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In this feature, you will find the general information about Celine´s family including the Dion family (composed by Adhémar Dion, Thérèse Tanguay and the 14 siblings), the Dion-Angelil family (composed by Rene Angelil, Celine and their three sons) and Celine´s second family (the band). For more details about the Dion family please refer to THE DION FAMILY section, and for more details about the Angelil family (composed by Rene Angelil and her first three sons), please refer to THE ANGELIL FAMILY section. For details about the band please refer to SECOND FAMILY.
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THE DION FAMILY
The well-known Dion family is made up by the marriage of Adhémar Dion and Thérèse Tanguay and fourteen children, first been born in 1946 and the last one in 1968 (that´s Celine). This family is original of Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, an off-island suburb of Montreal, located on the north shore of the Rivière des Prairies, 24 kilometres (15 mi) northeast of Montreal´s downtown core.
...> The Members
Adhémar Dion and Thérèse Tanguay are married in 1945. They had 14 children: Denise (1946), Clément (1947), Claudette (1948), Liette (1950), Michel (1952), Louise (1953), Jacques (1955), Daniel (1956), Ghislaine (1958), Linda (1959), Manon (1960), Pauline and Paul (1962) and Celine (1968). Celine´s name comes from the song "Céline" by Hugues Aufray, that her mother Thérèse was listening when she was expecting her.
...> About The Family
The Dion family had an old restaurant named "Vieux Baril" in Charlemagne, Quebec where they also lived, and where Celine started to sing. Celine is always accompanied by her family. Her brother Michel worked with her in few world tours as on the "Let´s Talk About Love Tour" in 1998-99, the residency Vegas show "A New Day…" from 2003 to 2007, and the "Taking Chances Tour" in 2008-09. Her mother Thérèse and her brother Jacques, wrote Celine´s debut single released in Quebec in 1981 titled "Ce n´était qu´un rêve". Her sister Manon was Celine´s stylist during the "Let´s Talk About Love Tour" in 1998. Her sister Linda is the godmother of Celine´s sons, Rene Charles and one of the twins, and she always travels with Celine. All the members of the Dion family are musicians, as Claudette who recorded some albums among a duet with Celine titled "Vois comme c´est beau", released as a single from Claudette´s album "Hymnes à L´amour: Volume 2" in 1985 in Quebec. During the first years of Celine´s career, the Dion family accompanied her singing in some TV shows. Even her sister Ghislanie, was one of the backing vocals during the "Incognito Tournée" in 1987. All the Dion family worked with Celine on the recording studio during the recording sessions for the album "These Are Special Times" released in 1998, in wich were included two songs in duet with the Dion family. In August 2008, Celine´s all brothers and sisters appeared on scene to perform with her at the Plains of Abraham, at the Quebec City 400th Anniversary Concert in front of 250,000 spectators.
...> Anecdotes
On March 30, 1998 for Celine´s 30th birthday, her family recorded a special video dedicated for her. They were singing on the music of the song "Pour que tu m´aimes encore". The video was televised during Celine´s birthday party.
...> Maman Dion TV Show
In 1998 the TVA channel in Quebec, Canada broadcasted a cooking TV show titled "Le Brunch De Maman Dion", hosted by Celine´s mother, Thérèse Tanguay Dion and co-hosted by the famous Quebec host and television producer, Éric Salvail. Originally, the TV show was a daily show, but since fall 2001, it became in a weekly brunch edition aired each Sunday on TVA channel. On each episode, Thérèse and Éric had a special guest, who prepared the recipes of his choice. In 1999, Celine made a special appearance at the show. The show was produced by Julie Snyder and Jean Lamoureux.
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THE DION-ANGELIL FAMILY
The Dion Angelil family is made up by the marriage of Rene Angelil and Celine Dion and the three sons, Rene Charles and the twins, Eddy and Nelson. The couple´s first son, named Rene Charles, was born on January 25, 2001 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. And the twins, Eddy and Nelson born on October 23, 2010, at 11:11 and 11:12 am respectively, in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. On December 17, 1994, Celine married with Rene Angelil at the Basilica-Notre-Dame in Montreal, Canada. And on January 5, 2000 Celine and Rene were married again in a special ceremony at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA.
...> About Rene Angelil
Rene Angelil is a Canadian singer and manager, mostly known as the man who created the phenomenon that has become international superstar, Celine Dion. He is the husband and manager of Celine. Rene is a man of modest background endowed with a remarkable intuition, who has always believed in his good fortune. He has gone through all kinds of failures before learning how to manage success. A compulsive gambler since his childhood, he has waited forty years before meeting the one who was to become the most popular female singer on earth, Celine. Ren keeps on living with the same passion he had in the beginning. A manager with an artist soul, this peculiar character is a perfectionist obsessed with the image and the control of everything related to the star Celine, who has become the unchallenged goddess of millions of fans. Celine first met her husband and manager, Rene in 1980, when she was 12 and he was 38, after she and her mother sent him a demo tape of a song they had written. They began a relationship in 1987, and became engaged in 1991. They married on December 17, 1994 at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On January 5, 2000, Celine and Rene renewed their wedding vows in a special ceremony at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA.
