Jon Gosselin Shares Update on Son Collin's Relationship With His Siblings

Jon Gosselin is hoping that son Collin will feel like one of eight again soon.

The Jon & Kate Plus 8's 20-year-old has been estranged from his family including 23-year-old twin sisters Mady and Cara, as well as four of the family's sextuplets—Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel—and mom Kate Gosselin since 2018 when he and sister Hannah, also 20, moved in with their father. But Jon is still optimistic that one day Collin will repair his relationship with his siblings.

"It's a two way street," Jon told Us Weekly in an interview published Oct. 16. "You know what I mean? He's offered the olive branch, so hopefully the olive branch will be returned."

The 47-year-old also confirmed that Hannah does still talk to her siblings, and that he is also hoping to one day have a relationship with his other children.

"Every time I'm in New York or whatever, I reach out and try to get some stimulation from my twins or whatever," he said. "Maybe one day it'll just happen, but we'll see. We talk about it a lot. Holidays are coming and maybe that'll happen."

But for now, he's keeping busy with Collin and Hannah, adding that once he got custody of them as teenagers, he "was always focused on making them as independent as possible."

"I knew they would get trust funds," he explained. "I knew they [would] get their TV money and I wanted to make sure they were mature and ready to handle that."

Still, Jon encouraged the two to get jobs and "go experience the world," and he's incredibly proud that both of them have "done all of that. They're super independent."

Although he did confess that both he and his girlfriend Stephanie Lebo miss Hannah and Collin "a lot" when they're away. Collin recently shared that he had enlisted in the Marines, although he was discharged and recently started school at Penn State.

Over the years, Jon has been candid about the lack of relationship he has with six of his children, and he believes that Kate is responsible for their estrangement.

"I think it's maybe parent alienation," the 47-year-old said on The Domenick Nati Show in July. "You're swaying someone."

He added, "Some people just can't not be alone, so they'll do anything or if they have the means, they're going to sway their children or whoever is in their life to not go with the other parent."

To see more from Jon and Kate's brood over the years, keep reading.

On Mother's Day 2024, two days after the former couple's sextuplets turned 20, Kate shared a tribute the four who lived with her: Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah.

"No more teenagers in this house! Happy 20th birthday, my forever babies! I love you!" she wrote on Instagram. "Who feels old? I know I do! #20yearsold #ItsaPICKLE."

Hannah shared new pics of herself on her and the other sextuplet's 20th birthday May 10.

On to the next chapter! The sextuplet graduated from high school in 2023.

Jon shared a pic of sextuplets Collin and Hannah graduating from high school in 2023, years after they had moved in with him.

Kate appears with twin Mady and Cara in New York City in 2019.

"Happy 18th birthday!" Jon wrote on Instagram in 2022. "Today is your birthday we gonna say it loud. I love you. Love, Dad."

"Our big celebration of #15 is finally winding down here! We celebrated ALL DAY LONG, beginning with a present at 6:30 am before school! I'm so very thankful for my ‘babies'.... somehow they are 15 already?!" Kate wrote on the special milestone in 2019. "I'm amazed by them each day! I'm so proud of the positive qualities I've seen developing as they edge closer to adulthood." 

"This was yesterday! Feels like school never ended...and they're already back! #SeniorYear #EighthGrade #ProudMom," Kate wrote on Instagram in 2018.

"Happy 15th Birthday Hannah, Collin, Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah!!!! Wow I can't believe you are 15!!! Time is flying by!!!" Jon Gosselin shared on Instagram when posing with Hannah and Collin Gosselin. "I love you all very much. I wish you the best day ever and I hope you enjoy your birthday celebrations today and this weekend!!! Love always, Dad." 

"My beautiful 'little girls' .... they keep reminding me how many days until they turn 14. Today it was '12 days til we turn 14, Mom.' HOW'S THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!" Kate shared with her followers in 2018. "I told Leah that she's too small to turn 14. She said 'Yeah, true. Are you sure I'm not turning 11 or 12?' I'm positive. I gave birth to you. They'll always be my babies....I love them so very much!" 

"I can't believe they're 13!" Kate Gosselin wrote on Instagram when celebrating a major birthday for her sextuplets. 

Rewind to 2014 when Kate and her children found themselves visiting Alaska. 

Kate also treated her twin daughters Cara Gosselin and Mady Gosselin to a trip to New York City in 2014, where they stopped by the Manhattan Hotel. 

"A precious Christmas memory. My 6 were 6. Christmas Eve 2010 and they're SO excited for Christmas!" Kate Gosselin wrote on Instagram with a throwback photo. "Look at those adorable smiles! #TheyAreMyHeart #My8ReasonsToKeepOnKeepingOn #NoMatterWhat #TrueLoveX8." 

Back in October 2007, Jon and Kate Gosselin gathered their eight kids together for a trip to New York City. First stop? A visit to NBC's Today show. 

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