David Foster isn’t solely a music legend but in addition a dad to 6 kids.

The composer, songwriter and producer is a father to Allison, Amy, Sara, Erin, Jordan and Rennie — the eldest and youngest of that are 50 years aside in age.

Foster welcomed his youngest youngster — and first son — with spouse Katharine McPhee in 2021. In an interview with PEOPLE in 2023, David expressed that he hoped to be extra current with Rennie since he wasn’t working as actively as he was whereas elevating his daughters many years prior.

“At this level in my life, it is totally different once more,” Foster stated. “Not higher or worse, simply totally different. I nonetheless work, I am nonetheless gone so much, however possibly the time is a bit more valuable to me as a result of I obtained extra runway behind me than I’ve forward of me now.”

Foster admitted that previously, he struggled to boost his older kids as he traveled for work and needed to stability splitting time with the youngsters together with his exes.

“I missed so much as a result of I did not elevate them,” David informed PEOPLE in July 2020. “The geography was actually powerful. That was my very own doing and a remorse that I’ve, however it was what it was and there was no altering it. So I did one of the best I might, which was fairly imperfect at occasions. Plus I labored a lot. I imply, I’ve made a pound of music in my life.”

The 16-time Grammy winner added, “I used to assume, ‘Effectively my daughters aren’t pregnant at 14, they usually do not do medication, I did my job.’ It is clearly extra sophisticated than that.”

Whereas his relationships with a few of his kids might have been strained at occasions, he has since mended them and seems nearer than ever to his youngsters.

“We have by no means been within the enterprise of wanting to look excellent and faux that there aren’t cracks as a result of that is unrealistic for anyone,” Erin informed PEOPLE in 2020. “It is very easy to assume that another person’s household is ideal or another person’s life is ideal. None of our lives are excellent. Our household’s not excellent. However that does not imply that it is not nice.”

This is every part to learn about all six of David Foster’s kids.

Allison Jones, 53

David welcomed his eldest youngster, daughter Allison, when he was 20 years previous. She was adopted by one other household however reconnected along with her well-known organic father as an grownup.

She serves as secretary to the Board, Director, Enterprise & Stakeholder Relations of the David Foster Basis. Allison additionally works as an account govt at Commvault, an organization that focuses on cloud and information safety.

Allison is married to her husband, with whom she shares two kids. She and her household stay in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Amy S. Foster, 50

Amy S. Foster is David’s solely daughter together with his first spouse, musician B.J. Prepare dinner. She was born on July 29, 1973, in Canada. Amy’s center preliminary, “S” stands for “Skylark,” which can be the identify of one among David’s very first bands.

Although she initially eschewed pursuing music, opting to check worldwide enterprise at American College in Washington, D.C., a category Amy took below poet Ann Darr led her to pivot. It labored out properly for her, and placing her poems to music led her to a profitable songwriting profession of her personal.

Amy wrote her first music, “Residence to Keep,” at David’s route — and he solely gave her 24 hours to do it.

“I believe my dad acknowledged that I in all probability wasn’t going to be an artist however that I had the potential to be a reasonably good songwriter,” she recalled to Web page Six in 2018. “I confirmed up the subsequent day at Sony Studios the place there was, like, a full orchestra. It was Josh Groban’s first album, the music was known as ‘Residence to Keep,’ and he sang it. And I used to be like, ‘That is actually one of the best job ever.'”

Nonetheless, she added, “When your dad is David Foster, I noticed in a short time that individuals robotically had plenty of concepts about who I used to be going to be and I wanted to study the craft of songwriting and Los Angeles was probably not the place to do it. So I moved to Nashville after I was 29 and spent six or seven years, each day, writing songs and studying how you can be a songwriter.”

A frequent collaborator of Michael Bublé, Amy co-wrote his hits “Have not Met You But,” “Residence,” “All the things” and “Lovely Day.” She has additionally labored with artists like Andrea Bocelli and Future’s Youngster.

Along with her songwriting, Amy can be an creator. Her debut novel, When Autumn Leaves, was printed in 2009. She adopted up with Y.A. novels The Rift Trilogy, starting with The Rift Rebellion in 2016.