...> About Rene Charles
In May 2000, Celine Dion had two small operations at a fertility clinic in New York, USA to improve her chances of conceiving, after deciding to use in-vitro fertilisation after years of failed attempts to conceive. Their first child named Rene Charles Angelil, was born on January 25, 2001. Rene Charles born at the Palm West Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. In that time, various sources said that Celine decided to give birth at her house in Florida, however Celine´s doctor has said that she gave birth in a hospital and he refused, to keep Celine´s privacy, to give the name of the hospital. Baby Rene Charles was named after his father, Rene Angelil and Celine´s paternal grandfather, Charles. Celine was in labour for about 14 hours, Dr. Steven Pitkow, who also assisted in the delivery, said in an interview with the TVA channel in Quebec, Canada. On July 25, 2001 Rene Charles was baptized in the presence of his parents, family and his godparents, Linda Dion-Sylvestre (Celine´s sister) and her husband Alain Sylvestre, at the Sacre Coeur Chapel of the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec. After the religious ceremony, a big party took place at the couple´s house in Laval, near Montreal, Quebec. Rene Charles got the name "Joseph", the name of Rene´s father. Rene Charles full name is now, Joseph Rene Charles Dion Angelil.
In February 2001, Celine and Rene Angelil officially introduced their first son, Rene Charles to the world, with a series of pictures shot in their house in Jupiter, Florida, USA. The pictures were published by the famous magazine "Hello" on March 6, 2001. Other photos were published by "People" magazine on March 19, 2001 and by the "7 Jours" magazine on March 17, 2001. There were rumours talking about the price that Celine and Rene got for the first baby Rene´s pictures in exclusivity saying that they´ve got US 2 million dollars. They were also saying that all it´s amount will be donated to charities. Even the famous baby photographer Anne Geddes organized a special photo session at Celine´s house in Jupiter on February 2001 to photograph Celine with her baby, Rene Charles. On the following images, baby Rene Charles with her parents, Celine Dion and Rene Angelil:
...> About The Twins
On August 18, 2009 was confirmed that Celine Dion was pregnant with her second child. Google News published: "the Canadian singer, Celine Dion, 41, is pregnant with her second child, her spokeswoman told AFP. Celine and her husband, Rene Angelil were both very happy, the spokeswoman added". According to the French-language daily "Le Journal de Montreal", which was first to report the story, the singer resorted to medical help to conceive. Celine was expected to give birth in May 2010. In March 2009, Celine announced an 18-month career hiatus in order to spend time with her family and have a second child. In May 2010, Angelil announced that Celine was 14 weeks pregnant with twins after a sixth treatment of in-vitro fertilisation. On October 23, 2010, at 11:11 and 11:12 am respectively, at St. Mary´s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, Celine, by Caesarean section, gave birth to two healthy fraternal twins weighing 5 pounds 10 ounces and 5 pounds 4 ounces. The twins were named Eddy, after Celine´s favorite Algerian songwriter Eddy Marnay, and Nelson, after former South African President Nelson Mandela. Celine appeared with her newborn sons on the cover of the December 9, 2010 issue of the Canadian edition of "Hello" magazine. On March 5, 2011 the 4-month-old twins Eddy and Nelson were baptized in Las Vegas, USA at a Melkite Greek Catholic rite in the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, with 200 friends and family members in attendance. Five godparents were selected by Celine and Rene: the twins´ big brother Rene Charles, 10; Celine´s sister Linda; and Angelil´s three oldest children, Patrick, Jean-Pierre and Anne-Marie Angelil.
...> Anecdotes
On the following photo: Anthony Dupré (son of Anne-Marie Angélil and Marc Dupré), Justin Angelil (son of Patrick Angelil), Rene Charles, Anne-Marie Angélil, Stella Dupré (daughter of Anne-Marie Angélil and Marc Dupré), Rene Angelil, Celine Dion, Sophie Danis (the wife of Patrick Angelil), Marc Dupré (husband of Anne-Marie Angélil), Lenny Dupré (son of Anne-Marie Angélil and Marc Dupré), Jean-Pierre Angelil, his wife Judith Gauthier, Patrick Angelil and his daughter Alicia Angelil. The photo was taken during a pool day at Celine and Rene house in Laval, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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