Despite being involved in multiple relationships — one of which was a marital relationship for over a decade — Blige has no biological children.
That said, she has stepchildren, as her ex-husband, Isaacs, had three children from his previous relationships.
He reportedly shared two children, Nas and Jordan, with his first wife, Maurine, while he had another baby, a daughter named Briana Latrise, from a teenage relationship.
Blige's stepdaughter Latrise, the eldest of all three children, has also appeared on the reality TV show Growing Up Hip-Hop.
In 2017, Latrise even expressed her sadness over her parents' divorce during an episode of Growing Up Hip-Hop. She said she missed her stepmother post-divorce, stating,
Me and Mary, I thought we had, like, a real thing. I love her, and I get it. She's going through things, so she probably can't talk to me right now and I respect that, but to me, it's almost like I lost somebody.
In the episode, she even spoke directly to Blige, saying, "I haven't heard from you since you filed for divorce. It almost makes me feel like, 'Did I have something to do with it?'... 'cause she's not talking to me. What did I do?"
Since then, Blige and Latrise have neither been spotted together, nor have they mentioned each other publicly.
