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Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti had two sons together. Carlo Ponti Jr. was born in December 1968 and Edoardo Ponti in January 1973, according to Biography. Her eldest, who went on to become an acclaimed conductor, married Hungarian violinist Andrea Meszaros in Budapest in 2004, per WireImage. Carlo Jr. and Meszaros expanded their family three years later, welcoming their son Vittorio Leone in 2007, The San Bernardino Sun reported. In 2012, the couple welcomed a daughter, Beatrice Lara.
Loren and Carlo Sr.’s youngest son, Edoardo, followed in his father’s footsteps, pursuing a career as a film director. While in film school, Edoardo crossed paths with “NCIS” alum Sasha Alexander, which makes Loren her mother-in-law, according to the University of Southern California website. The “Rizzoli & Isles” star and Edoardo married in 2007, a little over a year after welcoming their daughter, Lucia Sofia, who was also Loren’s first grandchild, People reported.
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The girl was named after her paternal grandmother, whose name is originally spelled with an F, the report pointed out. Edoardo and Alexander added a second child to the brood in 2010, a son named Leonardo Fortunato, TV Guide reported. All four of Loren’s grandchildren were born in Geneva, Switzerland, where she lives. The role of nonna fit her from the get-go. “I live for my family. I have the most beautiful grandchildren that I’ve ever seen in my life,” she said on “Today” in 2016.
