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Paternity Test Confirms Elon Musk Fathered Ashley St. Clair's Child Amid Pronatalist Campaign

Musk's efforts to expand his family under a secrecy-driven pronatalist ideology face scrutiny as St. Clair seeks legal recognition and custody.

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From left: Ashley St Clair; Elon Musk and X Æ A-Xii, his son with Grimes, in the White House

Overview

  • A paternity test confirmed with 99.9999% certainty that Elon Musk is the father of Ashley St. Clair's child, Romulus, born in September 2024.
  • St. Clair rejected Musk's $15 million offer and $100,000 monthly payments to keep the relationship and child a secret, citing concerns about her son's legitimacy.
  • After St. Clair publicly disclosed the child's existence in February 2025, Musk reduced his financial support from $100,000 to $20,000 per month.
  • Musk has used his social media platform X to approach women, including influencers, to bear his children as part of his pronatalist mission to counter declining birth rates.
  • The Wall Street Journal revealed Musk's reliance on NDAs, financial incentives, and his aide Jared Birchall to manage relationships with the mothers of his children.