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7 celebs who welcomed babies past age 50

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<p>MANILA — Korina Sanchez and Mar Roxas consider the arrival of their newborn twins a “miracle,” having waited for a family milestone for nearly a decade after they got married.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/02/17/20190221-mar-korina2.jpg"/><figcaption>Mar Roxas and Korina Sanchez welcome their newborn twins, who were born by surrogacy. <em>Photo: Handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The twins — a boy and a girl — were “born by surrogacy from our embryos,” according to Sanchez.</p><p>Sanchez, 54, and Roxas, 61, have made no secret of “trying very hard” to have children over the years. That they finally have babies of their own (Roxas has a 25-year-old son, Paolo, from a previous relationship), particularly past mid-life is an answered prayer which they had thought impossible at one point.</p><p>The “Rated K” host and senatorial candidate are not the only celebrities parents who welcomed a newborn past the age of 50. In photos, here’s a look at others who had a similar milestone:</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/02/17/20190221-photo2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/03/25/du30grad2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/02/17/20190221-photo3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/02/17/20190221-photo4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/02/17/20190221-photo5.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">MANILA MAYOR JOSEPH ‘ERAP’ ESTRADA</h1><p>The former Philippine president was 52 when he and former actress Laarni Enriquez welcomed their second child, actor-model Jake Ejercito. They have two other children — Jerika, the eldest, and Jacob, the youngest. <cite>Instagram: @unoemilio</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE</h1><p>The country’s top official was 59 when he and partner Honeylet Avanceña welcomed their daughter, Veronica &quot;Kitty&quot; Duterte, in April 2004. <cite>Photo courtesy: Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">DOLPHY</h1><p>The late film icon was 73 when he and partner Zsa Zsa Padilla welcomed their second child, singer Zia Quizon, in September 1991. <cite>Instagram: @ziaquizon</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">VIC SOTTO</h1><p>The “Eat Bulaga” mainstay was 63 when his wife, fellow TV host Pauleen Luna, gave birth to their daughter, Talitha, in November 2017. <cite>Instagram: @pauleenlunasotto</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">VICKI BELO</h1><p>The celebrity doctor was 59 years old when she and her husband, Hayden Kho, welcomed their daughter, Scarlet Snow, who was born by <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/lifestyle/05/18/16/vicki-belo-confirms-scarlet-snow-is-her-biological-daughter">surrogacy</a> in March 2015. <cite>Instagram: @victoria_belo</cite></p></div></div></div>

<p>Korina Sanchez and Mar Roxas consider the arrival of their newborn twins a “miracle,” having waited for a family milestone for nearly a decade after they got married.</p>

Korina Sanchez and Mar Roxas consider the arrival of their newborn twins a “miracle,” having waited for a family milestone for nearly a decade after they got married.