James Baldwin never had children. However, he became a godfather to Lucien Happersberger’s first child, a boy named Luc.
Did James Baldwin ever have children?
Though James Baldwin was not married to have children. He was a father to his sibling’s children. He had a deep love for children and had different partners who inspired him to dream of fatherhood. He loved his many nieces and nephews very much. When his nephews and nieces visited him in his house in southern France, he loved playing with them and introducing them to the village and many interesting places.
James Baldwin was a gay who fell in love with a Swiss man, Lucien Happersberger, whom he met in Paris in 1949 Baldwin. They never married after their romantic relationship faded a couple of years later. He became a godfather to Happersberger’s first child who is a boy named Luc after Happersberger got married.
Source: Ghanafuo.com