- Cher has two sons, not a daughter: Chaz Bono, born in 1969 with ex-husband Sonny Bono, and Elijah Blue Allman, born in 1976 with ex-husband Gregg Allman
- Chaz Bono officially married his longtime partner, Shara Blue Mathes, in March 2026 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with Cher in attendance wearing a star-patterned sweatsuit and sparkling ring that sent the internet into a frenzy
- Elijah Blue Allman was arrested twice in one week in February 2026, first for assault and trespassing at a New Hampshire boarding school, then for burglary just three days later, and currently remains in custody
Does she have a daughter? The answer is no. But the story of Cher’s two sons is so layered, so dramatic, and so full of twists that it is honestly more compelling than most scripted television. Between a wedding that nearly did not include Cher at all, a son currently sitting in jail, a mother who once tried to take legal control of her child’s finances, and a ring on Cher’s finger at her son’s wedding that sent the entire internet spiralling, there is a lot to unpack here.
Let us start from the beginning.
Did Cher Have a Daughter? The Chastity Question Explained
This is probably the most common source of confusion around Cher’s children. Chaz Bono was initially born as a female named Chastity Sun Bono on March 4, 1969, in Los Angeles, California. For years, the world knew Chastity as Cher and Sonny’s daughter, the cute kid who appeared at the end of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour as her parents said goodnight to the audience each week.
But Chastity was never truly a girl. He was assigned female at birth and initially came out as a lesbian woman in 1995 during an interview with The Advocate. Then, in 2009, Chaz publicly announced he was transitioning. He documented his journey in a memoir titled Transition: Becoming Who I Was Always Meant to Be, published in 2012. He also became the first transgender contestant to compete on Dancing With the Stars.
So to answer the question directly: Cher does not know, and has never had, a daughter. She has two sons. What she had before was a child the world incorrectly understood to be a daughter, until Chaz found the courage to tell them otherwise.
Cher has spoken candidly about how she processed it all. “It wasn’t easy. I remember calling, and the old Chaz message was on the phone, and that was very difficult. But then you have one child, but you don’t really lose them. They just are in a different shape,” she said. She also added that Chaz is now so unbelievably happy, and that is all that ultimately mattered to her.
Chaz Bono Wedding: The Night Cher’s Ring Stole the Spotlight
March 2026 has been a massive month for this family. Chaz Bono married Shara Blue Mathes at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in March 2026. It was the culmination of a love story nearly a decade in the making. Chaz and Shara have been together since 2017, when they met through mutual friends. Shara works as a case manager and harm reduction specialist for the non-profit Housing Works in Los Angeles, and she battled stage 3 cancer in 2021, fighting through chemotherapy while Chaz stood by her side through all of it.
For a while, it looked like this wedding might not include Cher at all. Reports surfaced earlier in 2025 claiming that insiders said the couple was “removing Cher from the guest list entirely” and that “they want a simple ceremony with none of Cher’s theatrics.” Those reports ultimately proved unfounded. Cher showed up. And true to her personality, she did it her way.
Cher attended the ceremony in a casual outfit rather than formal attire, wearing a star-patterned sweatsuit with sneakers while watching Chaz and Shara exchange vows inside one of the hotel’s ballrooms. Only Cher could wear a sweatsuit to her son’s wedding and make it the most talked-about outfit in the room. But it was not the sweatsuit that had everyone talking. It was the ring.
Cher has been in a relationship with music executive Alexander “AE” Edwards, 39, since 2022, and the appearance of the large ring and band on her finger led to questions about whether the pair had quietly married or become engaged. However, sources indicated the couple is not engaged despite the speculation. A spokesperson had already shut down marriage rumors in December 2025, saying there were “absolutely no plans for a wedding in her future.” Apparently, that memo did not make it to whoever picked out the ring that night.
Elijah Blue Allman: A Troubled Few Weeks
While Chaz was celebrating one of the happiest moments of his life, his younger half-brother, Elijah, was making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
On Friday, February 27, 2026, Elijah Blue Allman was arrested and charged with two counts of trespassing, simple assault, and disorderly conduct after an incident at St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. Three days later, things got significantly worse. On Sunday, March 1, 2026, Allman was arrested for the second time in three days after breaking into a residential home in Windham, New Hampshire, and was charged with burglary, two counts of criminal mischief, and breach of bail. During his arraignment, Allman was ordered to remain held in preventive detention and currently remains incarcerated at the Rockingham House of Corrections in Brentwood, New Hampshire.
This is not the first time Elijah’s struggles have become public. In December 2023, Cher filed for a conservatorship to control access to his finances, claiming her son was unable to manage his assets due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues. By September 2024, she withdrew her conservatorship petition after attorneys for Elijah said their team had “successfully defended Elijah, resulting in Cher voluntarily dismissing her petition.”
Cher has been heartbreakingly open about watching her son struggle. “Elijah is so intelligent, and the truth is he’s so bright and so smart, but it hasn’t served him well,” she said in an interview, adding that his brilliance somehow made things harder rather than easier.
The roots of Elijah’s pain run deep. Being sent away to boarding school at age 7 affected him profoundly. He has said it was hard not to feel shunned. In 2014, Allman admitted that he began taking drugs at age 11 and battled heroin addiction for years, but claimed he had been sober since 2008. His father, Gregg Allman, struggled with the same demons throughout his life. Gregg Allman died in 2017.
Who Are Elijah and Chaz? The Full Picture
Cher welcomed Chaz Bono with ex-husband Sonny Bono in 1969, and Elijah Blue Allman with her second ex-husband Gregg Allman in 1976. The two half-brothers grew up together for a time, but drifted apart as they got older and went to different schools. Despite their seven-year age difference, the siblings were close as children but took different paths when they began attending different schools.
Both sons inherited their mother’s artistic DNA. Chaz has appeared in a slew of films and shows, including American Horror Story: Cult, and has written multiple books, including a memoir about his transition. Elijah became a guitarist and musician, first playing on tour with his mother’s backing band and even appearing in her 1989 video for “If I Could Turn Back Time” when he was just 13. He later became the singer and guitarist for the rock band Deadsy.
Cher raised both of them largely on her own. Cher raised both Elijah Blue and Chaz as a single mom. And despite everything, despite the conservatorship battle, the estrangements, the very public struggles, she has never stopped showing up for them. She described her sons as “absolutely the best thing in the world” and has said that her life would have been nothing without them.
Cher’s Grandchildren and Her Husband Today
So, where does all of this leave the family tree right now? Cher does not have grandchildren in the traditional confirmed public sense through either son, as neither Chaz nor Elijah has publicly documented children of their own. Elijah and his wife, Marieangela King, whom he married in 2013, did not have children together during their marriage. Chaz and Shara, now newlyweds, have not announced any children.
As for Cher’s own romantic life, she has been with music executive Alexander “AE” Edwards, who is 39 years old, since 2022. The 40-year age gap has drawn enormous public attention, but Cher has been completely unbothered. She explained in a late 2025 interview that she and Edwards “just have a blast” together, and that he tells her “you get older, but your spirit is younger.” She is not married to him, despite what that ring at Chaz’s wedding suggested to the internet.
Cher has been married twice: to Sonny Bono, who died in a skiing accident in 1998, and to Gregg Allman, who died of liver cancer in 2017. She told Gayle King in late 2025 that she does not care what people think about her relationship with Edwards. Whatever they have going on, it is clearly working.
This is a family that has never been simple, never been quiet, and never been boring. A wedding, two arrests, a mystery ring, and a mother who wore a sweatsuit to the most important day of her son’s life and somehow still owned the room. That is the Cher story in 2026. And honestly, would you expect anything less?
