Jane Seymour's 6 Children: Everything to Know

Mar. 15, 2025

Jane Seymour and kids Jenny, Kristopher, Katie, Sean and Johnny attend the 2017 Open Hearts Gala on October 21, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo:Robin L Marshall/Getty

Robin L Marshall/Getty

Fans know her asDr. Quinn, medicine woman, a Wild West frontier doctor who cared for her adopted family and an entire town — but off-screen,Jane Seymourwas taking care of her own six children: Jenni, Katherine, Sean, Kalen, John and Kristopher.

“The kids know I would choose family over any role and over anything in my life,” Seymour toldThe Guardianin 2013. “I don’t know if I’m a great mum. I’m the best mum I know how to be. I think it’s all about listening to your children, communicating and caring enough to be involved in their life.”

Seymour was married and divorcedtwice before she had children. She was first married to Michael Attenborough from 1971 to 1973 and then to Geoffrey Planer from 1978 to 1979. The actor married David Flynn in 1981, and Seymour became stepmother to his daughter Jenni Flynn, born in 1980.

The couple welcomed Katherine Flynn in 1982 and Sean Flynn in 1985. Seymour and Flynn divorced in 1992, and the next yearshe married James Keach, who already had son Kalen Keach, born in 1977. Seymour and Keach had twin sons, John and Kristopher, in 1995 and later divorced in 2015.

Though she only gave birth to four of her children, Seymour has said that she doesn’t consider her former stepchildren to be any different than her blood relatives.

“We don’t use the word stepkids,” she toldThe Guardian. “We do not distinguish. I’m very proud of all my children, and I spend a lot of time with them. … If I co-parent a child, as I did Kalen and Jenni, I’m incredibly close to those mothers and their stepfathers. Jenni’s sisters from her mother’s following marriage will spend Christmas or New Year’s with me. My twins refer to Kalen’s two brothers from his mother’s then-marriage as their brothers from another mother.”

Here’s everything to know about Jane Seymour’s six children, Jenni, Katherine, Sean, Kalen, John and Kristopher.

Kalen Keach, 56

Jane Seymour and Kalen Keach during 13th Annual Carousel of Hope Ball Benefiting Childrens Diabetes.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty

Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty

Kalen Keach was born in 1977 to actor James Keach and his then-wife, Holly Collins, who is the sister of folk musicianJudy Collins.

Jenni Flynn Adams, 44

Jane Seymore (R) and her step-daughter Jenni Flynn at the premiere of ‘Love, Wedding, Marriage’ in 2011.Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

“A human being’s sense of safety should not be up to an algorithm,” Adams told PEOPLE in 2021. “It shouldn’t be up to the social media platforms or even law enforcement for that matter. It should be up to the human being who is experiencing that behavior.”

Seymour is also an adviser with the company.

Katherine Flynn, 43

Jane Seymour and her daughter Katherine Flynn at The Open Hearts Foundation’s 2018 Young Hearts Spring Event in Malibu, California.Amanda Edwards/Getty

Amanda Edwards/Getty

“When they were younger I had to make compromises, sometimes about not taking roles that may have taken me away from them too much,” Seymour toldThe Guardianin 2013. “They know that I love what I do, and they also know we’re all about family, so they are all about family.”

Katie, who has two daughters named Willa and Luna, parents with a similar philosophy. “I became a photographer after I became a parent and most of my early work is of my kids,” she toldShoutout L.A.in 2022. “It was always important to me to let them be exactly who they are and become who they want to be. Hold boundaries and love them to death, but otherwise stay out of their way. I love observing them — everything they feel is on their sleeve and changes moment to moment. Their hearts are truly honest, and every feeling so transient.”

In 2010, Seymour and James Keach established the Open Hearts Foundation, which “accelerates purpose through its grant making and volunteerism programs,” according tothe organization’s website. The family have long shown their support, like when they all attended theOpen Hearts 10th Anniversary Galain 2020. Katie later founded her own branch of the organization.

