Elon Musk Speaks Out After Welcoming Twins: 'Doing My Best to Help the Underpopulation Crisis'

Mar. 15, 2025

Elon Muskis speaking out after a report this week revealed that hefathered twinswith Neuralink executiveShivon Zilislast November.

Adding infollow-uptweets, Elon wrote, “Mark my words, they are sadly true” and “I hope you have big families and congrats to those who already do!”

According to the court documents, the twins were born in Austin, Texas. The papers reveal that in April, Musk and Zilis –– who is the project director at his Neuralink company –– asked a Texan county court to change their babies' names so they would “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name.”

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The twins' sexes were not made public and their names were redacted from the documents.

An Austin judge granted their request in May, perInsider.

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A representative for Musk did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Zilis also did not immediately respond.

Elon Musk.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

After welcoming the twins, Musk is nowa father of 10. He shares 18-year-old twins Vivian Jenna Wilson and Griffin Musk, along with triplets Kai, Damian, and Sax Musk, who were born in 2006, with his first wife, Justine Wilson. The two had another son, Nevada Musk, who died at 10 weeks.

Elon Musk with son X.Theo Wargo/Getty

Musk does not often discuss his own family, but he does have strong opinions on increasing the birth rate — stating that there are “not enough people” in the world atWall Street Journal’s annual CEO Councilin December 2021.

“I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and the rapidly declining birthrate,” he said. “Please look at the numbers –– if people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words.”

source: people.com