Fragrance entrepreneur Joel Cruz, owner of Aficianado perfumes, has always been happy to share his fatherhood journey with kids, but he hasn’t really opened up about the women who made this possible—until now.
The moms behind the kids of Joel Cruz
In a recent Instagram post, the dad-of-six shared a photo taken with his twins' biological and surrogate mom. In the photo, the babies can be seen in Olesia and Lilia’s arms while they’re travelling by train from St. Petersburg to Moscow. According to PEP, it was taken in Russia shortly before Joel brought his babies to their home in the Philippines.
It was back in 2012 when Cruz welcomed his first pair of twins, Prince Sean and Princess Synne. His second set of twins, Prince Harry and Prince Harvey, were born three years later.
Twins In Vitro Fertilization - The kids of Joel Cruz
Olesia was the surrogate mother of six kids of Joel Cruz, that undergone in vitro fertilization, where the conception and birth took place. She also carried Joel twins. And then there was also Lilia, the biological mom of his bundles of joy.
Looking back on his life ten years before being a dad, he told Rated K that he had no idea about the responsibilities that come with being a father.
"’Yung talagang excited na excited ka makita ‘yung mga babies tapos nakita mo na," he recalled, describing the feeling of seeing his kids for the first time. "Kamukha ko sila, parang confirmed ‘yung anak mo talaga."
In a previous interview, he opened up that he plans to leave his successful businesses, Aficionado Germany Perfume, Joel Cruz Signatures and AFSS-Aficionado Apparel, to his kids one day.
“Sa kanila talaga. Siyempre, may will din naman ako,” he told ABS-CBN. "Pinag-uusapan namin siya ngayon. One of my nieces kasi is a lawyer.”
But more than leaving his business empire to them, he wants his kids to become philanthropists, too. And also, to continue helping the charitable institutions he has helped over the years.
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