The uber-high divorce rate among Hollywood couples has created some seriously big (and complicated) blended families that put fictional ones like "The Brady Bunch" to shame. With biological children, stepchildren, half children and adopted children, some Tinseltown broods have almost enough members to fill the starting lineup of an NFL football team!
Click through the slides below to see five of the biggest celebrity blended families.
Kris and Bruce Jenner
When Kris and Bruce Jenner <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/01/kris-jenner-robert-kardashian-divorce-details-documents">tied the knot</a> in April 1991, they each had <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141784,00.html">four children from previous marriages</a>. The Kardashian matriarch had Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Robert from her marriage to the <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/02/local/me-kardashian2">late Robert Kardashian</a> and Jenner <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/19820404/SPORTS11/50627032/Bruce-Jenner-Graceland-College-1982?nclick_check=1">had two children</a> (son Burt and daughter Casey) with his first wife Chrystie Crownover and two sons (Brandon and Brody) from his <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092921,00.html">marriage to Linda Thompson</a>.
The reality show couple later had two more children together -- daughters <a href="http://www.tmz.com/person/kendall-jenner/">Kendall</a> and <a href="http://www.tmz.com/person/kylie-jenner/">Kylie.</a> If you're keeping track, that's a whopping 10 kids.
Marie Osmond and Stephen Craig
Marie Osmond famously <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20486972,00.html">remarried her first husband</a>, Stephen Craig, in May 2011, almost 30 years after their <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20486972,00.html">first trip down the aisle</a>. Their first marriage produced one son, Stephen, who was <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H6pRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SxIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6537,4559616&hl=en">born in 1983</a>.
After their split, Osmond <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705372424/Mormons--Media-Marie-Osmonds-wedding-day.html?pg=all">married music producer Brian Blosil</a> in 1986 with whom she had <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1254282/Marie-Osmonds-teenage-son-Michael-Blosil-commits-suicide.html">two biological children</a> (Rachael and Matthew)<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1254282/Marie-Osmonds-teenage-son-Michael-Blosil-commits-suicide.html"> and five adopted children</a> (Jessica, Michael, Brandon, Brianna and Abigail). The pair <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20033248,00.html">split in 2007</a>. The Osmond-Blosil-Craig clan boasted eight children until tragedy struck in 2010 when adopted son <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/27/michael-blosil-suicide-ma_n_479483.html">Michael committed suicide</a>.
Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
Director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9099283/Oscars-2012-director-and-star-couples-in-film.html?image=6">met when she was cast</a> in his 1984 film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom." When they <a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-10-15/news/9110150408_1_kate-capshaw-spielberg-steven">got married in October 1991</a>, Spielberg already had one son, Max, with his <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1989-06-30/entertainment/ca-2952_1_couple-s-property-petition-divorce">ex-wife Amy Irving</a>. Capshaw had a <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20149384,00.html">daughter, Jessica, from her previous marriage</a> to Robert Capshaw and one <a href="http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-morecelebrityadoptiveparents/13/">adopted son, Theo</a>, whom Spielberg later adopted too.
Spielberg and Capshaw <a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1996-04-01/news/9603310261_1_jess-walter-dangerous-minds-hottest">adopted another child</a> together, Mikaela, and had <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/bio">three more biological children</a> together: Sasha, Sawyer and Destry Allyn for a grand total of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/04/style/chronicle-587869.html">seven kids</a>.
Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner
Before they <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104315,00.html">split in 1994</a>, Kevin Costner <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111389&page=1#.UHSZsvmfGRk">had three children</a> (Anne, Lily and Joe) with Cindy Silva -- his <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104315,00.html">wife of 16 years</a>. Costner also had <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20136601,00.html">a son, Liam,</a> with former girlfriend Bridget Rooney in 1996.
In 2004, the "Hatfields & McCoys" actor <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,702154,00.html">tied the knot</a> with handbag designer Christine Baumgartner. The couple have <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8340761/Kevin-Costner-interview-I-had-to-stop-making-films.html">three children of their own</a>, <a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-05-07-87631846_x.htm">Cayden</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/13/kevin-costners-wife-has-a_n_166664.html">Hayes</a> and <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2010/06/03/kevin-costner-seventh-child/">Grace</a>. The final tally? Seven kids.
Steve Harvey and Marjorie Bridges
Before comedian Steve Harvey and Marjorie Bridges <a href="http://www.bvnewswire.com/2009/11/06/steve-harvey-wife-marjorie-essence-interview/">got married </a>in June 2007, Harvey already had four children with two different women. He had three children with his first wife Marcia -- <a href="http://www.essence.com/2012/03/12/disney-dreamers-academy-2012-magical-and-star-studded/">twin girls</a> Karli and Brandi, and son S<a href="http://www.blackcelebkids.com/2008/05/steve-harvey-loves-his-blended-family/" target="_hplink">teven, Jr.</a> With his <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/08/steve-harveys-court-docum_n_820370.html">second wife, Mary Shackelford</a>, he had one son named Wynton. Bridges had <a href="http://www.bvnewswire.com/2009/11/06/steve-harvey-wife-marjorie-essence-interview/">three children</a> from a previous marriage. Between the two of them, they have<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/steve-harvey-stepfamilies/story?id=8703514#.UHSlYvmfGRk"> seven kids. </a>
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