Beyoncé and Jay Z welcome their twins

Singer Beyoncé and her husband, Jay Z, reportedly welcomed their twins to the family this week. The birth rumors were confirmed Sunday by Beyoncé's father. "They're here! #beyonce #twins #jayz #happybirthday," Mathew Knowles tweeted.

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on May 4, 2017 at 11:06am PDT

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.