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=== Marriages and children === Wonder has been married three times. He was married to Motown singer-songwriter and frequent collaborator [[Syreeta Wright]] from 1970 until their amicable divorce in 1972, after which their musical collaboration continued (she sang on 1995's ''Conversation Peace'').<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jul/13/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Obituary: Syreeta|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Dave|last=Laing|author-link=Dave Laing|date=July 13, 2004}}</ref> From 2001 until 2012, he was married to fashion designer Kai Millard.<ref name="Today-2005">{{cite news |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/stevie-wonders-birthday-present-baby-boy-wbna8120126 |title=Stevie Wonder's birthday present: a baby boy |access-date=June 4, 2007 |agency=Associated Press |date=June 15, 2005 |publisher=Today.com}}</ref> In October 2009, Wonder and Millard separated; Wonder filed for divorce in August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman|url=https://people.com/celebrity/stevie-wonder-divorces-kai-morris/|title=Stevie Wonder Files for Divorce|date=August 3, 2012|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> In 2017, he married Tomeeka Bracy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://people.com/music/stevie-wonder-weds-tomeeka-robyn-bracy/ |title=Stevie Wonder and Tomeeka Robyn Bracy Are Married β and Babyface Performed at the Lavish Wedding |first= Karen|last=Mizoguchi |author2= Melody Chiu|work=People|date=July 19, 2017 |language=en |access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> Wonder has nine children with five women.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ulster|first1=Laurie|title=The Wonder of Stevie Wonder: 7 Fun Facts|url=http://www.biography.com/news/stevie-wonder-biography-facts|access-date=December 7, 2015|publisher=Biography.com|date=February 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name=People2024>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/all-about-stevie-wonder-kids-7501918#:~:text=Wonder%20first%20became%20a%20father,%2C%20Keita%2C%20before%20they%20split.|title=Stevie Wonder's 9 Children: All About His Sons and Daughters|magazine=People|first=Nicole|last=Briese|date=May 13, 2024|access-date=May 23, 2024}}</ref> Two were born to Yolanda Simmons, whom Wonder met when she applied for a job as secretary for his publishing company.<ref name=woman>''[[Woman's Own]]'' magazine, July 1978, pp. 65β68. Book extract from ''Stevie Wonder'' by Constanza Elsner, published by Everest.</ref> Simmons gave birth to Wonder's daughter Aisha Morris on February 2, 1975.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jacqueline |url=http://www.bvblackspin.com/2009/07/08/dr-boyce-did-stevie-wonders-daughter-attempt-suicide/ |title=Dr. Boyce: Did Stevie Wonder's Daughter Attempt Suicide? |publisher=BV Black Spin |date=July 8, 2009 |access-date=September 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/sw_iwish.html |title='I Wish' β Stevie Wonder |via=Superseventies.com|first=Thomas|last=Ryan|work=American Hit Radio|publisher=Prima Entertainment|date=1996 |access-date=September 13, 2011}}</ref> After Aisha was born, Wonder said "she was the one thing that I needed in my life and in my music for a long time".<ref name="woman" /> Aisha was the inspiration for Wonder's hit single "Isn't She Lovely?" She is now a singer who has toured with her father and accompanied him on recordings, including his 2005 album ''[[A Time to Love (album)|A Time to Love]]''. Wonder and Simmons also had a son, Keita, in 1977.<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|title=Stevie Wonder Fast Facts|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/07/us/stevie-wonder-fast-facts/|access-date=December 7, 2015|publisher=CNN|date=May 11, 2015}}</ref> In 1983, Wonder had a son named Mumtaz Morris with Melody McCulley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stevie Wonder|url=https://www.biography.com/musician/stevie-wonder|access-date=May 22, 2019|work=Biography.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://lasvegasblackimage.com/2010/06/mumtaz-morris/ |title=Mumtaz Morris|work=Las Vegas Black Image|last=Bailey-Tureaud|first=Kimberly|date=June 17, 2010}}</ref> Wonder also has a daughter, Sophia, and a son, Kwame, with a woman whose identity has not been publicly disclosed.<ref name=CNN /> Wonder has two sons with second wife Kai Millard Morris. The elder is named Kailand, and he occasionally performs as a drummer on stage with his father.<ref name=People2024 /> The younger son, Mandla Kadjay Carl Stevland Morris, was born on May 13, 2005 (his father's 55th birthday).<ref name="Today-2005" /> Wonder's ninth child, his second with Tomeeka Robyn Bracy, was born in December 2014, amid rumors that he would be the father to triplets.<ref name=Marquina>{{cite magazine|first=Sierra |last=Marquina|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/stevie-wonder-welcomes-ninth-child-baby-girl-named-nia-20141712 |title=Stevie Wonder, 64, Welcomes Ninth Child, a Baby Girl Named Nia!|magazine=[[US Magazine]]|date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> This turned out not to be the case, and the couple named their new daughter Nia,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/11/05/stevie-wonder-dad-baby-expecting-triplets-girlfriend/18531143/ |title=Stevie Wonder has ninth child on the way |first=Ann |last=Oldenburg|work=USA Today |date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> meaning "purpose" (one of the seven principles of [[Kwanzaa]]).<ref name=Marquina />
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