In 2019, Amy underwent a mastectomy after being recognized with breast most cancers. In an Instagram publish, she urged girls to get mammograms and stated that she was “fantastic” as a result of her medical doctors caught her most cancers early.

David commented on the publish, “It has been such a ruff curler coaster trip for you this previous 3 weeks however I’m so happy with how robust you might be and also you lastly have an final result that’s finest situation of the worst scenario. Your perspective is unimaginable and your message is true on level to all girls on the market — I like you and can at all times be proper beside you on this which you may be within the rear view mirror earlier than too lengthy xoxo.”

Along with her father’s public feedback of assist, Amy has been vocal about her personal love for her father. Talking with PEOPLE in 2018, Amy shared that she was wanting ahead to his then-upcoming nuptials to McPhee.

“We’re all 100% supportive of his relationship with Kat,” she stated. “She isn’t solely tremendous proficient, however one of the genuinely good human beings. They’re nice collectively. Everybody within the household is de facto glad.”

Amy has two daughters, Mikaela and Eva, from her earlier marriage to Simon Gillies. She’s presently married to her husband Matthew Freeman, with whom she shares a son named Vaughn.

Sara Foster, 42

Born on Feb. 5, 1981, in Los Angeles, Sara is David’s third youngster and first together with his second spouse, Rebecca Dyer. She revealed on the Sibling Revelry podcast that she struggled following her dad and mom’ divorce, particularly seeing David dote on stepsons Brandon and Brody Jenner after he married third spouse Linda Thompson whereas she and Erin resided with Dyer.

“Our dad was elevating different kids. He wasn’t elevating us. He was elevating Brandon and Brody,” she stated. “I used to be, like, coping with my complete personal emotional turmoil, which was watching my father elevate different kids. That was the factor that stored me up at night time.”

Sara adopted went into modeling earlier than pursuing a profession in leisure. She informed PEOPLE that her father instilled the significance of arduous work in her due to his adage, “I am wealthy, you are poor.”

“If I knew at 19 whereas I used to be residing in Paris, happening castings for these like s— catalogs, that there was a belief fund ready for me in two years, I’d not have been doing that. Completely not,” she stated. “So I recognize that form of worth system that was put in play early on as a result of I work arduous, and I like what we do. I am so grateful for that work ethic.”

Since then, Sara has appeared in movies like D.E.B.S. and The Large Bounce and TV reveals together with Entourage, Crossing Jordan and CSI. She additionally had a long-term recurring function as Jen Clark in 90210.

She additionally regularly works along with her youthful sister, Erin. The 2 created, govt produced and co-starred in their very own mockumentary sequence, Barely Well-known, on VH1 from 2015 to 2016. Additionally they collaborate on their Favourite Daughter clothes line in addition to their joint podcast, The World’s First Podcast. In 2023, the sisters shaped a enterprise capitalist agency, Oversubscribed Ventures.

Sara can be a mom to 2 daughters, Valentina and Josephine, whom she shares along with her longtime associate, former tennis professional Tommy Haas. In 2020, she informed PEOPLE that her daughters are “obsessed” with their grandfather, including that “he calls us each day.”

Erin Foster, 40

Erin is David and Dyer’s second daughter, born on Aug. 23, 1982, in Los Angeles. Although her well-known father was regularly working and touring throughout her childhood and coming of age, she says he did not let her get away with misbehaving, revealing that when he caught her smoking a cigarette as a younger teen, he made her write a report about it.

“I needed to give the report back to all my lecturers,” she recalled to PEOPLE. “I needed to go to the native physician’s workplace and study how dangerous it was for me. I’ve had a few drunk cigarettes in my day, however I by no means turned a smoker.”

Nonetheless, Erin, like her sister Sara, admitted she had some resentment towards David rising up for serving to to boost step-siblings Brandon and Brody with Thompson.

