Editing Mao Zedong (section)

=== 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>