Six children with Kimberly — a calm, current family guide that reflects James’s death and protects six minors

James Van Der Beek’s 6 Children: Names, Ages and Family

In birth order, the children are Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn and Jeremiah: four daughters and two sons, all with Kimberly. The dates below come from contemporary birth announcements and parent-led public records rather than age numbers copied from another profile.

This guide needs one important, restrained correction at the top. James died on 11 February 2026, and his family asked for peaceful privacy while they grieved. That correction does not require turning a family guide into an account of his illness, finances or his children’s grief.

All six children are minors. KidsCo therefore records the family structure James and Kimberly made public—names, birth order, parentage, dates and proportionate public milestones—without schools, routines, home details, medical history or speculative descriptions of who the children may become.

James Van Der Beek’s children at a glance

The review date is part of the answer. Olivia remains 15 until 25 September 2026, while Jeremiah remains four until 10 October. A February obituary, a May profile and an August guide can therefore show different age numbers without disagreeing about a birth date.

The dates are the durable facts; the ages are dated calculations. This structure avoids the common search-result problem of preserving an old age in a heading long after the next birthday has passed.

What changed after James Van Der Beek’s death?

James Van Der Beek died on 11 February 2026 at the age of 48. The family’s announcement was carried independently by Associated Press, Reuters and Good Morning America. AP also named Kimberly and all six children in its survivor record.

Those sources replace any pre-death wording about an ongoing recovery. James had publicly disclosed in 2024 that he had colorectal cancer. That explains why older interviews discuss treatment and optimism, but it should not be used to build a retrospective medical diary.

The family explicitly asked for peaceful privacy. On a page about six children who are all under 18, that request should shape the whole article rather than appear as one sentence that the rest of the page ignores. Grief posts, home and school information, health material, financial detail and theories about the children’s feelings are excluded.

Olivia and Joshua: the two eldest children

Olivia was born on 25 September 2010, weeks after James and Kimberly married. CBS News reported the date from James’s announcement at the time. She is the eldest of the six and turns 16 in September 2026.

Olivia has made a small number of parent-supported public appearances, including singing with her father on television in 2024. That is a documented appearance, not enough evidence to label a 15-year-old with a permanent profession. A current guide can record the appearance without mining social clips for a biography she has not chosen to build.

Joshua was born on 13 March 2012. CBS reported the announcement the following day and identified him as the couple’s first son and second child. He turned 14 in March 2026.

The two eldest children are close enough in age that old profiles frequently drift by one birthday. Joshua was still 13 when James died in February but turned 14 one month later. The birth date resolves that apparent conflict without treating either dated source as a mystery.

Annabel and Emilia: the middle daughters

Annabel Leah was born on 25 January 2014. James announced the arrival before he and Kimberly publicly shared her name, which is why contemporary coverage is split between a birth report and a later naming report. Together those records establish the date, her place as the third child and the name Annabel. She is 12 on the review date.

Emilia arrived on 23 March 2016 and is the fourth child. ABC reported two days later that James had announced his daughter’s Wednesday birth and that she joined Olivia, Joshua and Annabel. She turned 10 in March 2026.

Older entertainment pages sometimes fill these sections with birth methods, childhood injuries or descriptions drawn from birthday captions. Those details are not necessary to distinguish either child. The useful points are their correct order, dates and ages.

Leaving temporary medical events and parent-written personality language out of a permanent search result is also the more proportionate choice. A young person should not be frozen into one adjective because it appeared in a family post.

Gwendolyn and Jeremiah: the two youngest children

Gwendolyn was born on Friday, 15 June 2018. Good Morning America reported the following Monday that James and Kimberly had welcomed their fifth child on the Friday morning before Father’s Day. She is their fourth daughter and was eight on 14 August 2026.

Jeremiah was born on 10 October 2021 and is the sixth and youngest child. His parents announced his arrival publicly the following month after keeping the pregnancy comparatively quiet. He is their second son and is four on the review date.

The family had spoken publicly about pregnancy losses before Jeremiah’s birth. Those experiences matter because James and Kimberly chose to discuss them, but they do not change the count of their six children and should not be retold in graphic or medical detail in each child’s profile.

The clear family answer remains four daughters and two sons. A pregnancy history and a current child count answer different reader questions and should not be collapsed into one number.

Who is the mother of James Van Der Beek’s children?

Kimberly Van Der Beek, formerly Kimberly Brook, is the mother of all six children. She and James married in August 2010 and welcomed Olivia the following month. The same parent branch continues through Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn and Jeremiah, so no separate maternal branch table is needed.

There is no blended branch to untangle in this guide. A long relationship history would add celebrity biography without helping readers understand the children. The direct answer is simpler: every child in the table is James and Kimberly’s.

What did James say publicly about being a father?

James repeatedly treated fatherhood as central to his life. In a television interview later summarized by Good Morning America, he described it as the part of life that made him happiest. His public posts also framed his children as people from whom he learned, rather than accessories to his acting career.

That broad, first-person record is useful because it answers why family appears so often in coverage of him. It does not give a publication permission to freeze every child into one adjective taken from a birthday caption. Parents can publicly celebrate a child while a responsible guide still recognises that a young person’s character, interests and plans change.

The same distinction applies to appearances. Olivia singing on television is a verified event. Children joining a family event or appearing in photographs can also be verified. Neither establishes a continuing entertainment career, an employer or a future ambition.

If one of the children later creates a clear public professional record as an adult, that can be reviewed then. Until that happens, the absence of a career paragraph is accuracy, not an information gap.

How this guide differs from an obituary or a children’s profile

An obituary answers what James did and records his death. A family guide answers who his children are and how the family fits together. Combining the two without limits produces the worst of both formats: a child list padded with illness and grief. This guide uses the obituary only for the essential date correction and survivor list.

The same restraint improves factual quality. Birth announcements are better evidence for dates than a slideshow updated years later. AP and Reuters are better evidence for a death than a cached recovery paragraph. A family request for privacy is better guidance than the existence of a searchable social post.

The result is intentionally quieter than the search competition. It is also more complete where completeness matters: the count is unambiguous, every age can be checked, the death date is correct, the mother is clear, and the limits of the public record are visible.

Questions people ask about James Van Der Beek’s children

How many children did James Van Der Beek have?

James Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly had six children: Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn and Jeremiah.

How old are James Van Der Beek’s children?

On 14 August 2026, Olivia is 15, Joshua is 14, Annabel is 12, Emilia is 10, Gwendolyn is eight and Jeremiah is four.

Who is the mother of James Van Der Beek’s children?

Kimberly Van Der Beek is the mother of all six children. She and James married in August 2010.

When did James Van Der Beek die?

James Van Der Beek died on 11 February 2026 at the age of 48, according to his family’s statement carried by AP, Reuters and Good Morning America.

What are the birth dates of James Van Der Beek’s children?

Olivia was born 25 September 2010, Joshua 13 March 2012, Annabel 25 January 2014, Emilia 23 March 2016, Gwendolyn 15 June 2018 and Jeremiah 10 October 2021.

Are James Van Der Beek’s children actors?

No continuing acting careers are established for the six minors. A parent-supported television or event appearance should not be presented as a permanent profession.