Editing Mao Zedong (section)

== Genealogy ==

=== Ancestors ===
Mao's ancestors were:
* {{lang|zh-Latn|Máo Yíchāng}} ({{lang|zh-hant|毛貽昌}}, born [[Xiangtan]] 1870, died [[Shaoshan]] 1920), father, [[courtesy name]] {{lang|zh-Latn|Máo Shùnshēng}} ({{lang|zh-hant|毛順生}}) or also known as Mao Jen-sheng
* {{lang|zh-Latn|Wén Qīmèi}} ({{lang|zh|文七妹}}, born Xiangxiang 1867, died 1919), mother. She was illiterate and a devout Buddhist. She was a descendant of [[Wen Tianxiang]].
* {{lang|zh-Latn|Máo Ēnpǔ}} ({{lang|zh|毛恩普}}, born 1846, died 1904), paternal grandfather
* {{lang|zh-Latn|Liú}} ({{lang|zh-hant|劉/刘}}, given name not recorded, born 1847, died 1884),{{sfn|Pantsov|Levine|2012|pp=13}} paternal grandmother
* {{lang|zh-Latn|Máo Zǔrén}} ({{lang|zh|毛祖人}}), paternal great-grandfather

=== Wives ===
[[File:Mao Jiang Qing and daughter Li Na.jpg|thumb|Mao with [[Jiang Qing]] and daughter [[Li Na (daughter of Mao Zedong)|Li Na]] in the 1940s]]

Mao had four wives who gave birth to a total of 10 children, among them:
# [[Luo Yixiu]] (1889–1910) of [[Shaoshan]]: married 1907 to 1910
# [[Yang Kaihui]] (1901–1930) of [[Changsha]]: married 1920 to 1927, executed by the KMT in 1930; mother to [[Mao Anying]], [[Mao Anqing]], and [[Mao Anlong]]
# [[He Zizhen]] (1910–1984) of Jiangxi: married May 1928 to 1937; mother to 6 children
# [[Jiang Qing]] (1914–1991), married 1939 until Mao's death; mother to [[Li Na (daughter of Mao Zedong)|Li Na]]

=== Siblings ===
Mao had several siblings:
* [[Mao Zemin]] (1896–1943), younger brother, executed by a warlord
* [[Mao Zetan]] (1905–1935), younger brother, executed by the KMT
* [[Mao Zejian]] (1905–1929), adopted sister, executed by the KMT

Mao's parents altogether had five sons and two daughters. Two of the sons and both daughters died young, leaving the three brothers Mao Zedong, Mao Zemin, and Mao Zetan. Like all three of Mao Zedong's wives, Mao Zemin and Mao Zetan were communists. Like Yang Kaihui, both Mao Zemin and Mao Zetan were killed in warfare during Mao Zedong's lifetime. Note that the character ''zé'' ({{lang|zh-hant|澤}}) appears in all of the siblings' given names; this is a common [[Chinese name#Given names|Chinese naming convention]].

From the next generation, Mao Zemin's son [[Mao Yuanxin]] was raised by Mao Zedong's family, and he became Mao Zedong's liaison with the Politburo in 1975. In Li Zhisui's ''[[The Private Life of Chairman Mao]]'', Mao Yuanxin played a role in the final power-struggles.{{sfn|Li|1994|p=659}}

=== Children ===
Mao had a total of ten children,{{sfn|Spence|1999|p=97}} including:
* [[Mao Anying]] (1922–1950): son to Yang, married to {{lang|zh-Latn|Liú Sīqí}} ({{lang|zh-hant|劉思齊}}), [[killed in action]] during the [[Korean War]]
* [[Mao Anqing]] (1923–2007): son to Yang, married to [[Shao Hua]], son [[Mao Xinyu]], grandson Mao Dongdong
* Mao Anlong (1927–1931): son to Yang, died during the [[Chinese Civil War]]
* Mao Anhong: son to He, left to Mao's younger brother [[Mao Zetan|Zetan]] and then to one of Zetan's guards when he went off to war, was never heard of again
* [[Li Min (daughter of Mao Zedong)|Li Min]] (b. 1936): daughter to He, married to {{lang|zh-Latn|Kǒng Lìnghuá}} ({{lang|zh-hant|孔令華}}), son {{lang|zh-Latn|Kǒng Jìníng}} ({{lang|zh-hant|孔繼寧}}), daughter [[Kong Dongmei]] ({{lang|zh|孔冬梅}})
* [[Li Na (daughter of Mao Zedong)|Li Na]] (b. 1940): daughter to Jiang (whose birth surname was Lǐ, a name also used by Mao while evading the KMT), married to {{lang|zh-Latn|Wáng Jǐngqīng}} ({{lang|zh|王景清}}), son {{lang|zh-Latn|Wáng Xiàozhī}} ({{lang|zh-hant|王效芝}})

Mao's first and second daughters were left to local villagers because it was too dangerous to raise them while fighting the [[Kuomintang]] and later the Japanese. Their youngest daughter (born in early 1938 in Moscow after Mao separated) and one other child (born 1933) died in infancy. Two English researchers who retraced the entire Long March route in 2002–2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/23/content_283948.htm|title= Stepping into history|work=China Daily|date=23 November 2003|access-date=23 August 2008}}</ref> located a woman whom they believe might well be one of the missing children abandoned by Mao to peasants in 1935. Ed Jocelyn and Andrew McEwen hope a member of the Mao family will respond to requests for a DNA test.<ref>''The Long March'', by Ed Jocelyn and Andrew McEwen. Constable 2006</ref>

Through his ten children, Mao became grandfather to twelve grandchildren, many of whom he never knew. He has many great-grandchildren alive today. One of his granddaughters is businesswoman [[Kong Dongmei]], one of the richest people in China.<ref>Kong Dongmei on China's rich list:
* {{cite news|title=Kong Dongmei, Granddaughter Of Mao Zedong, Appears On China Rich List|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/kong-dongmei-china-rich-list-mao_n_3244297.html|access-date=29 July 2015|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=9 July 2015}}
* {{cite news|author1=Malcolm Moore|title=Mao's granddaughter accused over China rich list|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10046550/Maos-granddaughter-accused-over-China-rich-list.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10046550/Maos-granddaughter-accused-over-China-rich-list.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=29 July 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=9 May 2013|location=Beijing}}{{cbignore}}</ref> His grandson [[Mao Xinyu]] is a general in the Chinese army.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mao's grandson, promoted to major general, faces ridicule|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-04-la-fg-china-mao-20100804-story.html|access-date=29 July 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=4 August 2010}}</ref> Both he and Kong have written books about their grandfather.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 December 2003|title=Family Cherish the Chairman|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/83075.htm |website=[[China Internet Information Center]]}}</ref>