The Truth About Beyonce's Half-Siblings

Beyoncé's father, Mathew Knowles, fathered a son, Nixon, in 2010, when he was still married to her mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, according to TMZ. The boy's mother, Alexsandra Wright, had filed a paternity suit against Mathew in October 2009. A paternity test confirmed he was Nixon's father, per TMZ.

A month later, Tina filed for divorce from her husband, as per a separate TMZ report. She then dropped the matter, but refiled in August 2011, contending the marriage was "insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities."

2010 was a turbulent year for Mathew. According to Cheat Sheet, he had another child that same year — with a different woman. TaQoya Branscomb, a dancer at the time and real estate agent today, said Mathew treated her like the "love of his life" during their affair, per the report.

That changed when he learned she was pregnant with Koi, she said, after which he left her, per Cheat Sheet. A DNA test confirmed the paternity in 2014, according to ABC7 Eyewitness News. "I slept with a married man and it was the wrong thing to do, but I have a beautiful daughter that came out of the situation," Branscomb said, per the report. As Capital Xtra noted in 2019, Knowles hasn't publicly acknowledged Koi.

In addition to her half-siblings, Beyoncé is step-sisters with actor Bianca Lawson, whose dad is Richard Lawson, Tina's husband. She also has a step-brother from Richard as well.

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