Here's How Many Grandchildren Barbara Walters Has

During the height of her career, Walters was an extremely busy journalist — but she was also raising a family. In 1963, Walters married Lee Guber and for five years they tried to have children. Walters experienced three miscarriages during that time, which eventually led to the couple deciding to adopt (via ABC News).

Their daughter was born in June 1968, and the couple named her after the broadcaster's sister, Jacqueline. At the time, her adoption wasn't publicly announced. "In part because I really didn't want the biological mother to know that Jackie had been adopted by us," Walter told NBC News. "I just kept right on working."

Walters doesn't have any grandchildren through Jackie, as her daughter doesn't want to have children. "I would love to have a grandchild," the broadcaster told Oprah Winfrey (via Oprah.com), "But I understand women who don't want to have children." Walters acknowledges that's "one of the good things about society today," that women aren't pressured to become mothers.

"See, Jackie adores what she does. She feels these [girls she works] are her kids," Walters explained. Jackie runs a therapeutic wilderness camp in Maine for teens, which she founded due to her struggles as a young woman (via ABC News). "She doesn't want to have children," the broadcaster continued. "I did — desperately. If you don't want them desperately, and you've got a big career, don't have them."