Elton John becomes a dad on Christmas Day

Another older dad, Elton John becomes a dad at 62, reported USMagazine.com. The baby boy, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born on Christmas Day to a surrogate. Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, married in 2005.   

The piano man and husband David Furnish have become parents to a 7-pound, 15-ounce baby boy born on Christmas Day.

Zachary is 62-year-old John’s first child with the 48-year-old Furnish. The couple married in 2005.

In a joint statement, the new parents told USMagazine.com that “Zachary is healthy and doing well” and they are “overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment.”

[From The Associated Press: Piano man to diaper man: Elton John becomes a dad]

While Elton John is godfather to 10 children, as reported by Wikipedia, Zachary is his first child, after a failed attempt to adopt a Ukrainian orphan in 2009.