Pele married three times, and had several affairs, producing several children.
In 1966, Pele married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi. They had two daughters and one son. They are Kelly Cristiana who married Dr Arthur DeLuca, Jennifer and their eldest son, Edson.
Pele then married psychologist and gospel singer, Assiria Lemos Seixas, who gave birth on September 28, 1996, to twins, Joshua and Celeste through Fertility treatments. The couple divorced in 2008.
Pele had at least two more children from former affairs. Sandra Machado was born from an affair Pele had in 1964 with a housemaid, Anizia Mechado also fought for years to acknowledge that she was his daughter.
Pele had another daughter, Flavia Kurtz in an extramarital affair in 1968.