Former President Jimmy Carter and his spouse, Rosalynn, have 4 children and a complete of twenty-two grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Meet their household.

Jimmy Carter and his spouse, Rosalynn Smith Carter, have been married for 76 years.

Jimmy and Rosalynn's households have been pals and neighbors rising up in Plains, Georgia. The 2 started relationship in 1945, whereas Rosalynn was a pupil at Georgia Southwestern School and whereas Jimmy was enrolled on the US Naval Academy.

After their first date, Jimmy instructed his mom, "She's the woman I wish to marry," in keeping with the White Home.

They wed on July 7, 1946.

As first girl, Rosalynn championed mental-health analysis, and he or she continued her advocacy after leaving the White Home. In Could, her household revealed she has dementia.

Rosalynn served because the honorary chair of the President's Fee on Psychological Well being from 1977 to 1978, which helped cross the Psychological Well being Programs Act of 1980.

After her time within the White Home, she remained energetic in humanitarian work with the institution of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers and longtime partnership with Habitat for Humanity. She's additionally written 5 books.

Rosalynn celebrated her ninety fifth birthday in August.

On Tuesday, the Carter Middle introduced she has dementia. 

"She continues to dwell fortunately at dwelling along with her husband, having fun with spring in Plains and visits with family members," the group stated in a press release.

It added, "We hope sharing our household's information will improve essential conversations at kitchen tables and in physician's places of work across the nation."

They’ve 4 kids: Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy.

That they had 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jimmy instructed CNN's Jake Tapper in 2015. In 2018, their grandson Jeremy died of a suspected coronary heart assault.

Their oldest son, 75-year-old John William "Jack" Carter, adopted his father into politics.

Jack and his first spouse, Judy Langford, had two kids. Their son Jason James, born in 1975, was a toddler when Carter took workplace in 1977. Their daughter, Sarah Rosemary, was born in 1978. They finally divorced, and he married Elizabeth Brasfield in 1992, gaining two stepchildren.

In 2006, Jack ran for a Nevada seat within the US Senate, the primary main workplace the Carter household has sought since 1980. He earned the Democratic nomination however was unsuccessful in opposition to an incumbent Republican senator within the normal election.

Jack holds a regulation diploma from the College of Georgia, however he spent most of his profession within the funding and finance trade.

James Earl "Chip" Carter, 73, labored for his household's peanut-farming enterprise and has participated within the Democratic Nationwide Committee.

Chip labored as vice chairman, then president and CEO, at Friendship Power, a not-for-profit that organized worldwide exchanges for grownup dwelling stays. He additionally served as a member of Plains Metropolis Council in Georgia.

He has been married thrice and has a son, James Carter IV, and a daughter, Margaret Alicia Carter.

Donnel Jeffrey "Jeff" Carter, 70, launched a computer-electronics firm.

Jeff and his spouse, Annette, met at Georgia Southwestern College. They wed in 1975 throughout Jimmy Carter's presidential marketing campaign and spent the primary years of their married life dwelling within the White Home.

"Whereas dwelling within the White Home, Jeff and Annette helped host all people from Bob Dylan to Pope John Paul II," their son Josh wrote in Annette's obituary in September 2021. "In a few of Annette's favourite White Home reminiscences, she greeted the forged of Star Wars after the discharge of 'A New Hope' and John Travolta after he starred in 'Saturday Evening Fever' and 'Grease.' These experiences have been fairly extraordinary for Jeff and Annette's first few years of marriage."

Jeff co-founded Laptop Mapping Consultants, a agency that turned a consultancy for the World Financial institution in 1978 and held international authorities contracts.

He and Annette had three kids collectively. In 2018, their 28-year-old son Jeremy died from a suspected coronary heart assault.

A former political activist, 55-year-old Amy Carter sits on the board of the Carter Middle, the nonprofit based by her father.

Amy was 9 years outdated when her father's presidency started. She had a pet Siamese cat named Misty who accompanied her to Camp David and took up residence in her doll home.

Amy turned a political activist within the '80s and '90s, and he or she was even arrested at a CIA recruitment protest. She later acquired a grasp's diploma from Tulane in artwork historical past and wed pc guide James Went
zel in 1996. At her marriage ceremony ceremony she was not given away, saying she didn’t belong to anybody. She had one little one with Wentzel, a son named Hugo James Wentzel. They later divorced, and he or she married John Joseph "Jay" Kelly in 2007. They share one other son, Errol Carter Kelly.

Amy labored along with her dad on the 1995 kids's ebook "The Little Child Snoogle-Fleejer," which Jimmy wrote and he or she illustrated, a few boy who befriends a monster. She stays a a board member of the Carter Middle, however she has in any other case stayed out of public life.

The Carters have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Amongst their grandchildren is Jack's son Jason James Carter, 47, (pictured) a former Georgia state senator who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2014. 

His sister, Sarah Rosemary, 44, earned a PhD in neuroscience from the College of California San Francisco in 2007 and works because the principal at Science Coverage Consulting LLC, in keeping with her LinkedIn profile. 

Jack additionally has two stepchildren: Sarah Chuldenko, a painter, and John Chuldenko, a filmmaker.

Chip's son James Carter IV, 46, works as an opposition researcher. He made headlines through the 2012 presidential election, after he helped unearth the notorious "47%" video that ostracized nominee Mitt Romney. He later acquired a thank-you notice from former President Barack Obama.

Chip's daughter Margaret, 35, has remained out of the general public eye.

Jeff's oldest son, 38-year-old Joshua Jeffery Carter, hosts a podcast known as "Unchanging Ideas," a reference to a line from Jimmy's inaugural handle.

In 2018, Jeff's son Jeremy died from a suspected coronary heart assault at 28.

Jeff's youngest, 31-year-old James "Jamie" Carlton Carter, married his longtime girlfriend Anna in a yard pandemic marriage ceremony in October 2021, then held a bigger ceremony a yr later on the Carter Middle, in keeping with their marriage ceremony web site.

Amy's son, Hugo James Wentzel, 23, and stepson, Errol Carter Kelly, have attended public occasions with their grandparents, however they’ve in any other case stored a low profile.