I've enjoyed watching Marie Osmond on Dancing With The Stars. She is great. !
Question: Donny on their show together back in the late 70's. Tonight she was on Larry King Live with Donny and some of her other brothers. This made me wonder: was Marie the only girl in the family? How many brothers (or possible sisters) living and/or deceased are there? How many children, if any, does Marie herself have? And finally, have any of the Osmond siblings ever been married or divorced? Thanks in advance!
Answers: Donny on their show together back in the late 70's. Tonight she was on Larry King Live with Donny and some of her other brothers. This made me wonder: was Marie the only girl in the family? How many brothers (or possible sisters) living and/or deceased are there? How many children, if any, does Marie herself have? And finally, have any of the Osmond siblings ever been married or divorced? Thanks in advance!
Born Olive Marie Osmond to Olive and George Osmond, Marie Osmond was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with her eight brothers. Osmond is the only daughter and the next-youngest child.
The group originally comprised brothers Alan Ralph Osmond (born June 22, 1949), Melvin Wayne Osmond (born August 28, 1951), Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953), Jay Wesley Osmond (born March 2, 1955) and Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957). They were later joined by younger siblings (Olive) Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959) and James Arthur "Jimmy" Osmond (born April 16, 1963).
Older brothers George Virl Osmond, Jr. (born October 19, 1945), and Thomas Rulon Osmond (born October 26, 1947) were born deaf and did not appear on any of the records. In later years, they occasionally performed and appeared on various TV shows with their siblings.
Osmond first married Stephen Craig. They had one child, Stephen James Craig (1983) before they divorced in 1985. She then married record producer Brian Blosil in May 1986 in a Latter-day Saint wedding ceremony. Including Stephen, the couple have eight children, five of whom are adopted.
All of the brothers are married with some of them having large families. Alan's eight sons sometimes perform as "The Osmonds - Second Generation" or "2ndG". Due to a resurgence of interest, they toured the UK in 2006.