People disgusted after learning Elon Musk’s father had kids with own stepdaughter he’d known since she was 4
Errol Musk, the father of Elon Musk, used to be married to a woman named Heide in the 1990s. Heide had a daughter named Jana Bezuidenhout from a previous relationship. When Errol and Heide got married, Jana was just 4 years old. The couple eventually split in 2010.
Years later, in 2017, Errol started a romantic relationship with Jana, his former stepdaughter, when she was 30. They had two children together—one born in 2017 and the other in 2019. This news shocked many people, especially since Errol had known Jana since she was a young child. People online expressed a lot of discomfort and disgust when they found out, with some saying the story left them disturbed for days. One person even commented that they couldn’t believe someone could have kids with a person they once helped raise.
Elon Musk’s father has tried to defend the relationship by saying that they were both feeling lost and lonely at the time, and that things just happened naturally between them. He said it was either “God’s plan” or “nature’s plan.” He also insisted that he never really saw Jana as a stepdaughter, because she didn’t grow up with him full-time.
Despite their time together, Errol and Jana have since separated. In a 2022 interview, Errol said their 42-year age difference made things difficult, and that they no longer live together. Still, he mentioned they have affection for each other, and he didn’t rule out the possibility of reconnecting in the future. He admitted, though, that long-term relationships between people with such a large age gap can be tough.
Errol also talked about how his other children—who share the same mother as Jana—feel about all this. He said they still find the situation disturbing and uncomfortable because Jana is their half-sister, and now she also has kids with their dad. It’s a very complicated and awkward family dynamic that many people are still trying to make sense of.