“Mine was much less resentment towards them, it was extra like, we’re misunderstood out on this planet, as a result of we have now this faux, spoiled way of life, however we’re not even actually allowed to be part of it,” Erin recalled. “So we get all of the backlash for it, however we do not truly get the advantages. And I believe once you’re 15, you do not have the maturity to grasp that them having a spoiled way of life isn’t going to serve them properly. You are identical to, ‘Why have they got all these items that I haven’t got and my dad’s the one giving it to them?’ ”

Erin pursued a profession in movie and TV, performing in episodes of Home, Gilmore Women, American Desires, CSI and extra, in addition to movies like 2009’s Nonetheless Ready…. She additionally served as a author on NBC’s The New Regular and created, govt produced and co-starred with Sara on Barely Well-known.

On New 12 months’s Eve in 2019, Erin tied the knot with businessman Simon Tikhman with David in tow to stroll her down the aisle.

“It feels very nice and it feels protected and comfy that I’ve a husband,” she informed PEOPLE a month after the marriage. “Like I’ve an individual retaining me protected from the world, you recognize?”

Erin additionally created an untitled comedy sequence for Netflix starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. The streamer greenlight the undertaking in 2023, although work on the sequence has been placed on pause as a result of present writers’ strike.

Jordan Foster, 36

Jordan is David’s youngest daughter with Dyer, born in September 1986 in Los Angeles.

In the present day, Jordan lives in New York Metropolis and works as a celeb stylist. She’s labored with purchasers like Aly Raisman, Kate Upton, Ashley Graham, Lais Ribero, Karolina Kurkova, Cindy Bruna and Lily Aldridge — to call a couple of.

She’s additionally the type director of Sara and Erin’s Favourite Daughter clothes line. Jordan is married to Tom Woodger, with whom she shares son Otto and daughter Juni.

Jordan additionally participated within the 2020 documentary about her dad’s life and profession, David Foster: Off the Document, and spoke to PEOPLE about her expertise alongside David and her sisters.

She shared that her dad inspired her sisters “to be actually trustworthy” throughout filming. “I stated to you, ‘Is there something you do not need me to the touch on?’ ” she stated throughout her interview, addressing David. “You had been like, ‘Say something you need.’ ”

Rennie Foster, 2

David’s youngest youngster and solely son, Rennie, was born on Feb. 22, 2021, in Los Angeles. He shares Rennie together with his present spouse, McPhee, who later revealed she’d been in labor for some time, they usually nonetheless hadn’t chosen a reputation for his or her child.

“We had a pair names, however my husband was on a textual content chain together with his sisters and one among his sisters recommended an previous household identify,” she stated on TODAY With Hoda and Jenna. “It was his great-grandfather’s identify, his great-uncle’s identify, so it has an extended historical past in his household. My husband stated, ‘Hello, Ren Foster,’ and so we stated, ‘That is a superb identify. It is a robust identify.’ ”

Forward of Rennie’s first birthday, David joked to PEOPLE that Rennie was simply as musical as his dad and mom. “He performs Mozart and Bach flawlessly,” he joked, earlier than including, “At 11 months? … Clearly, we do not see any musical expertise but, however who is aware of?”

Only a few months later, McPhee shared a video of then-16-month-old Rennie enjoying with a tiny purple drum set — seemingly proving his musical genes.

And whereas David is a father of six, elevating his first and solely son is a “little bit totally different,” he informed PEOPLE in January 2023.

“I had all daughters till my son and I like all my daughters immeasurably, however having a son is slightly bit totally different,” David stated. He added that he has realized to be extra affected person with the younger boy, which was one thing he struggled with extra when he was youthful and elevating his daughters.

He additionally addressed those that criticized him for having a baby in his 70s.

“I believe that I can supply one factor to Rennie despite the fact that I will not be round when he is 50 or 40 even, or 30 possibly,” David defined. “I believe I can supply him knowledge from my 72 years on the planet. And possibly that is not a foul trade-off. I hope so.”

In August 2023, the Foster household endured tragedy when Rennie’s nanny died immediately. The information got here after McPhee shared on Instagram that she can be lacking the ultimate two reveals of her and David’s joint tour in Jakarta, Indonesia, to return dwelling.