? How many mothers do his children have?

According to People magazine, Musk has 12 children with three partners. Only 11 are still alive: Musk's first child, Nevada Alexander Musk, died in 2002 at the age of 10 months from complications of sudden infant death syndrome. Nevada was the child of Musk's first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson. The two were married from 2000 to 2008.

Musk and Wilson had five other children who used in vitro fertilization: Vivian Jenna (who changed her name and gender in 2022), Griffin, Kai, Saxon and Damian. Vivian and Griffin are twins born in 2004 and Kai, Saxon and Damian are triplets born in 2006.

At the time, Musk had three children with Claire Boucher, a Canadian musician and record producer better known as Grimes. They had a son, X Æ “X” A-Xii, in 2020 and a daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl, via surrogate in 2021. Techno “Tau” Mechanicus was born in 2022, also via surrogate, but less is known about Musk and Boucher’s third child. The couple never married but dated regularly in 2018 and 2021.

Musk also has three children with Shivon Zilis, a project manager for one of Musk's companies. The two had twins in 2021, a son named Strider and a daughter named Azure. They were born weeks before Musk and Boucher's daughter was born. Musk and Zilis' third child was born earlier this year, but the baby's name and gender are not yet known to the public.

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Zilis and her children have reportedly already moved to the Austin compound, and Wilson and her children are expected to follow suit.

The relationship between Musk and Grimes became strained last year when a custody battle arose when Musk allegedly wouldn't allow Grimes to see their children, NBC News reports.

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