“Young Hearts, the volunteerism branch of the Open Hearts Foundation that I created with two of my friends, also stemmed out of the same principles: building community, compassion and finding those unique parts of ourselves that we can offer in service,” she toldShoutout L.A.“When we approach this alone, it feels daunting and overwhelming, but when we collectively come together with our unique skills, passions, interests, that’s where the difference is really made.”

Seymour has aclose relationship with her grandkids, and she visited the San Diego Zoo with Willa and Luna in August 2023. “All I can say is wow!” shecaptioned a photowith her two granddaughters. “The @sandiegozoo is absolutely amazing. We were blown away with how beautiful and vast it is.”

In 2022, Seymour visited Disneyland with her family. Sheposted a photowith her grandkids on Instagram with the caption, “The happiest Oma at the happiest place on Earth!”

She told PEOPLE in 2020 that she was saving herextensive wardrobe for her grandchildren. “I used to be able to keep all my costumes so I have in my closet everything from the 1700s up to the present day,” she said. “And I’ve got some amazing selection of clothes from all the movies I’ve been in. … I have quite a history in my closet.”

Sean Michael Flynn, 39

Jane Seymour and son Sean at the premiere of ‘The Offer’ on April 20th, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Gilbert Flores/Variety/Penske Media/Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety/Penske Media/Getty

Seymour and David’s son Sean Michael Flynn was born on July 30, 1985.

Sean also makes clothing items under the labelSoul Capturing.

John Stacy Keach, 29

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Seymour and James Keach’s twin sons, John Stacy Keach and Kristopher Steven Keach, were born on Nov. 30, 1995. John’s middle name is in honor of his dad’s brother, Stacy Keach, and father, Stacy Keach Sr.

In 2009, Seymour opened up to About.com abouther difficulty getting pregnantand the in vitro fertilization that led to her twins. The boys were born six weeks early through cesarean section because of Seymour’s pregnancy complications.

“Johnny turned blue twice when we got home because we really wanted to come home soon and that was a big mistake,” she told the outlet at the time. “So then we had to take both of them back to the hospital and I had to stay with them overnight, a couple of nights, monitoring them for sucking, swallowing and breathing.”

The boys were both on heart monitors for several months. “If they even wriggled, the heart monitor would go off and somebody would have to be right on top of them and immediately make sure that they were breathing and that they hadn’t turned blue,” Seymour said. “We literally were on pins and needles for a number of months when they were young.”

John appeared in the 2006 movieBlind DatingwithChris Pine. According tohis website, he is a musician and visual artist.

In October 2023,Seymour shared a rare photo on Instagramof herself with John, and his twin brother.

“Quality time with Kris and Johnny!” she wrote in the caption, which was posted alongside a photo of herself with the smiling twins standing on either side of her.

Kristopher Steven Keach, 29

Jane Seymour with her sons Kris Keach and John Keach at the Gala for the Global Ocean on September 26, 2019 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty

Kristopher Steven Keachand his twin brother have always been exceptionally close. “There is a bond that twins have that is unspoken and quite formidable,” Seymour told About.com in 2009.

Kris, like most of his siblings, has stayed out of the spotlight. After graduating from Malibu High School, Kris earned his bachelor’s degree and M.B.A. from Marymount California University. He played professional baseball in Arizona after college. Since 2023, he has worked as an investment counselor withCardinal Capital Management.

In December 2021,Kris married his wife, Miso, in a ceremony in Malibu, California. The couple had a second ceremony in July 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. For both, Seymour wore traditional Korean hanboks. In oneInstagram postof her and Kris, she captioned the photo, “Kris and I in our traditional Korean hanboks! 🥰 The detail on these garments is just exceptional.”

In an interview withHello!magazine, the actor recalled the first ceremony in Malibu: “It was so moving to see them exchange their vows, especially with the influence of both their cultures and in the presence of family that had traveled from Korea and London, some for the first time ever.”

source: people.com