Joni Mitchell Age, Biography, Net Worth, Husband, Career

Breaking down the facts behind Joni Mitchell Age, Biography, Net Worth, Husband, Career—uncover the main takeaways.

In late 1964, Joni Mitchell discovered that she was pregnant by her ex-boyfriend Brad MacMath.

In February 1965, she gave birth to a baby girl. However, unable to provide for the baby, she placed her daughter, Kelly Dale Anderson, for adoption.

Kelly Dale Anderson is the only child of the American-Canadian singer Joni Mitchell. The Grammy award winner had her daughter in February 1965 with her ex-boyfriend Brad MacMath who refused to marry her and take responsibility for the child. 

She was faced with lots of difficulties and couldn’t cater for her baby, so she eventually gave her up for adoption. That was the last time the singer saw her child until 1997.

After 30 years of being apart, the two reunited at the time when her daughter’s name had already been changed to Kilauren Gibb by her adoptive parents.

It wasn’t until 1993 that her child became public knowledge, when a roommate from Joni’s art-school in the 1960s sold the story of the adoption to a tabloid magazine.

Marcus Vance

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