We’ve seen a lot of cool tattoos, including those on celebrities. We’ve seen some wild ones, some cute ones, and even a lot of matching ones. There are more celebrities with matching tattoos than you might think, like Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox, and more. But did you know that quite a few celebrities also have matching tattoos with their kids?
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There are a lot of celebrity tattoos that pay tribute to their children, but now a significant number of mothers are admitting to getting matching tattoos with their children. Isn’t that a lovely thing? It truly shows the everlasting bond between mothers and children.
Just recently, Angelina Jolie admitted that some of her 20+ tattoos are actually matching ones with her kids, which got us thinking: What other celebrities have matching tattoos with their kids? The answer is yes, there are a lot more than you might think.
Below, take a look at celebrities who have matching tattoos with their kids.
Angelina Jolie
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During a September 2024 interview with CR Fashion Book, Angelina Jolie revealed that her “Stay Gold” tattoo is actually a matching one with her 16-year-old daughter, Vivienne. “My daughter Viv and I got ‘Stay Gold’ when we were doing ‘The Outsiders,’ and it means so much to both of us, separately,” she said, adding that her sparrow tattoos are matching with some of her children.
Laura Dern
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Friends Laura Dern and Courteney Cox actually got paper airplane and “go long” tattoos in 2022. However, both of Dern’s children, Ellery Harper and Jaya, also got the same tattoo…
Courteney Cox
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…Courteney Cox’s daughter, Coco Arquette, also got a matching paper airplane tattoo with the words “go long” written on it.
Brooke Shields
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Brooke Shields and her daughter Rowan got matching ladybug tattoos to celebrate her daughter’s high school graduation. She shared the photo on Instagram, writing, “A special graduation celebration and memory with my daughter 🐞 I’m so proud of you. I love you more than words can express.”
Jada Pinkett Smith
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Did you know that Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith, and Jada’s mother Adrienne Banfield Norris got matching tattoos?
Pinkett Smith shared a video of the couple’s matching flower tattoos on her Instagram (via Page Six), writing, “From a bud to a tiny flower to a full bloom. I feel like it represents a spiritual journey but also the three of us. I’m the youngest, my mom is the middle, and Gam is the lotus in full bloom.”
Madonna
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According to BuzzFeed, Madonna and her adopted son, David Banda, got a diagram of the Tree of Life tattooed on their wrists in 2022.
Lisa Marie Presley
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The late Lisa Marie Presley and her son Benjamin Keough got matching Celtic eternity knot tattoos on their feet for Mother’s Day. She shared the meaning of the tattoos on Instagram, writing, “A few years ago on Mother’s Day, my son and I got matching foot tattoos. It’s the Celtic eternity knot. It symbolizes that we are forever connected. It was carefully chosen to represent our everlasting love and eternal bond. 💔😞”
