Robert De Niro has welcomed his seventh little one aged 79 years outdated.
The actor instructed ET Canada he had grow to be a father once more in a current interview.
Reporter Brittnee Blair famous De Niro’s six children and he corrected her and stated: “Seven, truly. I simply had a child.” Seventy-nine is way older than the typical age for a father.
In line with information from the Workplace of Nationwide Statistics, the typical age of a first-time father within the UK is 33.6 years outdated.
De Niro is much from the one well-known man to father a toddler into his later years. Mick Jagger welcomed his eight little one at 73, whereas Jeff Goldblum had a son at 62. Invoice Joel fathered a toddler a 65, and Michael Douglas at 58.
READ MORE: Robert De Niro welcomes child quantity seven as Hollywood star nears eightieth birthday
Are there well being dangers that include having an older father?
In line with medical science, sure there are. Research have discovered a bunch of dangers related to older fathers.
Whereas males can have youngsters of their later years, whereas ladies can not because of the menopause, there are dangers to fathering youngsters in later life.
As males age the standard of their sperm decreases for a lot of causes, together with decrease testosterone and the testicles turning into smaller and softer.
This causes slower sperm that’s extra typically disfigured, which means larger possibilities of youngsters having genetic issues.
Older fathers’ sperm additionally means a better danger of mind issues and psychological well being points like autism or schizophrenia.
A examine of practically 400,000 women and men within the Nineteen Eighties discovered fathers over 40’s danger of getting a toddler with autism elevated nearly sixfold.
Older fathers’ youngsters usually tend to be untimely, with over 45-year-olds having a 14 p.c probability of a untimely child.
Infants born to males over 50 and nearly a 3rd extra more likely to be born prematurely and want neonatal intensive care. These infants are additionally almost definitely to have a low delivery weight and have a better danger of seizures.
And it isn’t simply the infants of older fathers which are put at a larger danger. Girls who carry infants by older fathers have a larger probability of needing a C-section.
Hilary Ok. Brown, a researcher in reproductive public well being on the College of Toronto, instructed the New York Occasions: “For thus a few years, it was assumed that advancing age solely mattered for girls. Paternal age issues as nicely.
“There must be a larger consciousness of the person’s duty to reproductive well being.”
Robert De Niro’s eldest little one, Drea, is 51. He’s additionally a father to Raphael, 46, twin sons Aaron and Julian, 27, Elliot, 25, and Helen, 11.
